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Two-day Ukrainian missile drills near the occupied Crimea made the Kremlin throw fits; 100 years of safety in a "radioactive burial ground" will be provided by a new 36,000-tonne confinement, which now covers the fourth unit of Chornobyl nuclear power plant; 8.5 million pensioners saw an increase in their pension.

Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile exercises became an important factor in international relations. The meeting of Normandy Four foreign ministers in Minsk was a predictable formality. Warsaw received Petro Poroshenko with high interest.

Anniversary of Revolution of Dignity became a good opportunity to contemplate over its achievements. Sociological data on the results of the upcoming presidential elections gave space for political maneuvering. High-ranking fugitives in Russia have reminded of themselves.

35 people were convicted in cases of crimes against EuroMaidan activists; 72% of Ukrainians agree with the statement that the Holodomor of 1932-1933 was a genocide of the Ukrainian people; 580,000 Ukrainian children have been affected by the Donbas hostilities.

The Ukraine-EU summit was marked by political statements of European Union leaders but not by a long-awaited visa liberalization for Ukraine. Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko tried to build bridges with the International Criminal Court in the Hague. The Kremlin has rather expectedly made its yet another "Yanukovych move".

Despite all calls of Ukraine authorities, the country is unlikely to get a long-awaited visa liberalization with the EU at the Ukraine-EU summit on November 24. The visa-free saga will continue at least until spring.

Rallies in the center of Kyiv were nothing like the actual "Maidan". They rather gave the Ukraine authorities another impetus on the eve of the anniversary of the Ukrainian revolutions. The Interior Ministry saw a forced staff reshuffle. Populist politicians have clinched in fighting each other’s agenda.

Four Ukrainian MPs will be held responsible for concealment of assets in e-declarations, 63% of Russians would like to see Vladimir Putin president after 2018, 7 million Ukrainians have already been entitled to utility subsidies.

A resolution, approved by the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, was a real diplomatic victory for Ukraine. EU Council supported visa liberalization for Ukraine, dialectically linking its start with setting up a visa waiver suspension mechanism. Donald Trump continues to shape his administration and communicate with the world leaders. Moldova has chosen a pro-Russian president. Alexander Lukashenko delivers a confusing speech.

Quite an unpleasant bell is ringing for Ukraine as pro-Russian candidates win presidential elections in Bulgaria and Moldova, evidencing a growing euroscepticism in these countries.

After almost one and a half years of his work as Odesa Governor, Georgia’s Mikheil Saakashvili decided to taste what it’s like to be in the Ukrainian opposition. SBU claims Russia may seek to implement its insidious destabilization plan for Ukraine. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is going through some rough times in its public relations strategy.

Three Ukrainian MPs failed to file declarations of income for 2015, UAH 69.78 is now the minimum retail price for vodka in Ukraine, 288 of the 270 electoral votes required were cast in favor of the new U.S. President, Donald Trump.

Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election came as surprise not only to the Ukrainian establishment. The Russian FSB did an "encore" with their provocation involving the so-called "Ukrainian saboteurs in Crimea". Petro Poroshenko's visit to Slovenia has chances to transform into more prospects for bilateral cooperation.

Contrary to the expectations of most part of Ukraine’s political elite, who were openly betting on a victory in the U.S. presidential race of Hillary Clinton, the Americans preferred Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. UNIAN figured out what Ukraine should expect from the eccentric billionaire once he takes office.

Petro Poroshenko hinted that the country would be very interested to see reports on the origin of assets the Ukrainian officials showed in their e-declarations. The Verkhovna Rada remains traditionally far from internal stability, failing to show any will for constructive work. SBU chief Vasyl Hrytsak talked about scenarios of destabilization in a number of Ukraine’s regions, plotted by Moscow.

Seven MPs failed to submit e-declarations, 97 court rulings have been issued in a case of journalist Pavlo Sheremet killing, $1.875 billion has been wired into Ukraine from abroad.

The outcome of the first round of presidential elections in Moldova has raised discussions on the situation in the country neighboring to Ukraine. Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill opened a monument to Prince Vladimir near the Kremlin walls. European Parliament’s pending decision on a visa-free regime for Ukraine is a matter of increased concern.

The process of filing e-declarations for those whose wealth is most interesting for millions of Ukrainians has completed without any stunning revelations. The Government intends to double the minimum wage starting January 1, 2017. The prosecutor general has less time left to efficiently and effectively prosecute fugitive ex-President Viktor Yanukovych.

Four parties in Ukraine received more than UAH 141.6 of state financing over six months of 2016, 77% of Ukrainians do not trust banks, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko reported UAH 62.162 million in income in his electronic declaration for 2015.

Vladimir Putin is once again singing the same old song of "one nation" meaning Russians and Ukrainians, apparently. SurkovLeaks revived interest of the West to the Ukraine issue. NATO is in an active search of a model to refute Russia’s hybrid aggression, trying to act asymmetrically.