31.08.2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Several hundreds of Ukrainian military from volunteer battalions and regular army broke through the encirclement near Ilovays’k - The EU sanctions against Russia were not introduced during the EU summit on August 30 due to positions of some countries

31.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Citizens of Kherson broke up a pro-Russian rally. Participants detained by police confessed, that they’ve came from Zaporizhya and have been paid for participation. Border guards and Armed forces are strengthening the border line between Crimea and continental Ukraine

Kyiv

• As situation in the east of Ukraine have recently worsened, block posts have been introduced around the capital, with traffic police and special battalion «Kyiv-1» being on duty twenty-four hours a day.

30/08/2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - The EU is ready to apply new sanctions against Russia - The defeat at Ilovais'k requires immediate action

30.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• The criminal case against former head of Kharkiv regional administration M. Dobkin for activities against territorial integrity of the country has been closed in the absence of evidence of a crime.
• Experts believe that the shooting death of the former head of the State Property Fund V. Semeniuk is not a suicide.
• Central Elections Committee has registered an initiative of the “Bat’kivschyna” party on holding a referendum about Ukraine joining NATO, which is going to be carried out during parliamentary elections.
• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine P. Klimkin said that the text of the Association Agreement with the EU can not be changed and will be ratified in its present form.

26.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Head of the State Election Committee Ohendovsky announced the price tag of the early parliamentary elections - 986 mln. UAH, as well as claimed that it will be sourced from the reserve fund of the Government. As long as the election law hasn’t been changed, 438 deputies (excluding 12 majoritary areas of annexed Crimea) should be elected to the renewed Verkhovna Rada.
• New business week brought one more consecutive historical minimum of the official exchange rate of Ukrainian Hryvnya: 13.66 UAH/1$ (-30 cop), 18.02 UAH/1€, 3.78 UAH/10 RUR (-10 cop). Interbank quotes fluctuated in the range of 13.50-14.17 UAH/1$ and 17.82-18.70 UAH/1€.

19.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• State Office of General Prosecutor arrested assets of the VETEK company amounting to 2 bln. UAH, belonging to Kurchenko, closest friend of the son of ex-president Yanukovych, accusing the legal entity of illegal accusation of the state property on a mass scale.
• National Bank continue to strengthened Ukrainian hryvnia via currency interventions: 12.95 UAH / 1$ (+12 cop), 17.33 UAH / 1€ (+17 cop), 3.59 UAH / 10 RUR (+4 cop).
• Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, announced during the briefing, that extended top level meeting of EU, Ukraine and the “Eurasian Trinity” (Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia) is being planned for August 26, aimed to discuss implementation of Ukrainian association agreement with the EU, energy security and conflict in Donbass.

22/07/2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• President Poroshenko, clarified at the meeting with Verkhovna Rada fractions and deputy groups leaders that Ukraine is not ready for the introduction of martial law, as in this case it would be impossible to get the support of international financial institutions, supply of arms and dual-use goods, as well as in the case of the declaration of martial law the opposite opposite side of the conflict will be protected by international law. Based on this context, anti-terrorist operation will continue and efforts should be focused on recognition of DPR and LPR as international terrorist organizations.
• Verkhovna Rada amended its governance principles, allowing the chairman to dissolve specific fraction should number of its deputies decrease  versus initial one during formation on the first session. This allows to eliminate parliamentary faction of the Communist Party, that have been abandoned by several deputies. The law was signed by President Poroshenko.