Voices of Ukraine

Parliament has authorized access to the military of other countries on the territory of Ukraine for military exercises in 2014. This decision was supported by 235 deputies. The bill will allow foreign Armed Forces to enter the territory of Ukraine to participate in military exercises in 2014.

Russia does not like the initiative of Ukraine’s new leadership on possible changes to its non-aligned status. This announcement comes in a release from the Foreign Ministry of Russia. Russian diplomats pointed to a statement from Acting President Turchynov that Ukraine is considering changing its neutral status. Russia also mentioned a bill submitted to Parliament that suggests excluding the non-alignment provisions from Ukrainian legislation.

Petro Poroshenko is planning to sell his Roshen confectionery if he wins the presidential elections. This was stated in an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper, which was published n Wednesday, says “Ukrinform”.

Saturday, April 5, 2014, 08:07

The Special Service of Ukraine (SSU) detained two Russian Federation citizens in Lviv oblast. The suspects wanted to kidnap some persons, among them a candidate for the President of Ukraine. However, the SSU did not release the name of the candidate who had been targeted for kidnapping. 

The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has arrested 12 from the Berkut special police forces. They are suspected of shooting people on Instytutska St in Kyiv on February 18-20. The information comes from a statement from the head of the GPU press service, Vasyl Zorya, to an Ukrinform correspondent.