27/02/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights -Yatsenyuk reported on a year-long premiership in "kamikaze government"

27/02/2015 Daily Highlights by "Digests & Analytics - Ukraine" News Agency

Topics of the day

Yatsenyuk reported on a year-long premiership in "kamikaze government". IMF loans will be spent to cover public debt. Russia is preparing a new offensive in  Donbass. A prominent Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov murdered in Moscow.

26/02/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights -Ukraine began to withdraw heavy weapons from the war zone

26/02/2015 Daily Highlights by the "Digests & Analytics - Ukraine" News Agency

Topics of the day

Ukraine began to withdraw heavy weapons from the war zone. National currency exchange rate continues its fall.

22.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• President Poroshenko conducted consultations with parliament fractions leaders, that according to the legislation in place should precede the dismissal of Verkhovna Rada, where he pointed out that dismissal doesn’t mean termination of activities, as deputies have to adopt significant amount of laws, including, ratification of the association agreement with the EU, amendments to the 2014 budget, 2015 budget, and the elections law.
• Prime Minister Yatsenyuk gave an interview on to main Ukrainian TV channels, concerning key challenges Ukraine is facing, where he claimed that simple and clear to everyone Ukraine revival plan will be presented during next Government meeting on August 27. In his opinion, exchange rate of Ukrainian Hryvnya should be kept at the level of 12 UAH / 1$ in case the situation in the Country will stabilize. More than 3bln. $ have been reserved on NBU accounts for gas purchases in case compromise with Russia will be reached. But most probably this will not happen, as Russian mercenaries destroy coal mines in the east, that could make the situation in the energy sector even worse.

11-17.08.2014 Weekly Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

War in Ukraine

• Cities of Donbass slide into chaos due to continuous terrorists shelling - water and electricity supply have been cut of in Luhansk since two weeks, water supply have been as well cut in Donetsk. Residential areas being chaotically shelled, civilians being killed. Terrorists blast bridges and railroads, systematically destroying the region infrastructure. Antiterrorist Operation Forces opened humanitarian corridors to let civilians leave the battlegrounds, but militants bar the evacuation, considering to use civilians as a live shield.
• Fights are ongoing in regional centers of Donbass - Donetsk and Luhansk. Ukrainian army took over the control of Maryinka, Yuasinuvata, Panteleymonovka, Zhdanovka and Uglegorsk.

15.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Financial Minister Shlapak stressed at the briefing, that major state lotteries «MSL», «Patriot», «UNL» are illegal and suggested to boycott them, as well as to legalize the gambling business, rationalizing this by need to fulfill the budget.
• UAH exchange rate of slightly declined and keeps at the level of historical minimum: 13.13 UAH / 1$ (-4 cop), 17.57 UAH / 1€ (-8 cop), 3.64 UAH / 10 RUR (-3 cop). As mentioned by latest trading participants, NBU intervened under the Fx rate of 13.0 UAH / 1$. From 15th of August NBU will publish the status of the interbank currency exchange on its web site.

13/08/2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under Moscow Patriarchate elected the new Archbishop Onufriy, who’ve previously served as Bishop of Chernivtsi and Bykovyna and known for his pro-Russian position and being against the reunification of orthodox churches in Ukraine.
• Ukrainian Government created special commission to defend Ukrainian interests in getting back the part of the property of former USSR belonging to the sovereign, aimed at audit of assets and liabilities of the former USSR and defense of Ukraine in the international courts.
• Minister of Fuel & Energy Prodan reported that decision have been taken within the meeting of the Government on the order of implementation of the state of emergency in the electricity energy field due to absence of coal on stock of the thermal electricity stations as the result of combat operations, that could limit the export of electricity.
• Official exchange rate of the Ukrainian Hryvnya (UAH) slightly stabilized, being at the level of historical minimum: 13.11 UAH / 1$ (+3 cop), 17.50 UAH / 1€ (+8 cop), 3.62 UAH / 10 RUR (+1 cop). Interbank Fx rate went down a bit as well as the spread since the opening go the trade session.

12.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Ukrainian Parliament adopted in first reading the law on sanctions, that in specialists opinion looks to be even worse than the analogous one, enforced during the Yanukovych rule, limiting citizens rights and going against the constitution. Second reading of the law on sanctions and lustration are planned by Verkhovna Rada on August 14th. Law on tax free regime for the humanitarian aid for Ukrainian Army was as well adopted in the first reading. Verkhovna Rada created in Crimea free economic zone for 10 years with special functioning regime, management of the zone will be conducted by the state management company. Also, by the legislative means, parliament changed the justice proceedings, prejudicial inquiry, use of weapons and detention order of the subjects, engaged in terrorism, on the territory, where there are combat actions. None of the options of the law on elections, provided by various deputies fractions, including the one with open lists, failed to be supported by sufficient amount of votes.

4-10.08.2014 Weekly Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

War in Ukraine

• Russia continue to concentrate invasive military units on Ukrainian border, continuously shelling Ukrainian military strongholds and cities from its territory, supply LPR and DPR terrorists with armored vehicles, artillery, ammunition and mercenaries through parts of the border not covered by Ukrainian border guards.
• Ukrainian army, contain terrorists forces near big cities, advance to their territories, recently cut the supply between Donetsk and Luhansk, successfully combat near the border and liberated Popasna and Miusinsk. Terrorists are trying to build massive strongholds in big sites and use civilians as a shield.

04/08/2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Notification of resignation of the Secretary of the National Security & Defense Council shared by Ukrainian online media, have been refuted.
• President Poroshenko cancelled orders, issued by the former presidents during 1992-2010 years, on life-long social security and protection of former officials, as well as a number of benefits transferred to the generals in reserve and justice officials.
• After a marginal stabilization on Friday, National Bank of Ukraine sharply decreased the Fx rate of UAH vs major currencies: 12.18 UAH / 1$ (-22 cop), 16.31 UAH / 1€ (-31 cop) and 3.41 UAH / 10 RUR (-4 cop). During the market session, quotes ranged in 12,28-12,50 UAH / 1$ and 16,48-16,77 UAH / 1€.
• Security Service of Ukraine asked the Internet Association of Ukraine to block of Internet resources related to terrorism and advocating war, ethnic hatred and challenging the constitutional order of the country.