Ukroboronprom: more than fifty planes and helicopters were provided to Ukrainian Army in 2018
Press service of the Ukrainian stated-owned arms manufacture and exporter, Ukroboronprom, reported that the Ukrainian army had received about 50 repaired and modernized aircraft and helicopters from its 16 subsidiaries.
The army received Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter aicraft, Su-25 close support planes, Su-24 bombers, AN-26 and IL-76 transport planes, L-39 trainers and Mi-24, Mi-14 and Mi-8 helicopters. The Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant carried out work on the upgrade of MiG-29 fighters to MiG- …
Ukraine reduced gas imports by 25% in 2018
Ukraine imported 10.59 million cubic meters of gas in 2018. This is 24.6% or 3.46 billion cubic meters less than 2017 when gas supplies exceeded 14 billion cubic meters, according to the data of gas transmission company, Ukrtransgaz.
In 2018, gas was imported solely from Europe because gas supplies from Russia had been suspended since November 25, 2015 when Naftogaz found Russian Gazprom’s prices unreasonably high. In 2018 Ukraine imported 6.4 billion cubic meters of gas from Slovakia, 3.4 …
Ukrainian Security Service expels Belarusian citizen for anti-Ukrainian propaganda
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) expelled a Belarusian citizen, Pavel Karnazytsky and banned him from entering Ukraine for three years. Karnazytsky had often taken part in TV programs on different Channels and positioned himself as a political observer, reported the SBU’s website.
"The SBU blocked the destructive activity of the Belarusian citizen Pavel Karnazytsky who disseminated anti-Ukrainian propaganda in the territory of our country. Operatives found out that the foreign national, …
Kremlin: Russia held 200 different exercises in 2018 in the Black Sea
On Wednesday, January 2nd, the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces reported that during 2018, the Black Sea Fleet held about 200 different exercises with over 600 practice drills, including combat shooting. In preparation for combat service. The crews of 40 ships and boats trained and successfully passed at least 140 training tasks.
In addition, during the previous year, 28 missile firings at sea, coastal, and air targets were completed.
For the first …
Ukraine's National Bank fines Sberbank's subsidiary
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) press service reported that the NBU fined Sberbank’s subsidiary in the amount of 94.7 million hryvnias (more than 3.4 million) for violating financial monitoring legislation.
It is noted that the Ukrainian regulator fined Sberbank “for repetitive risky behavior in the field of financial monitoring for a total amount of over 3 billion UAH” (over $108 million).
According to the NBU, Sberbank allowed continuous major financial cash withdrawals from corporate …