06/27/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - The UNHCR reported more than 900 thousand refugees from Ukraine

The UNHCR reported more than 900 thousand refugees from Ukraine

06.27.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

• The UNHCR reported more than 900 thousand refugees from Ukraine.
• The financial crisis in Greece could destroy the euro zone.

Key Events in Ukraine

• President Poroshenko in a speech to the anniversary of the signing of the agreement with the EU promised that Ukraine will become a candidate for EU membership in a few years.
• The court left one of the former leaders of the Party of Regions Efremov, who is under investigation related to the "dictatorship laws" of former president Yanukovych, under house arrest until August.
• The head of the State Aviation Service temporarily estranged until the end of official investigation due to the accusation of lobbying the interests of the MAU company (Ukrainian International Airlines) by the Head of the Odessa Regional State Administration Saakashvili.

Ukraine at War

• Shelling of Ukrainian army positions do not stop even for a day, at night shelling  intensifies. Militants are using all available heavy weapons. The surroundings of Donetsk, Horlivka, Mariupol, settlements in the Luhansk region - Zolote, Stanitsa Luhanska were under strong fire. The observers of the OSCE Mission recorded constant maneuvering of militants heavy weapons close to the line of fighting. According to official reports of ATO headquarters, five Ukrainian soldiers injured during the day, one woman killed in Stanitsa Luhanska during the shelling.
• Observers reported of shortage of fuel, queues at the service stations in Donetsk are very long. However, shortages of fuel supply for militants vehicles have not been recorded.
• Canadian instructors will come to Ukraine in September to train Ukrainian military and take part in joint exercises in the Yavoriv training ground.
• UN Refugees Agency reported that more than 900 thousand Ukrainians have applied for refugee status after leaving the country, the majority - in Russia and Belarus.

Ukraine and the World

• The Greek parliament has decided that a referendum will be held on 5 July on the implementation of the requirements of international lenders. However, the negotiations on the restructuring of public debt should be completed by June 30, when the European aid program is completed. Experts do not exclude the country's sovereign default and its exit from the euro zone. Observers noted cases of lack of money in a large number of ATMs throughout Greece.
• Armenian President decided to cancel the increase in electricity tariffs, but a rally in the center of Yerevan is not going to disperse. Protestors should decide on further action on Sunday. Police say they are ready to disperse the meeting if the participants will not leave themselves.

The Trends

• Media spread the appeal of human rights defenders regarding the actual kidnapping by Kharkov military recruitment offices under the guise of "mobilization" and massive violations of the rights of students who should be exempt from mobilization.