A new ceasefire agreement in the Donbass signed in Minsk. Ukraine has agreed with the IMF about providing additional financial assistance. Battles in Donbass not cease. 161 candidates applied for the position of the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
Parliament approved a presidental decree on the mobilization in 2015. Call-up of citizens for military service was renewed. Fierce fighting is continuing in the Donetsk airport . OSCE announced that the militants fired at the Ukrainian army from residential areas. Armenians protest against Russian military presence.
The West urges Ukraine real reforms in exchange for financial support. NSDC becomes another governing body of the state. The energy crisis in Ukraine is growing. The US president signed a law on the support of Ukraine. EU, US and Canada imposed strict sanctions against businesses in occupied Crimea. Scandal erupted with the "humanitarian convoy" of Akhmetov’s Fund.
The EU is ready to support Ukrainian reforms by providing financial, advisory and humanitarian aid. Chevron will not participate in the production of shale gas in Ukraine. UkrEnergo introduces emergency blackouts. The EU is ready to apply additional strict sanctions against the Crimea. The UN notes the deterioration of the human rights situation in the Donbass and the Crimea.
The draft of 2015 Ukrainian state budget was immediately withdrawn from the Parliament for revision. The issuance of the next tranche of stand-by credit depends on the results of the IMF mission.
A “Night of Remembrance” was held last night on Maydan – The Independence Square where a year ago police have attacked a peaceful student protest. The “Truce” continues with fierce fighting for the Donetsk airport.
New Parliament has begun working with election of its chairman and appointing the Prime Minister. Ukraine is moving forward to NATO and the EU membership. Significant reforms are on the way, the first of which is the reform of the judicial system. World oil prices have fallen to a five-year low.
Democratic parties signed the coalition agreement, the first session of the new Ukrainian Parliament will be opened next week. Deputies plan to abandon the non-aligned status of Ukraine. The economic situation remains complicated. Corruption - the main threat to the Ukrainian statehood. The intensity of fighting in Donbass does not go down. The Donbass occupied territories are under the threat of the humanitarian catastrophe.
Chances of aggression expansion by Russian troops and DPR and LPR formations in the Donbas is very high. Tensions in the conflict zone are raising. Number of temporary migrants in Ukraine is close to one million.
Ukrainian Parliament could start working in the nearest future, not waiting for elections results finalization within problematic districts. International Community is ready to strengthen sanctions against Russia.
Ukraine will not finance the regions, controlled by DPR and LPR terrorists, but power and natural gas supplies will not be cut. Foreign exchange rate of Ukrainian hryvnya sharply decreased.
Les négociations à Milan entre les présidents de l'Ukraine, la Russie et les dirigeants européens ne sont pas formés par des solutions, mais selon les assurances des dirigeants, ils sont encourageants. La situation à Donets’k reste extrêmement tendue.
Bilateral meetings between President Poroshenko and EU leaders are ongoing in Milano within the framework of the "Asia-Europe" forum. Poroshenko signed the legislation on special status of Donbass and amnesty of participants in illegal military formations.
The third gas war between Russia and Ukraine is in full swing. Donetsk International Airport - "Brest Fortress" of Ukraine. National Bank and the government managed to to keep the hryvnia exchange rate via administrative measures. Extraordinary elections to the Verkhovna Rada are on the home stretch.
Despite the drastic decline of the industrial production, foreign affairs perspectives of Ukraine are strongly improving, as support by the US, Canada and the EU could be a prerequisite for the development leap for the country after the end of combat operations. At the same time, Russia intensifies preparations for invasion from territory of Donbass, Rostov region, Crimea and Transdnestria.
