Armed representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic have kidnapped one of Donetsk governor’s assistant. “Deputy minister of DPR” Andrey Pugrin informed about it earlier. “During the previous day we captured one of Taruta’s assistant and abducted up to 10 officers for hostages swapping,” he told journalists.
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The Interior ministry of Ukraine has issued a wanted note on the former first deputy general prosecutor Rinat Kuzmin. His surname with photo are put in the “Individuals, who go into hiding” section at the official web-page.
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A group of terrorists, who were planning an attack on deputy governor of Dnipropetrovsk region Boris Filatov, the commander of Dnepr-1 battalion Yuiry Bereza, and the leader of Right Sector party Dmytro Yarosh, has been captured by security officers on June 24, Filatov told journalists at the briefing in Dnipropetrovsk. He also informed that terrorists were planning to blow up special train with military equipment and power convertor to leave the city without water and electricity.
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The draft law No. 4178а “On introduction of amendments to the Ukrainian Constitution” registered in the Parliament on June 26. It is stated in the explanatory notes that the draft law, which was initiated by President Petro Poroshenko, is more about power’s decentralization processes in Ukraine.
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EU summit in Brussels, where Ukraine has signed partnership agreements with the European Union, continues. Ukraine and the EU were planning to sign this agreement at the summit for the European Partnership initiative in Vilnius in November 29, 2013. Yanukovych turned its back on signing the EU agreement a week before the summit, and protests led to his overthrow.
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Ukrainian authority at last begins the investigation of the scandal Dmitro Firtash business group. Prime-minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the government will act towards Firtash’s assets, as the law and Ukrainian people demand.
economics.unian.net
The owners of Ukrainian electricity will try to vote down the project of Ukraine’s energy system interconnection.
ugmk.info
Chairman of the State Commission on Securities and Stock Market Dmitry Tevelev, who is said to be Rinat Akhmetov’s man, could leave his post, the source close to the administration said.
compromat.ua
Grimea’s Attorney General Natalia Poklonskaya and the head of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov signed an agreement on judicial cooperation.
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16 people, who were planning an attack on the region’s authorities and were planning to form Dnipropetrovsk People’s Republic, have been suspended in Dnipropetrovsk, deputy governor of Dnipropetrovsk region Boris Filatov said.
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Naftogaz chief Andriy Kobolev has dismissed claims by representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) about having gained control over the gas transportation system (GTS) and underground gas storage (UGS) facilities in the Donbas area.
mignews.com.ua
Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma says the consultations with the Trilateral contact group (Ukraine, Russia, EU) will continue on 27 July.
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Petro Poroshenko: Decision on ceasefire regime will be made today.
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Nikolay Frolov made a statement that Viktor Mezheyko cannot hold a post of the chairman of the regional council as he had discredited himself working with the previous regime, and proposed him to vacate a seat.
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MP Igor Vasyunyk thinks Iryna Sekh will remain as the head of Lviv regional administration.
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