US urges Ukraine to speed up reforms
According to a joint statement made by the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Volodymyr Groysman, and US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, the pace of reforms in Ukraine needs to be sped up to ensure a smooth handover of affairs to the future US presidential administration.
This statement was made after the talks between Ukrainian and US authorities on trade cooperation. The American presidential delegation was headed by Pritzker.
“Both sides agreed on the importance of accelerating the momentum …
Indonesia receives armored personnel carriers that were purchased from Ukraine
On 28 September in the Indonesian port of Tanjung Priok (Jakarta), a test batch of four BTR-4M armored personnel carriers, specially designed for the Marine Corps of Indonesia and manufactured by the stated-owned company Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (KMDB), were unloaded from the cargo ship, Texel, which arrived from Ukraine, as reported on the ‘Made in Ukraine’ Facebook page.
It is noted that two of the four BTR-4 armored personnel carriers delivered to Indonesia are …
Dutch Ambassador to be summoned by Russian Foreign Ministry over MH17 investigation
The Ambassador from the Netherlands to the Russian Federation will be summoned on October 3 to the Russian Foreign Ministry for “further explanation of the reasons for Russia’s rejection of the methods of work of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT).” On Friday, September 30, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said that according to her, the Dutch will not accept any criticism against the intermediate results of the investigation into the cause of the crash of the …
Kyiv begins trying Plotnitskiy in absentia
The trial of the head of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, Igor Plotnitskiy, have begun in Kyiv. Plotnitskiy has refused to appear before the Podilsky district court, and is therefore being tried in absentia.
According to prosecutor Yevhen Dudka, the trial will last about six months.
"The questioning of 17 witnesses and victims, as well as an examination of evidence, are scheduled already. Only after their completion will the court make a decision. Witnesses have already been …
Russian MFA spokeswoman: US actions against Syrian government would lead to 'tectonic shifts'
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that if the US were to directly engage Syrian government forces, it would lead to “tectonic shifts” in the Middle East, RIA Novosti reported.
"My goal is to explain why it is so important to stay in line with the agreements [between the US, Russia, and Damascus]. If the US carries out direct aggression against Damascus and the Syrian army, it will lead to terrible, tectonic shifts, not only in this country [Syria], but also in the …