(AFP). US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Kyiv late Sunday to reassure its pro-Western leaders that Washington remains committed to Ukraine despite stepped-up efforts to work with Russia against Islamic State jihadists.
KYIV, December 6. /TASS/. Ukraine will be forced to take an “adequate decision” in case Russia imposes a ban on imports of Ukrainian foods, Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko said on Sunday.
KYIV, December 6. /TASS/. Electricity supplies to Crimea via one of the electricity transmission lines from Ukraine that were damaged late in November will be resumed soon, Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko said in an interview with Ukrainian television channels on Sunday.
It took over a year and a half for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to even begin implementing his most important campaign promise: On December 1, a new head of the anti-corruption prosecution agency was finally appointed, and now the office is ready to start working. US officials think this took far too long, and they are losing patience with Ukraine’s government, especially since Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, a Poroshenko confidant, has delayed filling the anti-corruption position. In September of this year, Geoffrey Pyatt, the US ambassador to Kyiv, took an unusual step. He tweeted his demand for Shokin’s dismissal, albeit in a convoluted, diplomatic manner.
Kyiv, Ukraine – Flurries of snow have started to fall on Kyiv, announcing the start of winter for the residents of the Ukrainian capital.
MOSCOW, December 6. /TASS/. Kyiv’s military over the past 24 hours violated 17 times the ceasefire regime in south-east Ukraine, the defence ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said on Sunday.
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US Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Ukraine to reassure Kyiv that Washington remains committed to its pro-Western government despite stepped-up efforts to work with Russia against Daesh terrorists in Syria.
The website Ukraina.ru reported that the Ukrainian air defense system allegedly could not protect the country’s capital Kyiv.