unian--2020-09-11--Ukrainian, German health ministers discuss access to COVID-19 vaccines

Ukraine will be able to receive vaccine doses for 20 % of the population .
Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has held a phone call with his German counterpart Jens Spahn to discuss issues of clinical trials and access to COVID-19 vaccines .
`` Ukraine is grateful to the European Union and Germany for their direct financial contribution and political support of the COVAX international initiative , thanks to which Ukraine will be able to receive vaccine doses for 20 % of the population .
However , over 30 million more people will need the vaccine [ to be supplied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ukrainian ministry 's press service quoted Stepanov as saying on Facebook , September 10 .
Therefore , Ukraine will be looking for other sources of supplies to vaccinate all risk groups .
Read alsoDaily COVID-19 spike in Ukraine hits new high with over 3,100 cases on Sept 11The Federal Minister of Health , in turn , says that Germany is ready to return to talks about Ukraine 's access to the vaccine as soon as it becomes clear which vaccines will pass clinical trials .
Spahn said the German side was pleased with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the implementation of rather ambitious healthcare reform in Ukraine .
Stepanov added he hoped that the dialogue between the Ukrainian and German health ministries would continue .
• The adaptive quarantine was introduced on August 1 .
The Ukrainian regions were split into the green , yellow , orange , and red zones depending on hospital bed occupancy , the average number of PCR and ELISA tests , the ascertainment rate of COVID-19 , and daily spread dynamics .
• Quarantine-related curbs differ in each zone .
The mildest ones are in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the red zone will have to introduce the toughest restrictions .
• On August 26 , the Cabinet of Ministers extended the adaptive quarantine until November 1 .
• On September 10 , the government reviewed the borders of COVID-19 quarantine zones .
The reviewed zoning regulations will take effect on Monday , September 14 .
Kyiv became part of the orange zone , with the second-toughest bans after the red zone .
• Health Minister Maksym Stepanov says the ministry has no plans to introduce a new lockdown in Ukraine yet .

Ukraine will be able to receive vaccine doses for 20% of the population.
Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has held a phone call with his German counterpart Jens Spahn to discuss issues of clinical trials and access to COVID-19 vaccines.
"Ukraine is grateful to the European Union and Germany for their direct financial contribution and political support of the COVAX international initiative, thanks to which Ukraine will be able to receive vaccine doses for 20% of the population. However, over 30 million more people will need the vaccine [to be supplied] from other sources," the Ukrainian ministry's press service quoted Stepanov as saying on Facebook, September 10.
Therefore, Ukraine will be looking for other sources of supplies to vaccinate all risk groups.
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Read alsoDaily COVID-19 spike in Ukraine hits new high with over 3,100 cases on Sept 11The Federal Minister of Health, in turn, says that Germany is ready to return to talks about Ukraine's access to the vaccine as soon as it becomes clear which vaccines will pass clinical trials.
Spahn said the German side was pleased with bilateral cooperation. The minister also praised the implementation of rather ambitious healthcare reform in Ukraine.
Stepanov added he hoped that the dialogue between the Ukrainian and German health ministries would continue.
Quarantine in Ukraine: Background


unian--2020-09-11--Zelensky reshuffles Ukrainian envoys to several countries

The changes involved the diplomatic corps in South Korea , Israel , and Kazakhstan .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has @ @ @ @ @ to several countries .
The relevant decrees were posted on the president 's website .
@ @ @ @ @ , Oleksandr Horin was dismissed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic @ @ @ @ @ ambassador returns to Minsk after consultations in KyivBy decree No .
384/2020 Hennadii Nadolenko was @ @ @ @ @ Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel .
At the same time , by decree No @ @ @ @ @ was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel .
In addition , @ @ @ @ @ , Petro Vrublevskiy was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Kazakhstan .

The changes involved the diplomatic corps in South Korea, Israel, and Kazakhstan.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has handled reshuffles among Ukrainian ambassadors to several countries.
The relevant decrees were posted on the president's website.
By decree No. 383/2020, Oleksandr Horin was dismissed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Korea.
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Read alsoUkrainian ambassador returns to Minsk after consultations in KyivBy decree No. 384/2020 Hennadii Nadolenko was dismissed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel.
At the same time, by decree No. 385/2020, Yevhen Korniychuk was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel.
In addition, by decree No. 386/2020, Petro Vrublevskiy was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Kazakhstan.


unian--2020-09-11--Tymoshenko recovers from coronavirus – press secretary

She still has pneumonia .
Leader of Ukraine 's Batkivshchyna Party , MP Yulia Tymoshenko has recovered from the novel coronavirus .
`` Finally it 's time for good news !
Yulia Volodymyrivna has just tested negative for COVID-19 .
The coronavirus has been overcome , '' her press secretary Maryna Soroka wrote on Facebook on September 11 .
Read alsoAnother MP from Batkivshchyna faction tested positive for coronavirus – mediaAccording to the press secretary , Tymoshenko `` feels much better .
She still has pneumonia , but the treatment is going well , and she will get back to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • On August 23 , Tymoshenko 's press secretary said the leader of the Batkivshchyna Party had tested positive for COVID-19 .
• Tymoshenko 's daughter Eugenia , as well as Eugenia 's husband Arthur Chechetkin , also fell ill , according to media reports .
• On August 25 , media reported the politician had been put on a ventilator .
• On August 26 , Ukrainian MP from the Batkivshchyna Party 's parliamentary faction Vadym Ivchenko said Tymoshenko was in critical condition .
• On September 2 , Tymoshenko for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ condition .

She still has pneumonia.
Leader of Ukraine's Batkivshchyna Party, MP Yulia Tymoshenko has recovered from the novel coronavirus.
"Finally it's time for good news! Yulia Volodymyrivna has just tested negative for COVID-19. The coronavirus has been overcome," her press secretary Maryna Soroka wrote on Facebook on September 11.
Read alsoAnother MP from Batkivshchyna faction tested positive for coronavirus – mediaAccording to the press secretary, Tymoshenko "feels much better. She still has pneumonia, but the treatment is going well, and she will get back to normal life and work soon."
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Tymoshenko contracts COVID-19: Background


unian--2020-09-11--Ukraine reports 35 new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of Sept 11

Some 716 servicemen are now isolated ( including self-isolation ) .
The number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases registered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine rose by 35 as of the morning of September 11 .
`` As of 10:00 Kyiv time on September 11 , some 640 people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine had acute respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus .
In total , 1,478 people have recovered and six have died during the pandemic , '' the press service of the Medical Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on September @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were registered in the past 24 hours . ''
Read alsoQuarantine introduced in Ukraine saves many lives – senior health officialOf those newly-infected , four people have been hospitalized , while another 31 are self-isolating , undergoing treatment at home under doctors ' supervision .
Currently , their state of health is satisfactory .
Some 716 servicemen are now isolated ( including self-isolation ) .
The number of those whose isolation term is expiring in the next three days is 77 people .
• Ukraine said 3,144 new active COVID-19 cases had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 24 hours as of September 11 , 2020 , marking yet another highest daily rise .
• The total number of confirmed cases grew to 148,756 .

Some 716 servicemen are now isolated (including self-isolation).
The number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases registered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine rose by 35 as of the morning of September 11.
"As of 10:00 Kyiv time on September 11, some 640 people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine had acute respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In total, 1,478 people have recovered and six have died during the pandemic," the press service of the Medical Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on September 11. "Thirty-five new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours."
Read alsoQuarantine introduced in Ukraine saves many lives – senior health officialOf those newly-infected, four people have been hospitalized, while another 31 are self-isolating, undergoing treatment at home under doctors' supervision. Currently, their state of health is satisfactory.
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Some 716 servicemen are now isolated (including self-isolation). The number of those whose isolation term is expiring in the next three days is 77 people.
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unian--2020-09-11--"One-time inspection" in Donbas most likely suspended over Russia's ultimatum demands – journalist

According to Garmash , Russia took advantage of Ukraine 's compliance .
Journalist Serhiy Garmash , who is a member of the Ukrainian delegation to Trilateral Contact Group ( TCG ) on Donbas settlement , has said the so-called `` one-time inspection '' of Ukrainian positions near the village of Shumy agreed on at a special meeting of the TCG 's security subgroup was suspended most likely over Russia 's ultimatum demands .
`` As far as I know , Russia did not stop at the demands that it had put forward the day before , and , taking advantage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ put forth more demands that were no longer one-time , but permanent , i.e .
constant inspection of our positions by the military , '' he told Ukraine 24 TV channel on September 10 .
According to Garmash , those requirements led to the suspension of the inspection .
`` Of course , Ukraine can not be happy with such ultimatum-like formulation of the question , that 's why , apparently , we have suspended this inspection .
Although I think – that 's my subjective opinion , it is very hard to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's shelling [ Russia-led forces attacked Ukrainian positions three times on September 10 ] , '' he added .
Donbas war : Russian proxy forces open fire at site of `` joint inspection '' after move called off Latest developments in Donbas • So-called `` DPR leader '' Denis Pushilin threatened to open fire on Ukrainian army positions from 08:00 a.m. local time on September 7 .
• As grounds for such move , Pushilin claimed violations by Ukrainian forces of the latest ceasefire agreement sealed on July 22 .
He demanded that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allegedly been dug after July 22 , and warned that they `` have every right '' to act to eliminate the alleged violations .
• In turn , Commander of the Joint Forces , Lieutenant General Volodymyr Kravchenko said the Ukrainian troops had not violated any agreements .
• On September 6 , the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine confirmed there had been no violations of the ceasefire agreements by the Joint Forces .
• On September 9 , participants in a Trilateral Contact Group meeting agreed on a joint inspection near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the OSCE coordinator .
• The President 's Office said the relevant agreement on the inspection had been reached to refute fake news and prevent new provocations .
• On September 10 , the Office of the President of Ukraine said the `` one-time inspection '' had been suspended over continuous change in the Russian side 's demands .

According to Garmash, Russia took advantage of Ukraine's compliance.
Journalist Serhiy Garmash, who is a member of the Ukrainian delegation to Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on Donbas settlement, has said the so-called "one-time inspection" of Ukrainian positions near the village of Shumy agreed on at a special meeting of the TCG's security subgroup was suspended most likely over Russia's ultimatum demands.
"As far as I know, Russia did not stop at the demands that it had put forward the day before, and, taking advantage of our compliance, it began to put forth more demands that were no longer one-time, but permanent, i.e. constant inspection of our positions by the military," he told Ukraine 24 TV channel on September 10.
According to Garmash, those requirements led to the suspension of the inspection.
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"Of course, Ukraine cannot be happy with such ultimatum-like formulation of the question, that's why, apparently, we have suspended this inspection. Although I think – that's my subjective opinion, it is very hard to talk about maintaining the ceasefire after today's shelling [Russia-led forces attacked Ukrainian positions three times on September 10]," he added.
Read also Donbas war: Russian proxy forces open fire at site of "joint inspection" after move called off Latest developments in Donbas


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unian--2020-09-11--Medvedchuk travels to occupied Crimea, accompanied by three Ukrainian policemen – media

Viktor Medvedchuk , leader of the Opposition Platform – For Life Party and crony of Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly traveled to Russia-occupied Crimea in early August , he is said to have been accompanied by three active Ukrainian police officers .
This information was released by the slidstvo.info vlog .
Journalists learnt from several sources in the SBU Security Service of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine that Medvedchuk 's bodyguards are officers of the Kyiv Directorate of the police 's guard force .
These are Serhiy Zasenko , Vladyslav Halishyn and Hryhoriy Chaly .
Medvedchuk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kalanchak checkpoint in a Mercedes Vito car at 14:30 local time on August 2 .
Police officers Hryhoriy Chaly and Vladyslav Halishyn were in the car with Medvedchuk .
Serhiy Zasenko had arrived in the occupied Crimea a little earlier .
He came on foot to the Kalanchak checkpoint at 16:34 local time on July 30 .
Officially , the three police officers allegedly had taken a vacation a few days before the trip .
What is more , Hryhoriy Chaly and Vladyslav Halishyn work as aides to MP Medvedchuk on a voluntary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the official website of the Verkhovna Rada , Ukraine 's parliament .
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies are now probing into the version that the chiefs of the aforementioned police officers forged their subordinates ' vacation documents retroactively after information about Medvedchuk 's trip to Crimea had become public .
The directorate of the police 's guard force says an internal investigation is underway to probe into the alleged trip of police officers Zasenko , Halishyn and Chaly , together with Medvedchuk , to occupied Crimea .
However , the directorate stressed employees of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the occupied areas as there are no bans or restrictions .
• Zelensky says he 's sure Medvedchuk sponsored by Moscow ( Video )

Three active police officers accompanied him.
Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of the Opposition Platform – For Life Party and crony of Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly traveled to Russia-occupied Crimea in early August, he is said to have been accompanied by three active Ukrainian police officers.
This information was released by the slidstvo.info vlog.
Read alsoUkrainian MP recruiting Yanukovych-era riot police officers to his "activist group" – media
Journalists learnt from several sources in the SBU Security Service of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine that Medvedchuk's bodyguards are officers of the Kyiv Directorate of the police's guard force.
These are Serhiy Zasenko, Vladyslav Halishyn and Hryhoriy Chaly.
Medvedchuk reportedly entered the occupied peninsula through the Kalanchak checkpoint in a Mercedes Vito car at 14:30 local time on August 2.
Police officers Hryhoriy Chaly and Vladyslav Halishyn were in the car with Medvedchuk. Serhiy Zasenko had arrived in the occupied Crimea a little earlier. He came on foot to the Kalanchak checkpoint at 16:34 local time on July 30. Officially, the three police officers allegedly had taken a vacation a few days before the trip.
What is more, Hryhoriy Chaly and Vladyslav Halishyn work as aides to MP Medvedchuk on a voluntary basis. This information is indicated on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies are now probing into the version that the chiefs of the aforementioned police officers forged their subordinates' vacation documents retroactively after information about Medvedchuk's trip to Crimea had become public.
The directorate of the police's guard force says an internal investigation is underway to probe into the alleged trip of police officers Zasenko, Halishyn and Chaly, together with Medvedchuk, to occupied Crimea.
However, the directorate stressed employees of the National Police could freely travel to the occupied areas as there are no bans or restrictions.
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unian--2020-09-11--Quarantine introduced in Ukraine saves many lives – senior health official

Ukraine recorded only isolated cases in the spring while Europe was facing collapse because of the growing number of cases .
Ukraine 's Deputy Health Minister , Chief Medical Officer Viktor Liashko has said many lives were saved thanks to the quarantine introduced in Ukraine .
`` I will never be ashamed in my life that we introduced quarantine restrictions in March .
We have saved the lives of hundreds , tens , perhaps , thousands of people , '' he told Ukraine 24 TV channel .
`` Today , the healthcare system is not at all the same as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ready to provide medical assistance to everyone who requires it , '' the official said .
Read alsoHealth minister rejects new lockdown in UkraineLiashko reiterated Ukraine recorded only isolated COVID-19 cases in the spring while Europe was facing collapse because of the growing number of cases .
`` March , April – we see isolated cases all over the country , we see Western Europe 's healthcare system collapsing .
Their healthcare systems have nowhere to bring and hospitalize people , the virus is new , it is not known how it will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ measures , '' he added .
• The adaptive quarantine was introduced on August 1 .
The Ukrainian regions were split into the green , yellow , orange , and red zones depending on hospital bed occupancy , the average number of PCR and ELISA tests , the ascertainment rate of COVID-19 , and daily spread dynamics .
• Quarantine-related curbs differ in each zone .
The mildest ones are in the green zone , the regions included in the red zone will have to introduce the toughest restrictions .
• Updated quarantine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 17 .
Kyiv became part of the yellow zone .
• On August 26 , the Cabinet of Ministers extended the adaptive quarantine until November 1 .
• On September 10 , the government reviewed the borders of COVID-19 quarantine zones .
The reviewed zoning regulations will take effect on Monday , September 14 .
Kyiv became part of the orange zone , with the second-toughest bans after the red zone .

Ukraine recorded only isolated cases in the spring while Europe was facing collapse because of the growing number of cases.
Ukraine's Deputy Health Minister, Chief Medical Officer Viktor Liashko has said many lives were saved thanks to the quarantine introduced in Ukraine.
"I will never be ashamed in my life that we introduced quarantine restrictions in March. We have saved the lives of hundreds, tens, perhaps, thousands of people," he told Ukraine 24 TV channel.
"Today, the healthcare system is not at all the same as it was in March. It is ready to provide medical assistance to everyone who requires it," the official said.
Read alsoHealth minister rejects new lockdown in UkraineLiashko reiterated Ukraine recorded only isolated COVID-19 cases in the spring while Europe was facing collapse because of the growing number of cases.
"March, April – we see isolated cases all over the country, we see Western Europe's healthcare system collapsing. Their healthcare systems have nowhere to bring and hospitalize people, the virus is new, it is not known how it will behave, all countries are taking unprecedented measures," he added.
Quarantine in Ukraine: Background


unian--2020-09-11--Daily COVID-19 spike in Ukraine hits new high with over 3,100 cases on Sept 11

The total number of confirmed cases grew to 148,756 .
Ukraine said 3,144 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of September 11 , 2020 , marking yet another highest daily rise .
The total number of confirmed cases grew to 148,756 , as seen on the interactive map compiled by the National Security and Defense Council .
Read alsoZelensky compares fight against COVID-19 with Chornobyl clean-up operationAs many as 67,005 patients , including 1,128 in the past day , have recovered .
The death toll is 3,076 with 53 fatalities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were 78,675 active cases as of September 11 .
In total , there have been 212,029 reports on suspected COVID-19 since the beginning of 2020 .
In total , 1,806,428 polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) tests have been run since the outbreak .
The overall incidence per region is as follows : • 16,523 ( +404 ) in the city of Kyiv ; Data from Russia-occupied areas – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , the city of Sevastopol , parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions – is not available .
• The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Ukrainian regions were split into the red , orange , yellow , and green zones depending on hospital load , the average number of PCR and ELISA tests , the ascertainment rate of COVID-19 , and daily spread dynamics .
• Quarantine-related curbs differ in each zone .
The mildest ones are in the green zone , the regions included in the red zone have to introduce the toughest restrictive measures .
• On August 26 , the Cabinet of Ministers extended the adaptive quarantine until November 1 .
• On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ list of quarantine zones in view of the epidemiological situation in regions .
The red zone has been expanded .
• The Ministry of Health of Ukraine on September 7 updated the protocol for patients with suspected coronavirus .
• Health Minister Maksym Stepanov says the ministry has no plans to introduce a new lockdown in Ukraine yet .

The total number of confirmed cases grew to 148,756.
Ukraine said 3,144 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of September 11, 2020, marking yet another highest daily rise.
The total number of confirmed cases grew to 148,756, as seen on the interactive map compiled by the National Security and Defense Council.
Read alsoZelensky compares fight against COVID-19 with Chornobyl clean-up operationAs many as 67,005 patients, including 1,128 in the past day, have recovered.
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The death toll is 3,076 with 53 fatalities recorded over the past day.
There were 78,675 active cases as of September 11. In total, there have been 212,029 reports on suspected COVID-19 since the beginning of 2020.
In total, 1,806,428 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests have been run since the outbreak.
The overall incidence per region is as follows:
16,626 (+174) cases in Lviv region;
16,523 (+404) in the city of Kyiv;
12,112 (+280 in Kharkiv region;
11,847 (+132) in Chernivtsi region;
10,953 (+151) in Ivano-Frankivsk region;
10,217 (+144) in Rivne region;
9,157 (+283) in Odesa region;
8,453 (+94) in Zakarpattia region;
8,377 (+302) in Ternopil region;
6,648 (+94) in Kyiv region;
6,161 (+69) in Volyn region;
4,690 (+84) in Vinnytsia region;
4,055 (+117) in Zhytomyr region;
3,695 (+198) in Khmelnytsky region;
3,093 (+81) in Dnipropetrovsk region;
2,545 (+30) in Chernihiv region;
2,294 (+117) in Cherkasy region;
2,229 (+42) in Sumy region;
2,136 (+55) in Zaporizhia region;
1,942 (+90) in Donetsk region (Ukrainian-controlled districts);
1,851 (+85) in Mykolaiv region;
1,130 (+61) in Poltava region;
885 (+11) in Kirovohrad region;
576 (+18) in Kherson region;
532 (+29) in Luhansk region (Ukrainian-controlled districts).
Data from Russia-occupied areas – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions – is not available.
Quarantine in Ukraine: background


unian--2020-09-11--Donbas truce: Ukraine reports three violations by enemy on Sept 10

No casualties were reported in the past day .
Ukraine has reported three violations of the latest ceasefire agreements by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Tuesday , September 10 .
`` In the past day , September 10 , Russian Federation 's armed formations three times violated the ceasefire agreements reached on July 22 , '' the press center of Ukraine 's Joint Forces Operation ( JFO ) Command wrote on Facebook in an update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on September 11 , 2020 .
In particular , the enemy opened fire from rifles on Ukrainian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the so-called `` one-time inspection , '' including an inspector representing Russia-backed forces , had to take place .
What is more , two enemy attacks were recorded near the town of Zolote .
At first , the enemy used a tracer bullet to set fire to the grass , and then used rifles to shoot at Ukrainian positions there .
Read alsoDonbas war : Russian proxy forces open fire at site of `` joint inspection '' after move called offThe Joint Forces did not return fire .
No casualties were reported in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no attacks by Russian Federation 's armed formations have been recorded , the JFO HQ said .
A landmine clearance operation is under way .
More than nine hectares in the frontline zone have been cleared with 206 landmines and improvised explosive devices sent for disposal .
Also , Joint Forces personnel are engaged in repairing and rebuilding houses and other facilities of civilian infrastructure .
Eighteen facilities were fully repaired in the past 24 hours .
The situation is under full control of the Ukrainian military , the JFO HQ said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Denis Pushilin threatened to open fire on Ukrainian army positions from 08:00 a.m. local time on September 7 .
• As grounds for such move , Pushilin claimed violations by Ukrainian forces of the latest ceasefire agreement sealed on July 22 .
He demanded that Ukrainian troops undo the trenches that had allegedly been dug after July 22 , and warned that they `` have every right '' to act to eliminate the alleged violations .
• In turn , Commander of the Joint Forces , Lieutenant General Volodymyr Kravchenko said the Ukrainian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • On September 6 , the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine confirmed there had been no violations of the ceasefire agreements by the Joint Forces .
• On September 9 , participants in a Trilateral Contact Group meeting agreed on a joint inspection near Shumy with the participation of a representative of the OSCE coordinator .
• The President 's Office said the relevant agreement on the inspection had been reached to refute fake news and prevent new provocations .
• On September 10 , the Office of the President of Ukraine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been suspended over continuous change in the Russian side 's demands .

No casualties were reported in the past day.
Ukraine has reported three violations of the latest ceasefire agreements by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Tuesday, September 10.
"In the past day, September 10, Russian Federation's armed formations three times violated the ceasefire agreements reached on July 22," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation (JFO) Command wrote on Facebook in an update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on September 11, 2020.
In particular, the enemy opened fire from rifles on Ukrainian positions near the village of Shumy where the so-called "one-time inspection," including an inspector representing Russia-backed forces, had to take place.
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What is more, two enemy attacks were recorded near the town of Zolote. At first, the enemy used a tracer bullet to set fire to the grass, and then used rifles to shoot at Ukrainian positions there.
Read alsoDonbas war: Russian proxy forces open fire at site of "joint inspection" after move called offThe Joint Forces did not return fire.
No casualties were reported in the past day.
Since Friday midnight, no attacks by Russian Federation's armed formations have been recorded, the JFO HQ said.
A landmine clearance operation is under way. More than nine hectares in the frontline zone have been cleared with 206 landmines and improvised explosive devices sent for disposal.
Also, Joint Forces personnel are engaged in repairing and rebuilding houses and other facilities of civilian infrastructure. Eighteen facilities were fully repaired in the past 24 hours.
The situation is under full control of the Ukrainian military, the JFO HQ said.
Latest developments in Donbas


unian--2020-09-11--Ukrainian ambassador's car searched at Belarus border in violation of UN convention

The envoy says the move was `` certainly not in the spirit of our friendly bilateral relations . ''
Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus , Ihor Kyzym , said his car was subjected by inspection by Belarusian border guards on his way from Ukraine to Belarus following consultations in Kyiv .
`` Last weekend I crossed the Ukrainian-Belarusian border and returned to my duties , '' Kyzym told TUT.by .
`` I must say that my entry into Belarus was , to put it mildly , not too friendly , as it started off with a provocation , as I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which I drove as I was returning , was inspected by Belarusian border guards in violation of international law on diplomatic relations and certainly not in the spirit of our friendly bilateral relations .
At the same time , no explanations were provided by the head of the border unit , '' Kyzym said .
`` But most importantly , '' he added , `` I ca n't figure out what they sought to find in the trunk of my car ?
I do n't want to exaggerate , but probably a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a militant in full gear .
In any case , the incident was unpleasant for me .
And as I understand it , the head of the Novaya Guta checkpoint was instructed to do so . ''
The envoy added that the embassy had sent a relevant note to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Article 50 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 says : Personal baggage accompanying consular officers and members of their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from inspection .
It may be inspected only if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it contains articles other than those referred to in subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this article , or articles the import or export of which is prohibited by the laws and regulations of the receiving State or which are subject to its quarantine laws and regulations .
Such inspection shall be carried out in the presence of the consular officer or member of his family concerned .
• On August 17 , Ukraine 's Foreign Ministry summoned the ambassador to Belarus for consultations .
• Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Ukraine had put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allegations , voiced by Alexander Lukashenko , of Ukraine 's `` meddling '' in Belarus ' affairs , as well as the move by Minsk to hand over to Russia a group of Wagner PMC mercenaries in defiance of Ukraine 's pleas for extradition .
• On September 7 , the ambassador returned to Minsk .

The envoy says the move was "certainly not in the spirit of our friendly bilateral relations."
Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus, Ihor Kyzym, said his car was subjected by inspection by Belarusian border guards on his way from Ukraine to Belarus following consultations in Kyiv.
"Last weekend I crossed the Ukrainian-Belarusian border and returned to my duties," Kyzym told TUT.by. "I must say that my entry into Belarus was, to put it mildly, not too friendly, as it started off with a provocation, as I see it."
My personal car, which I drove as I was returning, was inspected by Belarusian border guards in violation of international law on diplomatic relations and certainly not in the spirit of our friendly bilateral relations. At the same time, no explanations were provided by the head of the border unit," Kyzym said.
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"But most importantly," he added, "I can't figure out what they sought to find in the trunk of my car? I don't want to exaggerate, but probably a bunch of weapons or, maybe, a militant in full gear. In any case, the incident was unpleasant for me. And as I understand it, the head of the Novaya Guta checkpoint was instructed to do so."
The envoy added that the embassy had sent a relevant note to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry
Article 50 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 says:
Personal baggage accompanying consular officers and members of their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from inspection. It may be inspected only if there is serious reason to believe that it contains articles other than those referred to in subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this article, or articles the import or export of which is prohibited by the laws and regulations of the receiving State or which are subject to its quarantine laws and regulations. Such inspection shall be carried out in the presence of the consular officer or member of his family concerned.
Ukraine-Belarus diplomatic row: background


unian--2020-09-11--Number of COVID-19 cases confirmed worldwide exceeds 28.1 mln

The overall death toll is 909,614 people , while 18,994,237 coronavirus patients have already recovered .
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world exceeded 28.1 million patients as of September 11 .
Read alsoCabinet amends categories of foreigners exempt from COVID-19-related entry banAs many as 28,171,109 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported as of 08:28 on September 11 , according to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering ( CSSE ) at Johns Hopkins University .
The overall death toll is 909,614 people , while 18,994,237 coronavirus patients have already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recorded in the United States ( 191,789 people ) , Brazil ( 129,522 ) , India ( 76,271 ) , Mexico ( 69,649 ) , the United Kingdom ( 41,697 ) , Italy ( 35,587 ) , and France ( 30,819 ) .
The countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic include the United States ( 6,397,227 confirmed cases ) , India ( 4,562,414 ) , Brazil ( 4,238,446 ) , Russia ( 1,042,836 ) , Peru ( 710,067 ) , Colombia ( 694,664 ) , Mexico ( 652,364 ) , and South @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as 188 countries have been affected by the virus .

The overall death toll is 909,614 people, while 18,994,237 coronavirus patients have already recovered.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world exceeded 28.1 million patients as of September 11.
Read alsoCabinet amends categories of foreigners exempt from COVID-19-related entry banAs many as 28,171,109 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported as of 08:28 on September 11, according to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The overall death toll is 909,614 people, while 18,994,237 coronavirus patients have already recovered.
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The highest death toll was recorded in the United States (191,789 people), Brazil (129,522), India (76,271), Mexico (69,649), the United Kingdom (41,697), Italy (35,587), and France (30,819).
The countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic include the United States (6,397,227 confirmed cases), India (4,562,414), Brazil (4,238,446), Russia (1,042,836), Peru (710,067), Colombia (694,664), Mexico (652,364), and South Africa (644,438).
As many as 188 countries have been affected by the virus.


unian--2020-09-11--Reuters: Oil extends losses as stockpile rise amid weakening demand

Both major benchmarks are down around 6.5 % for the week and headed for a second week of declines .
Oil prices fell for a second day on Friday , pressured by a surprise rise in U.S. stockpiles as the coronavirus pandemic continues to erode demand for fuels .
Brent crude LCOc1 was down 18 cents , or 0.5 % , at $ 39.88 a barrel by 0337 GMT , after falling nearly 2 % on Thursday , while U.S. crude CLc1 dropped 14 cents , or 0.4 % , to $ 37.16 a barrel , having fallen 2 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Reuters .
Read alsoWill Nord Stream 2 fall victim to Navalny 's poisoningBoth major benchmarks are down around 6.5 % for the week and headed for a second week of declines , as hopes dim for a steady recovery in fuel demand amid signs of second-wave coronavirus outbreaks .
In the United States , stockpiles rose last week , against expectations , as refineries slowly returned to operations after production sites were shut down due to storms in the Gulf of Mexico and wider region .
• Global economy likely to recover @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – media

Both major benchmarks are down around 6.5% for the week and headed for a second week of declines.
Oil prices fell for a second day on Friday, pressured by a surprise rise in U.S. stockpiles as the coronavirus pandemic continues to erode demand for fuels.
Brent crude LCOc1 was down 18 cents, or 0.5%, at $39.88 a barrel by 0337 GMT, after falling nearly 2% on Thursday, while U.S. crude CLc1 dropped 14 cents, or 0.4%, to $37.16 a barrel, having fallen 2% in the previous session, as reported by Reuters.
Read alsoWill Nord Stream 2 fall victim to Navalny's poisoningBoth major benchmarks are down around 6.5% for the week and headed for a second week of declines, as hopes dim for a steady recovery in fuel demand amid signs of second-wave coronavirus outbreaks.
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In the United States, stockpiles rose last week, against expectations, as refineries slowly returned to operations after production sites were shut down due to storms in the Gulf of Mexico and wider region.


unian--2020-09-11--Kremlin comments on results of Normandy Four advisors' meeting

Political advisors to the leaders of Ukraine , Germany , France , and Russia met in Berlin on September 11 .
Parties exchanged views but no breakthrough was achieved at today 's meeting of political advisors to the Normandy Four leaders , according to Russia 's envoy , deputy chief of presidential administration Dmitriy Kozak .
Political advisors to the leaders of Ukraine , Germany , France , and Russia – parties to the Normandy format of talks toward Donbas settlement – met in Berlin earlier today , September 11 , according to TASS .
Read alsoMinsk agreements impossible to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I ca n't boast of any agreed decisions being reached on all issues , '' the Kremlin 's representative said .
He claims that the parties did not discuss prospects for the Normandy Four leaders ' summit .
Kozak says the negotiators agreed to maintain ceasefire in Donbas .
All controversial issues are expected to be agreed by the end of September .
`` We agreed that at the level of our aides , deputies , the dialogue on all these issues will continue , we will try to work out agreed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Kozak said .
The date for the new meeting of political advisors has not been announced .
Meeting of advisors to Normandy Four leaders : background • On August 26 , head of President 's Office Andriy Yermak said the meeting of advisors to the Normandy Four leaders , scheduled for August 28 , had been postponed to early September .
• It was expected that Yermak would represent Ukraine , assistant to the Chancellor for foreign policy Jan Hecker – Germany , advisor to the president Emmanuel Bonne – France , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dmitry Kozak - Russia .
• President Volodymyr Zelensky during talks with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on August 28 said Kyiv is making every effort to end the war in Donbas , expecting that the leaders of the Normandy Four countries ( Ukraine , Germany , France , and Russia ) will gather for a summit after their advisors meet .

Political advisors to the leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia met in Berlin on September 11.
Parties exchanged views but no breakthrough was achieved at today's meeting of political advisors to the Normandy Four leaders, according to Russia's envoy, deputy chief of presidential administration Dmitriy Kozak.
Political advisors to the leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia – parties to the Normandy format of talks toward Donbas settlement – met in Berlin earlier today, September 11, according to TASS.
Read alsoMinsk agreements impossible to fulfill – Ukraine's Kravchuk"Unfortunately, I can't boast of any agreed decisions being reached on all issues," the Kremlin's representative said.
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He claims that the parties did not discuss prospects for the Normandy Four leaders' summit.
Kozak says the negotiators agreed to maintain ceasefire in Donbas.
All controversial issues are expected to be agreed by the end of September.
"We agreed that at the level of our aides, deputies, the dialogue on all these issues will continue, we will try to work out agreed decisions by the end of September," Kozak said.
The date for the new meeting of political advisors has not been announced.
Meeting of advisors to Normandy Four leaders: background


unian--2020-09-11--Zelensky, Duda discuss issues of national remembrance

The two presidents also exchanged views on the developments in neighboring Belarus .
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday , September 11 , had a phone conversation with Polish leader Andrzej Duda .
Zelensky raised the issue of historical memory , namely the inclusion in the register of military burials and the restoration of a legal Ukrainian grave on Monastyr Mount in Werchrata , the President 's Office reports .
The President of Poland said he is hopeful that the issue will have been removed from the agenda by their next meeting in person as Duda `` gratefully accepted '' Zelensky @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this year .
The two presidents also exchanged views on the developments in neighboring Belarus .
Zelensky noted the `` common approaches '' Ukraine has with the European Union in assessing the internal political crisis in Belarus .
Read alsoMEP slams Putin 's oped over `` destroying historical truth '' The Ukrainian president briefed Duda on the security situation in Donbas and Ukraine 's efforts to ensure sustainable peace , also thanking Warsaw and personally Andrzej Duda `` for their firm support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at countering the COVID-19 spread and minimizing the impact of the pandemic .
`` I reaffirm Ukraine 's willingness to join the implementation of your plan of international cooperation after the end of the coronavirus pandemic , '' Zelensky told Duda .
`` I wish a speedy recovery to all Poles who are undergoing a coronavirus challenge . ''
In September 2019 , Ukraine lifted a ban on exhumation works by Polish experts at locations where Poles died during World War 2 .
The ban had been introduced over the inaction of Polish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the graves of and monuments to Ukrainians in Poland , as well as over the inaction of Polish authorities on the restoration of numerous sites that have been destroyed .

The two presidents also exchanged views on the developments in neighboring Belarus.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, September 11, had a phone conversation with Polish leader Andrzej Duda.
Zelensky raised the issue of historical memory, namely the inclusion in the register of military burials and the restoration of a legal Ukrainian grave on Monastyr Mount in Werchrata, the President's Office reports.
The President of Poland said he is hopeful that the issue will have been removed from the agenda by their next meeting in person as Duda "gratefully accepted" Zelensky's invitation to visit Ukraine in October this year.
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The two presidents also exchanged views on the developments in neighboring Belarus. Zelensky noted the "common approaches" Ukraine has with the European Union in assessing the internal political crisis in Belarus.
Read alsoMEP slams Putin's oped over "destroying historical truth"The Ukrainian president briefed Duda on the security situation in Donbas and Ukraine's efforts to ensure sustainable peace, also thanking Warsaw and personally Andrzej Duda "for their firm support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state."
"Today, a meeting of advisors to the leaders of the Normandy Four is taking place in Berlin. I hope that the meeting of the leaders of the Normandy Four will take place soon," Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The heads of state discussed steps aimed at countering the COVID-19 spread and minimizing the impact of the pandemic.
"I reaffirm Ukraine's willingness to join the implementation of your plan of international cooperation after the end of the coronavirus pandemic," Zelensky told Duda. "I wish a speedy recovery to all Poles who are undergoing a coronavirus challenge."
In September 2019, Ukraine lifted a ban on exhumation works by Polish experts at locations where Poles died during World War 2. The ban had been introduced over the inaction of Polish authorities to prevent acts of vandalism at the graves of and monuments to Ukrainians in Poland, as well as over the inaction of Polish authorities on the restoration of numerous sites that have been destroyed.


unian--2020-09-11--Kadyrov ctitic survives assassination attempt in Finland

Masterminds behind the attempt offered $ 500,000 for the hit job , the targeted man claims .
A suspect in the assassination attempt on a Chechen Youtuber and the region 's leader Ramzan Kadyrov 's critic Musa Lomaev has reportedly been arrested in Finland .
That 's according to KavkazRealii .
This has been the fourth attack targeting Chechen bloggers , all criticizing Vladimir Putin 's ally Kadyrov online , in Europe since year-start .
Lomaev says masterminds behind the attack were willing to pay the assassin $ 500,000 for the hit job .
Read alsoRussia not cooperating on Khangoshvili @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investigation is now underway , while Lomaev was told to limit his online activity .
Lomaev runs a YouTube channel where he posts videos criticizing the Kadyrov regime , according to the Daily Beast .
He says he escaped Russia after being kidnapped and tortured in 2004 by the police .
He was reportedly accused of carrying out terrorist acts against the government .
• Imran Aliev , 44 , an outspoken blogger from Chechnya who had criticized the Russian region 's leader Ramzan Kadyrov , has been found brutally murdered in France @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city of Lille in early February 2020 .
He had been stabbed repeatedly in the neck .
• A 43-year-old Mamikhan Umarov , also Kadyrov 's critic , was shot dead on July 4 in a parking lot next to a shopping center in the Vienna suburb of Gerasdorf .
A suspect , who was also identified by Austrian authorities only as a Russian citizen , was captured several hours later about 200 kilometers west of the capital in Linz following a large-scale police manhunt .
Police arrested a second Russian man on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a witness .
• Last year , a former Chechen rebel commander Zalimkhan Khangoshvili was shot twice in the head in a targeted killing in Berlin 's Kleiner Tiergarten .
The suspected assassin is Russian .

Masterminds behind the attempt offered $500,000 for the hit job, the targeted man claims.
A suspect in the assassination attempt on a Chechen Youtuber and the region's leader Ramzan Kadyrov's critic Musa Lomaev has reportedly been arrested in Finland.
That's according to KavkazRealii.
This has been the fourth attack targeting Chechen bloggers, all criticizing Vladimir Putin's ally Kadyrov online, in Europe since year-start.
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Lomaev says masterminds behind the attack were willing to pay the assassin $500,000 for the hit job.
Read alsoRussia not cooperating on Khangoshvili murder case, German foreign minister saysThe investigation is now underway, while Lomaev was told to limit his online activity.
Who's Musa Lomaev
Lomaev runs a YouTube channel where he posts videos criticizing the Kadyrov regime, according to the Daily Beast.
He says he escaped Russia after being kidnapped and tortured in 2004 by the police.
He was reportedly accused of carrying out terrorist acts against the government.
Assassinations of Chechens in exile


unian--2020-09-11--Gongadze murder case file doctored, lawyer claims

The suspect 's words about former president Leonid Kuchma and ex-Parliament speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn 's involvement were allegedly cut out from the transcript , she says .
Ukraine , including its Supreme Court , is misinforming the international community about the Heorhiy Gongadze murder case , says lawyer Tetiana Kostina .
Speaking at a press conference at UNIAN on September 11 , Kostina claims the convicted ex-police general Oleksiy Pukach spoke of second president Leonid Kuchma and ex-chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn 's complicity in the crime , but the relevant words disappeared from the transcript of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 20th anniversary of the murder of Heorhiy Gongadze , founder of the Ukrainian Pravda online outlet .
The lawyer says justice has not yet been served to those who ordered his murder and those who stood behind the attempt on the life of the MP Oleksandr Elyashkevich and the abduction of and assault on journalist Oleksiy Podolsky , whose interests she represents .
Kostina claims that , despite different executioners of the crimes mentioned , the person who ordered all of them is ex-President Leonid Kuchma .
Read alsoCPJ concerned over life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appealed to President Volodymyr Zelensky to ensure that the investigation puts those responsible on the dock , since all previous presidents , starting with Viktor Yushchenko ( 2005-2010 ) , had failed to fulfill the relevant promises .
She also added that with her appeal to Zelensky , she wants to draw attention to the systematic failure of Ukraine to fulfill its obligations regarding high-profile cases , in particular the Gongadze case , and report the falsification of this case to the Supreme Court .
The lawyer explained that back in January 2002 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undertook obligations to unconditionally comply with the PACE resolution on the Gongadze , Podolsky , and Elyashkevich cases , but these obligations are yet to be fulfilled .
According to her , in the Elyashkevich case , the obligations have not been fulfilled in full , and in the case of Gongadze and Podolsky , it 's the main obligations to find masterminds of the crimes .
She added that the `` Melnychenko tapes '' [ recordings purportedly secretly made in Leonid Kuchma 's office , leaked by Mykola Melnychenko , one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from being the only evidence of Kuchma 's involvement in this crime .
There is also such weighty evidence as testimony of the murder 's executioner , General Pukach , the lawyer claims .
Read alsoBody of Ukrainian journalist Gongadze finally buriedIn order to let Kuchma avoid being charged , the proceedings in Gongadze and Podolsky cases were classified in the court of first instance , so that the public could not monitor the progress of trial , Kostina said , adding that the only open session held in the case was when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But even this court session saw falsification , she adds .
She stressed that these words were deliberately left out of the case file so that Kuchma and Lytvyn , who in 1999-2002 headed the Presidential Administration , could avoid responsibility .
Also , Kostina accused the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice of disinformation provided about the case to the international community .
`` Inaccurate information is systematically sent to the Council of Europe , but hushing down or concealing systemic facts of falsification will not work out , since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interested in this case , but also the Helsinki Commission of the U.S. Congress , '' the lawyer said .
Also , according to her , when the case was heard in the appellate court , the hearings were held with flagrant violations , that is , without victims attending court sessions .
Also , Valentyna Telychenko participated as widow Myroslava Gongadze 's defense attorney , while her involvement in the case as a lawyer Kostina says was illegal .
Kostina also recalled that in 2017 , the Court of Cassation removed Telychenko @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Supreme Court never complied with the ruling , and Telychenko is still considered a defense attorney .
She also noted that Myroslava Gongadze herself , as a victim , attended only one court session , and allegedly never studied case files .
Kostina noted that in 2015 , the court did n't bring Gongadze 's daughters as victims after they turned 18 , although judges were supposed to do so .
The lawyer is convinced that all these procedural violations in courts of all three instances were committed with the sole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
In turn , former judge of the Constitutional Court and first prosecutor general of Ukraine Viktor Shishkin noted that in order to `` whitewash '' Kuchma , Podolsky was recently denied the status of victim in the Gongadze case .
According to him , this was done so that he , as a victim , could not put forward petitions for the interrogation of former top officials as witnesses .
• Heorhiy Gongadze , founder of the Ukrainian Pravda online outlet , went missing on September 16 , 2000 .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decapacitated body was found in a forest near Tarashcha , Kyiv region .
The remains of the skull were found in 2009 , also in Kyiv region .
• On March 15 , 2008 , the Kyiv Court of Appeal found three former operatives with the Surveillance Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs – Valery Kostenko , Mykola Protasov , and Oleksandr Popovych – guilty of Gongadze 's murder .
The court imprisoned them for terms from 12 to 13 years .
• In January 2013 , Police General Oleksiy Pukach , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Affairs ' Surveillance Department , was sentenced to life .
• The journalist was buried on March 22 , 2016 , in Kyiv .
• The investigation never identified those who ordered Gongadze 's killing .

The suspect's words about former president Leonid Kuchma and ex-Parliament speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn's involvement were allegedly cut out from the transcript, she says.
Ukraine, including its Supreme Court, is misinforming the international community about the Georgiy Gongadze murder case, says lawyer Tetiana Kostina.
Speaking at a press conference at UNIAN on September 11, Kostina claims the convicted ex-police general Oleksiy Pukach spoke of second president Leonid Kuchma and ex-chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn's complicity in the crime, but the relevant words disappeared from the transcript of his testimony.
The statement comes ahead of the 20th anniversary of the murder of Georgiy Gongadze, founder of the Ukrainian Pravda online outlet. The lawyer says justice has not yet been served to those who ordered his murder and those who stood behind the attempt on the life of the MP Oleksandr Elyashkevich and the abduction of and assault on journalist Oleksiy Podolsky, whose interests she represents.
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Kostina claims that, despite different executioners of the crimes mentioned, the person who ordered all of them is ex-President Leonid Kuchma.
Read alsoCPJ concerned over life sentence appeal in Gongadze murder – mediaKostina appealed to President Volodymyr Zelensky to ensure that the investigation puts those responsible on the dock, since all previous presidents, starting with Viktor Yushchenko (2005-2010), had failed to fulfill the relevant promises.
She also added that with her appeal to Zelensky, she wants to draw attention to the systematic failure of Ukraine to fulfill its obligations regarding high-profile cases, in particular the Gongadze case, and report the falsification of this case to the Supreme Court.
The lawyer explained that back in January 2002, by a parliamentary decree, Ukraine undertook obligations to unconditionally comply with the PACE resolution on the Gongadze, Podolsky, and Elyashkevich cases, but these obligations are yet to be fulfilled.
According to her, in the Elyashkevich case, the obligations have not been fulfilled in full, and in the case of Gongadze and Podolsky, it's the main obligations to find masterminds of the crimes.
"Who are reasonably connected with the then-President Leonid Kuchma," Kostina emphasized.
She added that the "Melnychenko tapes" [recordings purportedly secretly made in Leonid Kuchma's office, leaked by Mykola Melnychenko, one of the President's guards] are far from being the only evidence of Kuchma's involvement in this crime. There is also such weighty evidence as testimony of the murder's executioner, General Pukach, the lawyer claims.
Read alsoBody of Ukrainian journalist Gongadze finally buriedIn order to let Kuchma avoid being charged, the proceedings in Gongadze and Podolsky cases were classified in the court of first instance, so that the public could not monitor the progress of trial, Kostina said, adding that the only open session held in the case was when the verdict was handed down to Pukach. But even this court session saw falsification, she adds.
"Pukach's words, heard all over the world, that he will comprehend the court verdict only when Kuchma and Lytvyn sit in the dock along with him, are now absent from the case file," the lawyer said.
She stressed that these words were deliberately left out of the case file so that Kuchma and Lytvyn, who in 1999-2002 headed the Presidential Administration, could avoid responsibility.
Also, Kostina accused the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice of disinformation provided about the case to the international community.
"Inaccurate information is systematically sent to the Council of Europe, but hushing down or concealing systemic facts of falsification will not work out, since not only the Council of Europe is interested in this case, but also the Helsinki Commission of the U.S. Congress," the lawyer said.
Also, according to her, when the case was heard in the appellate court, the hearings were held with flagrant violations, that is, without victims attending court sessions. Also, Valentyna Telychenko participated as widow Myroslava Gongadze's defense attorney, while her involvement in the case as a lawyer Kostina says was illegal. Kostina also recalled that in 2017, the Court of Cassation removed Telychenko from this case, but the judges of the Supreme Court never complied with the ruling, and Telychenko is still considered a defense attorney.
She also noted that Myroslava Gongadze herself, as a victim, attended only one court session, and allegedly never studied case files.
Kostina noted that in 2015, the court didn't bring Gongadze's daughters as victims after they turned 18, although judges were supposed to do so.
The lawyer is convinced that all these procedural violations in courts of all three instances were committed with the sole purpose of "letting Kuchma avoid responsibility."
In turn, former judge of the Constitutional Court and first prosecutor general of Ukraine Viktor Shishkin noted that in order to "whitewash" Kuchma, Podolsky was recently denied the status of victim in the Gongadze case. According to him, this was done so that he, as a victim, could not put forward petitions for the interrogation of former top officials as witnesses.
Gongadze murder: background


unian--2020-09-11--Prospects for Ukrainian currency by end of turbulent year

In early autumn , the hryvnia is weakening against the dollar .
However , experts say , there is no cause for concern .
The outlook is still favorable , but the second wave of coronavirus remains a potential risk .
The Ukrainian currency has held out quite steadily in recent months in the face of an acute coronacrisis , but in late summer – early autumn it has somewhat lost ground against the dollar : at the official rate , the hryvnia started yielding a few kopiykas every day , having weakened from August 27 to date by 45 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Any fluctuations always cause increased interest among Ukrainians in the factors that lead to them .
And while no major turmoil on the foreign exchange market is foreseen at the moment , a second coronavirus wave remains a potential risk .
According to financiers , the trend of recent days is nothing critical , being associated with the revival of business activity , which is traditional for the beginning of autumn .
At this time , the demand for the dollar grows every year due to the increased activity of importers , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is also observed on the forex market .
In this regard , experts predict hryvnia weakening to the ceiling of UAH 28.00-28.20 per dollar , which is normal for the current economic situation .
Executive Director of the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine ( IABU ) Olena Korobkova in her comment to UNIAN said that , despite the restoration of imports and trade deficits , Ukraine still maintains a positive current account balance of payments .
At the same time , the expert adds , the bulk of the 2020 payments on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Thus , there are no fundamental reasons for the imbalance between supply and demand on the foreign exchange market .
This is actually manifested in the current dynamics of the foreign exchange market : despite some seasonal weakening , the hryvnia-dollar quotes are close to those values that were observed at the end of July ( UAH 27.7-27.9 ) , '' said Korobkova .
This week , the National Bank of Ukraine presented the Basic Principles of the NBU 's monetary policy for 2021 and the mid-term , which confirmed commitment to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thus , the hryvnia exchange rate will continue to depend on the balance of supply and demand on the national foreign exchange market .
According to chief of the NBU Council , Bohdan Danylyshyn , the regulator will not oppose the fundamental trends in the exchange rate , and – as an additional monetary instrument – will be able to use foreign exchange interventions to fulfill tasks such as accumulating international reserves , smoothing the foreign exchange market , as well as minimizing the possible negative impact of changes in the exchange rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economy .
`` The effectiveness of compliance with the strategy of forex interventions is confirmed in practice , and the National Bank has wonderfully demonstrated this in its ongoing efforts , '' Danylyshyn stressed .
Now the country 's central bank reacts with restraint to a slight hryvnia devaluation .
According to the analyst with Univer Investment Group , Mykhailo Fedorov , potentially the hryvnia could now be costing more , and the rate could stand at about UAH 26 per dollar .
`` But this did n't happen because , figuratively speaking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The situation has recently developed on the marker where the NBU buys foreign currency from the market at the moments when the hryvnia shows strength and beefs up , and thus it 'smoothes ' hryvnia strengthening .
But on the other hand , when the hryvnia weakens , the NBU is not too willing to part with the currency and does n't 'smooth out ' its weakening , '' the expert told UNIAN .
According to Fedorov , in August , the NBU bought foreign currency worth $ 460 million , but at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interventions to sell foreign currency , and pretty much the same thing happened in early September , but thanks to this , the NBU 's gold and foreign exchange reserves are on the rise .
Since year-start , they have increased by $ 4.5 billion , and before Ukraine paid off $ 2 billion on external debts in early September , they exceeded $ 29 billion .
`` The authorities of the country , of course , did n't announce their rejection of the free floating exchange rate , but by their moves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tight grip .
And , probably , this situation will pursue until the end of the year , '' the analyst said .
In general , no particular shockers are expected for the Ukrainian currency exchange rate at the moment .
The lack of reasons to be anxious about possible hryvnia weakening is complemented by the optimism of the authorities .
In the latest update of the macroeconomic forecast by the Ministry of Economy as of the end of July , the average annual hryvnia exchange rate for 2020 is set at UAH @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of UAH 29.5 at the peak of the coronacrisis in March .
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has repeatedly stated that there are no reasons for a sharp change in the rate in one way or the other .
`` From the point of view of economic stability , budget , and exchange rate , we 're alright ...
The exchange rate will be stable , it will fluctuate within the range of UAH 27-28 [ to the dollar ] .
We see no reason today for a sharp change in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' he said .
According to Shmyhal , at the moment Ukraine has a good situation with gold and foreign exchange reserves , banks ' liquidity , and stability of the treasury account .
The hryvnia exchange rate should also be positively affected by the receipt of the next tranche from the International Monetary Fund , which is expected in the near future .
Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko announced that an online IMF mission review would soon be held , after which Ukraine , that has been diligently fulfilling all `` structural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tranches of $ 700 million each before year-end .
Such a positive signal for the Ukrainian economy will imply stability , including currency stability .
As for the 2021 Budget , whose draft is now being actively developed by the Ministry of Finance , the hryvnia exchange rate is set at about UAH 29 per dollar : without significant deviations from the current one , but with a slight insurance cushion .
The only real risk at the moment both for the exchange rate and for the national economy as a whole is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which threatens to roll severe quarantine restrictions back and , as a result , deepen the crisis and increase demand for the dollar .
At the onset of the coronacrisis in March , the national currency weakened by four hryvnias , and the National Bank had to sell more than two billion dollars on the foreign exchange market to smooth out exchange rate fluctuations .
As can be seen from forecasts and expectations , the Ukrainian currency demonstrated relative firmness during the crisis , and despite the seasonal devaluation , no storm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That is , there is no need for citizens to rush to exchange booths .
If this fall the second wave of coronavirus does n't lead to Ukraine reinstating strict quarantine measures , and the economy continues its gradual recovery , the forecast will be favorable both for the hryvnia exchange rate and for the welfare of Ukrainians .

In early autumn, the hryvnia is weakening against the dollar. However, experts say, there is no cause for concern. The outlook is still favorable, but the second wave of coronavirus remains a potential risk.
The Ukrainian currency has held out quite steadily in recent months in the face of an acute coronacrisis, but in late summer – early autumn it has somewhat lost ground against the dollar: at the official rate, the hryvnia started yielding a few kopiykas every day, having weakened from August 27 to date by 45 kopiykas, to UAH 27.83 per dollar.
Any fluctuations always cause increased interest among Ukrainians in the factors that lead to them. And while no major turmoil on the foreign exchange market is foreseen at the moment, a second coronavirus wave remains a potential risk.
Seasonal hryvnia fluctuations
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According to financiers, the trend of recent days is nothing critical, being associated with the revival of business activity, which is traditional for the beginning of autumn. At this time, the demand for the dollar grows every year due to the increased activity of importers, while lower supplies of the U.S. currency is also observed on the forex market. In this regard, experts predict hryvnia weakening to the ceiling of UAH 28.00-28.20 per dollar, which is normal for the current economic situation.
Executive Director of the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine (IABU) Olena Korobkova in her comment to UNIAN said that, despite the restoration of imports and trade deficits, Ukraine still maintains a positive current account balance of payments. At the same time, the expert adds, the bulk of the 2020 payments on public debt has already been made.
"Thus, there are no fundamental reasons for the imbalance between supply and demand on the foreign exchange market. This is actually manifested in the current dynamics of the foreign exchange market: despite some seasonal weakening, the hryvnia-dollar quotes are close to those values that were observed at the end of July (UAH 27.7-27.9)," said Korobkova.
Floating exchange rate
This week, the National Bank of Ukraine presented the Basic Principles of the NBU's monetary policy for 2021 and the mid-term, which confirmed commitment to continuing the flexible exchange rate regime. Thus, the hryvnia exchange rate will continue to depend on the balance of supply and demand on the national foreign exchange market.
According to chief of the NBU Council, Bohdan Danylyshyn, the regulator will not oppose the fundamental trends in the exchange rate, and – as an additional monetary instrument – will be able to use foreign exchange interventions to fulfill tasks such as accumulating international reserves, smoothing the foreign exchange market, as well as minimizing the possible negative impact of changes in the exchange rate for the price competitiveness of the Ukrainian economy.
"The effectiveness of compliance with the strategy of forex interventions is confirmed in practice, and the National Bank has wonderfully demonstrated this in its ongoing efforts," Danylyshyn stressed.
NBU's conservative policy
Now the country's central bank reacts with restraint to a slight hryvnia devaluation. According to the analyst with Univer Investment Group, Mykhailo Fedorov, potentially the hryvnia could now be costing more, and the rate could stand at about UAH 26 per dollar.
"But this didn't happen because, figuratively speaking, the train goes one way. The situation has recently developed on the marker where the NBU buys foreign currency from the market at the moments when the hryvnia shows strength and beefs up, and thus it 'smoothes' hryvnia strengthening. But on the other hand, when the hryvnia weakens, the NBU is not too willing to part with the currency and doesn't 'smooth out' its weakening," the expert told UNIAN.
According to Fedorov, in August, the NBU bought foreign currency worth $460 million, but at the same time, there were no interventions to sell foreign currency, and pretty much the same thing happened in early September, but thanks to this, the NBU's gold and foreign exchange reserves are on the rise.
Since year-start , they have increased by $4.5 billion, and before Ukraine paid off $2 billion on external debts in early September, they exceeded $29 billion.
"The authorities of the country, of course, didn't announce their rejection of the free floating exchange rate, but by their moves they actually put the rate into a tight grip. And, probably, this situation will pursue until the end of the year," the analyst said.
Government's optimism
In general, no particular shockers are expected for the Ukrainian currency exchange rate at the moment. The lack of reasons to be anxious about possible hryvnia weakening is complemented by the optimism of the authorities.
In the latest update of the macroeconomic forecast by the Ministry of Economy as of the end of July, the average annual hryvnia exchange rate for 2020 is set at UAH 27.00 per dollar against the expected rate of UAH 29.5 at the peak of the coronacrisis in March.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has repeatedly stated that there are no reasons for a sharp change in the rate in one way or the other.
"From the point of view of economic stability, budget, and exchange rate, we're alright ... The exchange rate will be stable, it will fluctuate within the range of UAH 27-28 [to the dollar]. We see no reason today for a sharp change in the exchange rate one way or the other," he said.
According to Shmyhal, at the moment Ukraine has a good situation with gold and foreign exchange reserves, banks' liquidity, and stability of the treasury account. The hryvnia exchange rate should also be positively affected by the receipt of the next tranche from the International Monetary Fund, which is expected in the near future. Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko announced that an online IMF mission review would soon be held, after which Ukraine, that has been diligently fulfilling all "structural beacons", should receive two more tranches of $700 million each before year-end. Such a positive signal for the Ukrainian economy will imply stability, including currency stability.
As for the 2021 Budget, whose draft is now being actively developed by the Ministry of Finance, the hryvnia exchange rate is set at about UAH 29 per dollar: without significant deviations from the current one, but with a slight insurance cushion.
Coronavirus threat
The only real risk at the moment both for the exchange rate and for the national economy as a whole is the second wave of coronavirus in Ukraine, which threatens to roll severe quarantine restrictions back and, as a result, deepen the crisis and increase demand for the dollar.
At the onset of the coronacrisis in March, the national currency weakened by four hryvnias, and the National Bank had to sell more than two billion dollars on the foreign exchange market to smooth out exchange rate fluctuations.
As can be seen from forecasts and expectations, the Ukrainian currency demonstrated relative firmness during the crisis, and despite the seasonal devaluation, no storm is expected in the near future. That is, there is no need for citizens to rush to exchange booths.
If this fall the second wave of coronavirus doesn't lead to Ukraine reinstating strict quarantine measures, and the economy continues its gradual recovery, the forecast will be favorable both for the hryvnia exchange rate and for the welfare of Ukrainians.
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unian--2020-09-11--Minsk agreements impossible to fulfill – Ukraine's Kravchuk

The way out of the deadlock is holding the Normandy Four summit , the head of Ukraine 's delegation at TCG talks on Donbas believes .
Minsk agreements on Donbas settlement will not be fulfilled due to the different positions that Ukraine and Russia stand on , says Leonid Kravchuk , head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group .
Kravchuk has blamed the incumbent government 's predecessors for the ineffectiveness of the deal , the Novoye Vremya online outlet reports .
`` Those led by [ the then-President Petro ] Poroshenko laid down one thing , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who laid this down and signed it remind us that international agreements must be fulfilled , '' Kravchuk said .
Read alsoZelensky 's Office comments on `` joint inspection '' with Russian proxies in Donbas ( UPDATED ) He suggests that the implementation of the Minsk agreements is now impossible .
`` We are now in a rather difficult situation : there are Minsk Agreements , but they ca n't be implemented given the obvious reasons .
Also , it 's because when they were being signed , it was already clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But , according to international agreements , such accords can not be repealed by one side only , '' the head of the Ukrainian delegation said .
However , Kravchuk sees a way out in holding a Normandy Four Summit of the leaders of Ukraine , Germany , France , and Russia .
Meeting of advisors to Normandy Four leaders : background • On August 26 , head of President 's Office Andriy Yermak said the meeting of advisors to the Normandy Four leaders , scheduled for August 28 , had been postponed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expected that Yermak would represent Ukraine , assistant to the Chancellor for foreign policy Jan Hecker – Germany , advisor to the president Emmanuel Bonne – France , and deputy head of the presidential administration Dmitry Kozak - Russia .
• On September 9 , Russian president 's press secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed Kozak 's participation in the meeting in Berlin on September 11 .
• Head of the President 's Office Andriy Yermak arrived in Berlin for talks on September 11 .

The way out of the deadlock is holding the Normandy Four summit, the head of Ukraine's delegation at TCG talks on Donbas believes.
Minsk agreements on Donbas settlement will not be fulfilled due to the different positions that Ukraine and Russia stand on, says Leonid Kravchuk, head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group.
Kravchuk has blamed the incumbent government's predecessors for the ineffectiveness of the deal, the Novoye Vremya online outlet reports.
"Those led by [the then-President Petro] Poroshenko laid down one thing, and now they demand something else. And those who laid this down and signed it remind us that international agreements must be fulfilled," Kravchuk said.
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Read alsoZelensky's Office comments on "joint inspection" with Russian proxies in Donbas (UPDATED)He suggests that the implementation of the Minsk agreements is now impossible.
"We are now in a rather difficult situation: there are Minsk Agreements, but they can't be implemented given the obvious reasons. Also, it's because when they were being signed, it was already clear that they would not be fulfilled. But, according to international agreements, such accords cannot be repealed by one side only," the head of the Ukrainian delegation said.
However, Kravchuk sees a way out in holding a Normandy Four Summit of the leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia.
"I think this issue should be resolved on appropriate conditions and at such meetings. Only at this level. I don’t see any other [way out]," said Kravchuk.
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unian--2020-09-11--Berdyansk gunboat, attacked by Russia in 2018, finally returns to water

Restoration works will be completed in November , the contractor says .
Berdyansk , the Gyurza-M-class small armored artillery boat involved in the November 2018 incident near the Kerch Strait where Russian forces attacked and captured several Ukrainian Navy vessels , has been launched after dock repair works .
That 's according to the press service of Ukroboronprom , Ukraine 's defense giant .
`` The boat , whose hull was shot through amid Russian aggression in the Kerch Strait in November 2018 , has already been launched , '' the statement says .
Read alsoUkraine Marines get new armored @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sections of the hull have been cut out and transferred to the National Military History Museum of Ukraine .
`` Specialists at the Mykolayiv Shipyard continue works to restore the interior , vessel systems , and devices .
According to the plan , the repair of the Berdyansk boat will be completed in November , '' the report reads .
• On the morning of November 25 , 2018 , Russia , using a tanker they claimed had `` ran aground , '' blocked the passage in the Kerch Strait for Ukrainian Yany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Nikopol armored artillery boats .
• The vessels were on a scheduled redeployment from the port of Odesa to the port of Mariupol in the Sea of Azov .
• According to Ukraine 's Navy , the Russian side had been informed about transfer plans in advance in accordance with international rules .
• However , Russia 's Don coast guard ship rammed a Ukrainian tug contrary to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Treaty between Ukraine and the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Use of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Strait .
• Subsequently , during the passage of ships from the waiting area to the permanently-based point , somewhere at a distance of 13-14 miles from the coast of Crimea and about 40 km southeast of Kerch , the Ukrainian ships , which were accompanied by Russian vessels , were fired upon and blocked .
Three Ukrainian seamen were wounded and three – injured .
• Russia captured all 24 crew members and seized the boats claiming violation of the state border in the area it claims belongs to the Russian Federation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• On May 25 , 2019 , the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea obliged Russia to immediately return the crew and vessels to Ukraine .
Russia has ignored the judgment .
• The servicemen were only released on September 7 , 2019 , in a prisoner swap effort between Ukraine and Russia , while later , the boats were also returned to Ukraine in November .

Restoration works will be completed in November, the contractor says.
Berdyansk, the Gyurza-M-class small armored artillery boat involved in the November 2018 incident near the Kerch Strait where Russian forces attacked and captured several Ukrainian Navy vessels, has been launched after dock repair works.
That's according to the press service of Ukroboronprom, Ukraine's defense giant.
"The boat, whose hull was shot through amid Russian aggression in the Kerch Strait in November 2018, has already been launched," the statement says.
Read alsoUkraine Marines get new armored artillery boat (Photo)The damaged sections of the hull have been cut out and transferred to the National Military History Museum of Ukraine.
"Specialists at the Mykolaiv Shipyard continue works to restore the interior, vessel systems, and devices. According to the plan, the repair of the Berdyansk boat will be completed in November," the report reads.
Kerch Strait attack in 2018: background


unian--2020-09-11--Football fans to be allowed on stands for int'l matches in Ukraine, with one condition

The Ukrainian Association of Football has received the relevant permit from the health ministry .
International club matches and those of national teams could be once again played with fans allowed at the stadium , Ukraine 's football officials say , adding that the main condition is that the venue is located in the `` green '' and `` yellow '' zone , designated by the health ministry in terms of the COVID-19 threat .
Social distancing rules on stands will require ensuring no more than 1 spectator per 5 square meters , the Ukrainian Association of Football reported on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alsoUkrainian national football team 's doctor dies of coronavirus – mediaMatches held on the territory of administrative-territorial units , where the `` orange '' and `` red '' levels of epidemic danger are established , should take place with the participation of no more than 220 people and no more than one person per 10 square meters .
Ticket sales are recommended to be limited to 25 % of the seating capacity .
At the same time , in the yellow or red zones of COVID-19 restrictions , no more than 220 attendees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are waiting for a successful test match with the spectators for the UEFA Super Cup , which will take place in Budapest on September 24 .
If all goes well , which we all very much hope for , the most likely next step is for UEFA to agree with the national associations to host European Cup matches and national team matches .
Provided that the epidemiological situation in the country allows it and there is a corresponding decision of the authorities , '' said President of the Ukrainian Association of Football and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • In late July , the first matches were played in Ukraine with spectators on stands as part of the Ukrainian Premier League .
• On August 1 , the Cabinet decided to allow fans to attend all matches , while on August 20 the move was reviewed due to the worsening of the coronavirus incidence rate .
As a result , the first tour of the UPL and the Super Cub were played with empty stands .
• On September 3 , Ukraine National Team received Switzerland at Arena Lviv .
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The Ukrainian Association of Football has received the relevant permit from the health ministry.
International club matches and those of national teams could be once again played with fans allowed at the stadium, Ukraine's football officials say, adding that the main condition is that the venue is located in the "green" and "yellow" zone, designated by the health ministry in terms of the COVID-19 threat.
Social distancing rules on stands will require ensuring no more than 1 spectator per 5 square meters, the Ukrainian Association of Football reported on its website on September 11.
Read alsoUkrainian national football team's doctor dies of coronavirus – mediaMatches held on the territory of administrative-territorial units, where the "orange" and "red" levels of epidemic danger are established, should take place with the participation of no more than 220 people and no more than one person per 10 square meters. Ticket sales are recommended to be limited to 25% of the seating capacity.
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At the same time, in the yellow or red zones of COVID-19 restrictions, no more than 220 attendees shall be allowed.
"Now we are waiting for a successful test match with the spectators for the UEFA Super Cup, which will take place in Budapest on September 24. If all goes well, which we all very much hope for, the most likely next step is for UEFA to agree with the national associations to host European Cup matches and national team matches. Provided that the epidemiological situation in the country allows it and there is a corresponding decision of the authorities," said President of the Ukrainian Association of Football and UEFA Executive Committee member Andrii Pavelko.
Football in Ukraine amid COVID-19


unian--2020-09-11--Decline in Ukraine economy slows to 6.2% – economy ministry

Certain industries , transport , trade , and agriculture have shown a slowdown in the decline pace .
Ukraine 's Ministry for Development of Economy , Trade and Agriculture says the decline in Ukraine 's gross domestic product ( GDP ) in the seven months of 2020 slowed to 6.2 % , from 6.5 % reported in the first half of 2020 ( H1 ) .
`` In July 2020 , against the background of continued adaptation to activities amid the quarantine , almost all economic sectors showed a slowdown in the decline pace , or growth ( in particular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This indicates that the gradual recovery continues , and most economic sectors are gradually returning to normal operation after the lockdown ( especially in April ) , '' reads an economic activity review for January-July 2020 published on the ministry 's website .
It is noted that certain industrial sectors , transport , trade , and agriculture have shown a slowdown in the decline pace , while the Business Expectations Index ( BEI ) has improved from June .
`` As a result , and taking into account a fairly high statistical base @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 , the reduction of the consolidated production index slowed down slightly to 7.3 % ( against 7.7 % in H1 2020 ) .
Accordingly , the reduction in GDP is estimated by the Economy Ministry at 6.2 % , '' the report said .
The Ministry for Development of Economy , Trade and Agriculture estimated the decline in Ukraine 's GDP in H1 2020 at 6.5 % , including 11 % in the second quarter of the year .

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unian--2020-09-11--Ukraine occupies 131st position in Economic Freedom ranking

The model among the post-Soviet countries is Estonia , which has been in the most economically free group since 2000 .
Ukraine is 131st in the Economic Freedom world ranking , having climbed from 138th position , but it remains the only economically unfree European country on the list .
Read alsoWorld Bank suspends publication of Doing Business ranking – statementUkraine is highlighted in red on the map , along with African countries , Iraq , Iran , China , India , and Venezuela , which is last in the ranking ( the 162nd position ) , according to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World : 2020 Annual Report , published on the Fraser Institute 's website .
Ukraine had the highest level of economic freedom in 2011 and 2012 , but it has never got out of the group of the most economically unfree countries in its history .
Ukraine 's neighbors in the ranking are Pakistan ( 129th ) , Tunisia ( 130th ) , and Tajikistan ( 132nd ) .
Poland was in the third group until 2004 .
Then it climbed to the level of the most free countries group .
However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place .
Russia has long been considered one of the most economically unfree countries .
In 2004 , the situation improved somewhat as it moved from the fourth quartile to the third one , where it remains for the time being ( ranked 89th ) .
The model among the post-Soviet countries is Estonia , which has been in the most economically free group since 2000 .
However , the country started from the second quartile ( most free countries ) as a result of liberal reforms carried out in the 90s .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ by four positions in the Economic Freedom ranking , occupying 166th place out of 178 .
• In June 2017 , Ukraine was 60th in the most competitive economies ranking , whereas it took 59th position in the ranking in 2016 .

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unian--2020-09-10--U.S. slaps sanctions on MP Andriy Derkach

The move is due to the `` efforts to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election . ''
U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on Andriy Derkach , a Ukrainian parliament member , pursuant to Executive Order 13848 .
The restrictions have been introduced over his `` efforts to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election , '' the U.S. State Treasury said in a statement released on September 10 .
`` Derkach , a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament , has been an active Russian agent for over a decade , maintaining close connections with the Russian Intelligence Services , '' the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` directly or indirectly engaged in , sponsored , concealed , or otherwise been complicit in foreign interference in an attempt to undermine the upcoming 2020 U.S. presidential election . ''
The move to introduce sanctions , U.S. officials say , is focused on `` exposing Russian malign influence campaigns and protecting our upcoming elections from foreign interference . ''
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considering sanctions if Russia intervenes in Belarus militarily – media '' This action is a clear signal to Moscow and its proxies that this activity will not be tolerated .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Government , and with state , local , and private sector partners , to make the 2020 election secure , '' the statement reads .
Along with `` other Russian agents , Derkach employs `` manipulation and deceit to attempt to influence elections in the United States and elsewhere around the world , '' said Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin .
Derkach ’ s `` election influence efforts , '' as per U.S. Treasury The U.S. officials say Derkach waged a `` covert influence campaign '' – from at least late 2019 through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and unsubstantiated narratives '' concerning U.S. officials in the upcoming 2020 presidential election .
His efforts aimed to spur corruption investigations in both Ukraine and the United States `` designed to culminate prior to election day . ''
The narratives were pushed in Western media through coverage of press conferences and other news events , including interviews and statements , the statement adds .
Between May and July 2020 , Derkach released `` edited audio tapes and other unsupported information with the intent to discredit U.S .
officials . ''
Also , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unsubstantiated allegations against U.S. and international political figures . ''
Derkach `` almost certainly targeted '' the U.S. voting populace , prominent U.S. citizens , including members of the U.S. government , `` based on his reliance on U.S. platforms , English-language documents and videos , and pro-Russian lobbyists in the United States used to propagate his claims . ''
`` Russia uses a variety of proxies to attempt to sow discord between political parties and drive internal divisions to influence voters as part of Moscow ’ s broader efforts to undermine democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Treasury has noted .
• On May 19 , 2020 , Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach , an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump 's lawyer Rudy Giuliani , released heavily edited audio recordings he said he had received from `` investigative journalists '' of what he claims are phone conversations between former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden , former State Department head John Kerry , and former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made at the time the said politicians held the said offices .
The conversations , in Derkach 's opinion , testify to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` governed '' from beyond .
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked that his country be left out of November 's U.S. presidential election after a Derkach published tapes presumably intended to affect Joe Biden .
• Volodymyr Zelensky denied involvement in the first portion of leaks last month of conversations between ex-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko , his predecessor , and told the Telegraph he did not want the scandal to undermine Ukraine 's strategic alliance with the United States .
• Audio quality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what MP Derkach says are phone conversations between Petro Poroshenko and U.S. officials suggest they were recorded on the Ukrainian side , in the office where Poroshenko held talks with his counterparts .
• Investigation has been launched into eavesdropping on presidential communications .
• Seven ex-ambassadors of the United States of America to Ukraine have addressed politicians of both countries over the opening of proceedings regarding alleged meddling by the then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in the then Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin 's activity .
`` We strongly condemn these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call on officials in both to avoid steps that will only erode the bilateral relationship and alienate our countries from one another , '' they said in a joint statement posted by the Atlantic Council on May 26 .
• Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said the U.S. had not sent any inquiries regarding the leaked recordings .

The move is due to the "efforts to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election."
U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on Andriy Derkach, a Ukrainian parliament member, pursuant to Executive Order 13848.
The restrictions have been introduced over his "efforts to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election," the U.S. State Treasury said in a statement released on September 10.
"Derkach, a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, has been an active Russian agent for over a decade, maintaining close connections with the Russian Intelligence Services," the statement reads.
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It says Derkach has "directly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or otherwise been complicit in foreign interference in an attempt to undermine the upcoming 2020 U.S. presidential election."
The move to introduce sanctions, U.S. officials say, is focused on "exposing Russian malign influence campaigns and protecting our upcoming elections from foreign interference."
Read alsoU.S. considering sanctions if Russia intervenes in Belarus militarily – media"This action is a clear signal to Moscow and its proxies that this activity will not be tolerated. The Administration is working across the U.S. Government, and with state, local, and private sector partners, to make the 2020 election secure," the statement reads.
Along with "other Russian agents, Derkach employs "manipulation and deceit to attempt to influence elections in the United States and elsewhere around the world," said Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin.
Derkach’s "election influence efforts," as per U.S. Treasury
The U.S. officials say Derkach waged a "covert influence campaign" – from at least late 2019 through mid-2020 – centered on cultivating "false and unsubstantiated narratives" concerning U.S. officials in the upcoming 2020 presidential election.
His efforts aimed to spur corruption investigations in both Ukraine and the United States "designed to culminate prior to election day."
The narratives were pushed in Western media through coverage of press conferences and other news events, including interviews and statements, the statement adds.
Between May and July 2020, Derkach released "edited audio tapes and other unsupported information with the intent to discredit U.S. officials." Also, the U.S. Treasury says, he "levied unsubstantiated allegations against U.S. and international political figures."
Derkach "almost certainly targeted" the U.S. voting populace, prominent U.S. citizens, including members of the U.S. government, "based on his reliance on U.S. platforms, English-language documents and videos, and pro-Russian lobbyists in the United States used to propagate his claims."
"Today's designation of Derkach is another example of the Treasury department promoting accountability for Kremlin-linked individuals seeking to undermine confidence in U.S. democratic processes," the statement reads.
"Russia uses a variety of proxies to attempt to sow discord between political parties and drive internal divisions to influence voters as part of Moscow’s broader efforts to undermine democratic countries and institutions," the U.S. Treasury has noted.
Derkach tapes: background