На выборы в Запорожский областной совет зарегистрировались 13 партий. Однако избирательная комиссия едва не «зарубила» партию «Наш край», которую позже все-таки пропустила. Вчера, 1 октября, состоялось заседание областной избирательной комиссии, на котором объявили всех участников выборов в

Ukraine is unlikely to receive a second tranche of a $17-billion loan program from the International Monetary Fund this year as expected, Finance Minister Oleksander Shlapak said on Tuesday, in the latest economic blow to the debt-ridden country. Ukraine, which has been fighting pro-Russian

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s land grab in Crimea and support for an insurgency in his neighbor’s east are poised to help Ukraine’s pro-European leader tighten his hold on power at this weekend’s election. Backing for Petro Poroshenko’s party and the Popular Front of his Prime Minister Arseniy

Life of ordinary Ukrainian became worst a year after “Maidan”. In Fact, our standard of living is twice worse then in Belarus. This view belongs to Ukrainian “pitchfork” populist Oleg Lyashko. He criticized the premiership of Arseniy Yatsenuk on the First National Channel. “We live in country where

Many military people cross the border between Russia and Ukraine. Obviously some of them belong to a Cossack Units. This information was reported by OSCE mission. Many eyewitnesses assert: motion of military was recorded on Russian stations: “Gukovo” and “Donetsk”.

EU leaders will urge Russia at a summit this week to do more to stabilize Ukraine, according to a draft statement but diplomats expect no change in sanctions on Moscow in the near future. The leaders’ call comes days before Ukraineholds parliamentary elections on Oct.26 in a vote that is to bring

Yesterday was the premiere of the documentary «Our Hope» at Kiev’s cinema “Oktyabr”. Mother of Ukrainian hero, Maria Ivanovna, said a few words about her daughter. “On our meeting Nadia asked about her friend Sergey, he was her colleague. And she said to me: “Mom, don’t be sad!”. Maria Ivanovna

(Reuters) — Waiting for a lull in fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels, Nikolai Batyshchev ventures out with his chainsaw and wheelbarrow to collect firewood to fend off the damp autumn chill. Left without natural gas or power due to fighting over nearby Donetsk airport,

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered a snap parliamentary election for Oct. 26 with the aim of clearing out loyalists of ousted Moscow-backed leader, Viktor Yanukovich, and producing an assembly with a pro-Europe majority. The election is also aimed at securing further legitimacy for Kiev’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdBhq5tTMdU CCTV footage catches the moment a girl narrowly escapes a massive piece of glass falling from Donetsk Donbass arena. A large part of the glass facade comes away after intense shelling on Monday. Shelling is continuing in the rebel-held city despite a

A Ukrainian election candidate allied to the prime minister was shot at and came under a grenade attack as he left his home late on Monday, and only survived because he was wearing body armor, his party said. Volodymyr Borysenko, from Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s People’s Front party, was

Evidence collected by Human Rights Watch suggests government forces have used cluster munitions in eastern Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists may also have done so, the New York-based watchdog said on Tuesday. Spokesmen for theKiev government’s military operation and the pro-Russian rebels they

Reuters — Russia and Ukraine aim to resolve an impasse over natural gas supplies on Tuesday as their energy ministers meet in Brussels for talks brokered by the European Union’s energy commissioner. Citing unpaid bills worth more than $5 billion, Russia cut off gas flows to Kiev in mid-June, adding

Lieder of the self-proclaimed Donetsk’s People Republic Aleksander Zaharchenko said that ceasefire deal between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels is over. As he wrote in his Twitter account: “We consider after today’s blasts in Donetsk even a formal ceasefire is finished”. The shockwave from a