11.08.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine Agency
Topics from Media and Social Networks
- Yatsenyuk demands from MPs adoption of "visa-free package" of laws.
- Candidate to Mayor of Pavlograd from the "UKROP" party involved in the traffic accident.
- Groysman rejects the possibility of early elections to the Verkhovna Rada.
Key Events in Ukraine
- Prime Minister Yatsenyuk urged MPs to vote next week for the laws on visa liberalization. He announced the government's report for the year of work for November 11. According to him, Ukraine needs to continue along the path of reform, the population must be patient to see the results.
- Head of the Verkhovna Rada Groysman rejected the possibility of early parliamentary elections and said that the coalition has reserves for productive work. He believes that the election will lead to a political destabilization in the country. The head of the Bloc Poroshenko faction MP Lutsenko believes that the Parliament will gone before the end of the period.
Ukraine at War
- Shelling of Ukrainian army positions by militants is increasing. In addition to attacks on the outskirts of Donetsk, the fighting took place near Popasna and Schastya, as well as in the vicinity of Mayorsk, where subversive group was trying to break the defense. Official reports indicate no casualties during the battles. The headquarters of the antiterrorist operation refuted militants allegations about the alleged shelling of Donetsk from multiple rocket launchers "Grad". Observers say that the supply of Russian arms to militants through uncontrolled section of the border continues, Russian equipment is gradually pulled up to the front.
Ukraine and the World
- Britain has named Russia the main threat to national security, putting it higher than the risk of terrorist Islamic state and global epidemics.
- International experts are inclined to the destruction of the Russian aircraft in the skies over Egypt by a bomb explosion inside the cabin. According to another version, the explosion might be planned to occur during the flight over the territory of Ukraine, but departure was shifted in time due to flight delays and the change of the clock to winter time.
- A memorial to the victims of the Holodomor has opened in Washington.
- The Pentagon said the US modernize its weaponry in response to the growing threat from Russia. A new ballistic missile has been successfully tested on November,8.
The Trends
- According to experts, the greatest losses from the Russian embargo on imports of Ukrainian food are experienced by dairy producers and cheese makers. Producers of meat and confectionery products switched to other markets. The free trade zone with the EU will be launched from 1 January 2016. It would improve the situation for the Ukrainian enterprises.
- Oschadbank CEO believes subsidence of the hryvnia is the consequence of disbursements to depositors of bankrupt banks but does not see a big problem for the monetary system of the country.
- Make up power system supplies from Russia will allow for the uninterrupted supply of energy to domestic consumers. Such deliveries will be made through the occupied territories, which will allow Donbass "republics" to provide themselves with electricity for free.
- Secretary of State of Finland Stenlund insists on the need for compliance with OSCE standards in elections in "certain areas of Donetsk and Lugansk regions," which is another evidence of the existence and the phased implementation of "Morel Plan." Ukrainian authorities discuss its implementation at all levels with foreign partners, thus concealing the true plans from the country's population. Holding elections in the occupied territories during the war is not possible according to OSCE standards, therefore, the conflict in the Donbass region is not recognized as a war by the international community.
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