05/08/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Reconciliation of URA and the Red Army soldiers

Reconciliation of URA and the Red Army soldiers

05/08/2015  Daily Highlights  by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from the Media and Social Networks

• "The First Minute of the Peace" in Ukraine. Reconciliation of Ukrainian Rebel Army (UPA) and the Red Army soldiers.
• President Poroshenko wants to sell "Roshen" for higher price.
• Ukraine will not receive a visa-free regime at the Riga summit.
• Ukrainian Orthodox Chirch (Moscow Patriarchate) clergy refused to honor the memory of the combatants in the Donbass.
• Protests against the sharp drop of living standards started in Ukraine.

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War In Ukraine

• DNR militants celebrated Ukrainian Independence Day by parading Ukrainian hostages and POWs on the streets of Donets'k and trampling on Ukrainian flag.
• Half-empty “humanitarian convoy” from Russia containing more than 200 trucks has broken through the border avoiding inspection by Ukrainian border guards. It did not include International Red Cross personnel as well. Within 24 hours it left Ukrainian territory again avoiding inspection. Media reports have been circulated that on the way back the convoy carried equipment of Ukrainian military plants and bodies of Russian military personnel killed in action on Ukrainian territory.
• Massive shellings of Ukrainian towns in the Russian border zone are continuing. They use heavy artillery and internationally banned cluster bombs.
• Intense fighting with use of tanks and heavy artillery is ongoing in Donets'k region near strategic height of Savur-Mohyla and in the town of Illovays'k.

21.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Military equipment and units, that will participate in the Independence Day parade in Kyiv, will afterwards depart to the combat area in Donbass.

• As claimed by the advisor of the President Poroshenko, parliament could be dismissed on August 27th. Existing parliamentary elections law allows elections through majority districts. This is being considered as an approach to obtain significant number of votes by the Party of Ukrainian Development, a direct heir of the Party of Regions.

• National Bank pushed back the exchange rate of Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) slightly: 13.11 UAH / 1$ (+11 cop), 17.42 UAH / 1€ (+24 cop), 3.62 UAH / 10 RUR (+4 cop).

• President Poroshenko decided to sell his business via the Rothschild investment company. From Ukrainian side the deal will be conducted by the company “Investment Capital Ukraine”, which's ex-general manager, Gontareva, became the Head of the National Bank of Ukraine.

28/07/2014 | Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, speaking live on ICTV channel, stated that under the Constitution, parliamentary elections must be held by the system with open lists of parties candidates. In case of ad hoc re-elections, the law should be changed to ensure compliance with the Constitution. He also stressed, that there is a risk of technical default, if deputies will approve the governmental bils.
• NBU lowered the exchange rate of Ukrainian Hryvnia: 11.85 UAH / 1$ (+10 kopecks), 15.93 UAH / 1€ (+10 cop), 3.28 UAH / 10 RUR (+7 cop).