Ukrinform
December 9, 2014
Ukraine to cancel its non-bloc status – Yatseniuk
KYIV: Ukraine’s non-bloc status will be cancelled and the state will adopt a new law on the foundations of domestic and foreign policy.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at a Cabinet of Ministers meeting in Kyiv on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
“The law that was passed as a bribe to Russians, on the so-called non-bloc status of Ukraine, should be cancelled. Ukraine will adopt a new law on the foundations of domestic and foreign policy, where the non-bloc status will be cancelled and the Ukrainian army should meet NATO standards,” he said.
To this end, he said, Ukraine will approve every year an annual Ukraine-NATO action plan.
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Ukrinform
December 9, 2014
Ukraine loses six servicemen in past 24 hours
KYIV: Six Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and seven more have been wounded in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in east Ukraine over the past 24 hours.
National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday.
“As a result of armed clashes we have lost six Ukrainian soldiers, and seven more have sustained injuries,” Lysenko said.
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Interfax-Ukraine
December 9, 2014
192 Ukrainian soldiers killed in east since September 5 – General Staff chief
A total of 192 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in the army operation area in the country’s eastern regions since a ceasefire was declared there in September.
“Today it is the fourth time we have declared a truce, a so-called “regime of silence.” All in all, 192 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since September 5,” Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander and General Staff Chief Viktor Muzhenko said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.
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