01/09/2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - President Poroshenko decided not to introduce martial law

01.09.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Military positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbass got extremely complicated but state leadership declines to introduce the martial law, neither in selected region, nor throughout the country. Europe does recognize that conflict in eastern Ukraine is not going to dissolve by itself and further sanctions are needed, but is not ready to limit or stop energy supplies from Russia, or provide Ukraine with arms to fight the aggression.

27/08/2014 Ukraine:Daily Highlights - Russian troops have invaded Ukraine - Verkhovna Rada election campaign starting from 28 of August - Ukrainian Hryvnya once again strongly weakened

27.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Presidential decree on dissolving the parliament has entered into force, starting with the election campaign from 28 of August. The elections will be held according to the old elections law with closed lists of candidates. The pro-presidential political party "Solidarnist", now renamed into "Poroshenko block", held its congress in preparations for the elections. Defectors from other parties have been seen among the convention participants. Experts do admit possibility of former members Party of Regions to appear in the elections list of the Poroshenko Block Attending the event, President Poroshenko urged all democratic parties campaign in the elections as a joint team.