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Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian captive of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, has said in an exclusive interview with UNIAN said that she treats with great caution the information on her exchange, insisting on an all-for-all or one-for-one swap.

One Russian combat aircraft was destroyed by the army of a NATO member state; three former MPs from the Party of Regions committed suicide; 177 countries voted to elect Ukraine as non-permanent member of the UN Security Council; 900,300 Ukrainians chose to move to other countries.

The Ukrainians mark the second anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity and the Euromaidan, 28 EU Member States have ratified the Association Agreement with Ukraine, 270 people are suspected of crimes against the Maidan protesters.

UAH 24.1 to the dollar is an average forex rate set by the Finance Ministry in a draft 2016 budget; 60% of the citizens from the eight EU member states believe that the armed conflict in Ukraine has been instigated by Russia; Ukraine’s public debt amounts to $70.671 billion.

Four Ukrainian citizens died in a plane crash in Egypt, nine countries in Eastern and Central Europe are going to request NATO increase its regional presence, Ukraine ranks 83rd in the annual Ease of Doing Business rating by the World Bank.

58% of Russians strongly opposes the return of territories seized from Ukraine, 177 countries voted for the election of Ukraine as non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2016-2017, Ukraine’s brand new cyber cops are expected to earn between UAH 6,000 and UAH 30,000.

After Ukraine celebrated its first Defender Day on October 14, UNIAN has gathered opinions of military experts on the changes the Ukrainian Army had seen since the start of the Russian aggression, what transformations were useful for the military structure, and what flaws still need to be fixed.

12 states have reached the most comprehensive in past 20 years trade agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, at least 95 people were killed in two explosions in Ankara, The Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered 597 non-combat casualties in 2014-2015.

25 years ago, started a revolution on granite, one of the drivers for Ukraine gaining independence in 1991; the withdrawal of light artillery in Donbas is expected to last for 41 days; 11,006 Ukrainian men may be drafted during another round of mobilization this fall.

Six waves of mobilization force us to address the issue of psychological support of the mobilized and psychological rehabilitation of demobilized troops. However, throughout the Anti-Terrorist Operation, the state has done little in this regard.

3% of GDP must be spent for the country’s defenses; 48.8% of Ukrainians believe that Russia is responsible for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict; 10,000 new patrol police officers are to start their work by the end of 2015.

Crimean Tatars chose three routes for the economic blockade of the administrative border with the Russian-occupied Crimea, 45% of Ukrainians are willing to vote in local elections, 382 individuals and 105 legal entities fell under Ukrainian sanctions against Russia.

A new gas field was discovered in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region, 48.4% of Ukrainians believe that the government has not reached any progress in the implementation of reforms, 1,700 Russian citizens fell under Ukrainian sanctions since the beginning of Crimea’s annexation and the armed conflict in Donbas.

Three National Guard soldiers were killed in clashes outside the Verkhovna Rada on August 31, 265 deputies approved in the first reading the Constitutional amendments regarding decentralization, Russia assessed “damage” from accepting refugees from Ukraine at $60 million.

In a global world, any state is dependent on other countries, one way or another. Ukraine is no exception. However, some of our dependencies are critical; therefore the government’s task is to reduce them.

While in the past years the highest state decoration - the Hero of Ukraine title - was conferred for highest professional achievements, and, sometimes, upon quite odious citizens, the modern Order bearers are the real heroes. On many of them, the title was conferred posthumously...

24 first years of Ukraine's independence will not only be remembered for the two Maidan uprisings (the Orange Revolution and the Revolution of Dignity) and a bloody war with Russia, but also for outstanding construction projects that were completed in the years of the Free Ukraine to serve many generations of our descendants. UNIAN is presenting top 10 most iconic construction projects of the independent Ukraine.

UNIAN sits with Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Svitlana Kolomiets to talk about the ways of attracting investors to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, environmental crises in war-torn Donbas and Russian-annexed Crimea, and on prospects of fighting the "amber mafia".

Ukraine tops the list of countries with the most money transfers from migrants living in Europe, 271 MPs supported at first reading the new law on local elections, and the SBU is investigating 4,868 cases involving threats to state security.

For many years, late May - early June used to be the start of Crimea’s high tourist season. Tourists from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Poland traveled to the peninsula for a seaside holiday. Today, on administrative border checkpoints with the occupied Crimea there is indeed a boom in travel – but in the opposite direction.