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07.05.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency
Topics from Media and Social Networks
- Ukraine celebrated the Day of the Navy.
- The result of referendum in Greece was "no" to international creditors.
Key Events In Ukraine
- Ukraine celebrated the Day of the Navy. Navy Commander Haiduk said that before the end of the year the fleet will receive two navy gunboats. Negotiations with Russia on the return of the warships continue. The service life of the majority of the ships ends in the next few years, so the Navy needs accelerated modernization and increase of capacity. Chairman of the Odessa Regional State Administration Saakashvili offered to give the Odessa House of Trade Unions for the fleet headquarters of the fleet.
- The new Patrol Police started to operate in Kiev. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says that they are working within the legal field, despite the fact that the law on their activities was not yet adopted. Prime Minister Yatsenyuk is convinced that the new patrol police will soon appear in all settlements of Ukraine and it will work according to the Western standards.
Ukraine at War
- Despite the reduction of the tension in the Donbass, Ukrainian army continues to incur losses - resulting from the landmine explosion five soldiers were killed and three soldiers were wounded. The fighting continued near Donetsk, Gorlivka and "Bahmutka" highway. Thee are no collisions were recorded in Shyrokine.
- According to the Head of the Donetsk regional military-civilian administration Zhebrivskyi, border with Russia should be closed with the help of the peacekeeping forces and the OSCE, and after this Ukraine will be able to regain control over the occupied territories within two weeks.
- The head of the SSU Hrytsak stated that Kharkov, Odessa, Zaporozhye, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, where the SSU is taking preventive measures, remain the potentially dangerous regions in terms of separatism.
Ukraine and the World
- Greek citizens voted in a referendum against the adoption of the international creditors conditions. The government is preparing for a new phase of negotiation with the creditors and the EU, based on the results of the referendum. Minister of Finance Varufakis said the country may issue debt warrants and use them in payments to the citizens. In Europe, the options of the country's exit from the eurozoneare are seriously considered, but the European Central Bank intends to keep the current program to support the liquidity of Greek banks. The heads of the largest economies in Europe - Germany and France are set to meet on July 6 to discuss the situation around Greece. On July 7, the head of the European Union Tusk convenes an emergency summit of EU leaders.
- US Secretary of State Kerry said that talks with Iran on the decommissioning of its nuclear program are nearly completed, it is necessary to agree on some key points disputed.
- In Helsinki, without the participation of Russia, the annual conference of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly opened . One of its main topics will be the situation in Ukraine.
The Trends
- According to the economist Aslund, Europe should revise the program of cooperation with Greece and refocuse to Ukraine. Some experts believe that Russian President Putin is using Greece as a battering ram for the collapse of the EU and Eurozone. Ukraine could become a worthy replacement of Greece, which is de facto lost for the European Union. Continued financial support for Greece without reforms in it, that will repay the aid, may cause a significant impact on the European economy.
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