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| Ukraine celebrated the Volunteer Day |
12.05.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine Agency
Topics from Media and Social Networks
- Ukraine celebrated the Volunteer Day.
- Russia threatens to take Ukraine to the court for non-payment of "Yanukovych debt."
- On the eve of Day of the Armed Force apartments were given to military personnel.
- Well-known medical volunteer of the Right Sector Zinkevych a car accident.
Key Events in Ukraine
- Ukraine celebrated the Volunteer Day. Soldiers believe that without the voluntary support it would be impossible to repel Russian aggression, as the majority of supplies to the army at the beginning of the war was carried out only by volunteers.
- Prime Minister Yatsenyuk proposed to establish a joint mission with EU and US to carry out anti-corruption investigations since funds for corrupt deals are transferred through Western banks.
- Defense Minister Poltorak said that the waiting list for housing include more than 40 thousand of Ukrainian military personnel. This year the ministry purchased in 1300 apartments for them worth more than 1 billion UAH.
Ukraine at War
- Militants attack was repelled near Gorlovka, militants suffered heavy losses. Shelling of the surrounding area of Donetsk and settlements in the Mariupol area are continuing. According to official reports, one soldier was killed and three others injured.
- Heating and hot water disappears in settlements on the occupied territories due to the decrease of pressure in the gas pipeline which supplied Russian gas.
- Energy bridge in Crimea could not stand the load and shut down. Electricity supplied by this route is not enough for the peninsula, including Sevastopol and the southern coast, since the network is not designed for transmission through Kerch and require complete reconstruction.
Ukraine and the World
- Russian Ministry of Finance threatens prosecution of Ukraine if so-called Yanukovych debt in the amount of $ 3 billion will not be repaid by 20 December. United States refused to act as a guarantor for this debt. The IMF believes that the parties should agree on the fate of Eurobonds between themselves.
- Energy Minister Novak said that in the future the price of gas for Ukraine will be formed at the same level as for the neighboring countries, discounts will not be available.
- President Erdogan announced the signing of a memorandum with Qatar to supply liquefied natural gas to Turkey and the construction of a terminal for its reception. It will diversify supply and allow to refuse the dictates of Russia in the supply of hydrocarbons. According to Erdogan, the project "Turkish Stream" has stopped by Turkey itself, since Russia did not meet conditions set by Turkey.
- French President Hollande said at the UN Climate Change Conference, that the world economy should begin to shift production patterns and switching to renewable energy sources.
The Trends
- According to experts, the increase of social standards pledged by the government in the draft budget for 2016 will be entirely "eaten" by inflation. The parameters of the financial plan agreed with the IMF, only can preserve the existing model. Domestic business indicate that the draft Tax Code submitted by the Ministry of Finance will increase the fiscal burden on companies, and will not allow the economy to grow.
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