September 15, 2015

Ukraine: September, 7-13, 2015 - Main Events of the Week

Digest of the main events of the week: September, 7-13, 2015 by the analytics agency "Digests & Analytics Ukraine"

Key Events in Ukraine

  • The ruling Parliamentary coalition is on the brink of collapse.
  • Parties held congresses and nominate the candidates for the local elections.
  • Kiev hosted the International Forum of Yalta European Strategy. Former Israeli President Peres urged Ukrainians to dream big.
  • The SSU  announced about the arrest of the "Slobozhanshchyna" battalion leader for the organization of the attempted assassination of Interior Minister Avakov
  • The Rights Sector and Automaydan activists, who captures Kivalov’s castle by the sea, were arrested and released on bail.
  • At the Head of the State Employment Service was caught with a large bribe.
  • The first petition to the President gained enough votes to present them for consideration.

Ukraine at War

  • The situation in the Donbass remains stable but the army continues to incur losses.
  • The Crimean Tatars are preparing to blockade the Crimea
  • Former Italian President Berlusconi visited the Crimea, accompanied by Russian President Putin.
  • Three Ukrainian soldiers were arrested on the administrative border with the Crimea.

Ukraine and the World


  • Russian demands in negotiations on free trade zone with the EU were rejected again.
  • Russia does not consider itself obliged to fulfill the Minsk agreements.
  • Ukraine handed over the documents on the recognition of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in the Hague over the crimes of Russia  in the Donbass .
  • The Foreign Ministers of the “Normandy Four” were unable to reach agreement on the Donbass.
  • Russia does not consider Savchenko a POW.
  • The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation accused Prime Minister Yatsenyuk in participation in the fighting on the side of the Chechens in 1994.
  • Russia refuses to restructure the loan issued to Yanukovych.

September 12, 2015

09/11/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Poroshenko sees no point in continuing negotiations in Minsk in 2016

Poroshenko sees no point in continuing negotiations in Minsk in 2016
Poroshenko sees no point in continuing negotiations in Minsk in 2016

11.09.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

  • Poroshenko sees no point in continuing negotiations in Minsk in 2016.
  • Head of the State Employment Service detained on bribe charges.
  • Situation in Donbas remains stable.
  • Scandal linked to the visit to Crimea of  Russian president Putin and former Italian president Berlusconi.
  • SSU reported it had prevented assassination attempt on Interior Minister Avakov.