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Russia is going to introduce an embargo on the majority of Ukrainian goods in response to the Association Agreement with the EU coming into effect. Ukraine’s Trade Representative, Natalia Mykolska, has told UNIAN, how the country can compensate for these losses and what markets are willing to open up to our exporters.

Venice Commission President, Gianni Buquicchio, has told UNIAN in an exclusive interview over the phone from Venice about the position of the Commission regarding Ukraine’s constitutional amendments, whether they meet the European standards and whether they will lead to the federalization of Ukraine.

A renowned Russian journalist, creator of Journalism without Intermediaries project, branded as “national traitor” by Putin’s regime, has told UNIAN about the reasons why the Russians crave for war, why they are so encouraged to come and fight in Donbas, why they don’t like the Ukrainians, and how he met the Ukrainian citizens in Chechnya during the war.

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.

Ukraine celebrated its first Defender Day. Former head of the Security Service of Ukraine accused a President’s friend of financial fraud. Prosecutor General hinted he is aware of possible threat to his life.

After a three-month break, Naftogaz resumed gas supplies from Russia; the creditors’ committee agreed to write off Ukraine’s $3 billion public debt; the heating season has gained momentum, and the country’s economy is starting to show signs of growth.  These are the main economic news of the past week.

Ukraine has become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The Netherlands released a report on the causes of an MH17 crash in the skies over the Donbas. Russian officials flaunt their unwillingness to fulfill the Minsk agreements.

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.

Ukraine and the Netherlands have released technical investigative reports on causes of a crash of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 shot down out of the sky over Donetsk in July 2014. UNIAN correspondents witnessed both presentations.

Poroshenko talked of his vision of the prospects for returning Donbas in his televised address to the nation. The Members of Parliament were much more concerned about their own rating than resolving the country's problems. The Government’s reformatting has been halted.

The IMF mission promises to return in early November; financial regulators have seriously took up the cleaning of the markets; the government is preparing a bill on the restructuring of the state debt to the businesses. These are the main economic news of the past week.

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.

Paris talks were echoing in Ukraine for several more days after they were completed. The separatists tried to present postponement of pseudo-elections as their success. Washington continues to implement a “carrot and stick” policy towards Ukraine.

While the Ukrainians have not yet had time to "digest" the issue of postponement of the pseudo-elections in the occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions to the next year, the Parliament has already started discussing the need to pass a special draft law regulating such vote in the future.

Discussions on the reform of the United Nations, which has been going on for years, have acquired special significance at the 70th session of the General Assembly, in the context of Ukraine and Syria crises.

Ukraine faces an uphill struggle for reintegration of Donbas and Crimea. Nadia Savchenko continues her battle against the Russian regime. Volodymyr Hroisman offered female MPs an innovation, which was publically disapproved.

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.

UN General Assembly became the scene of a diplomatic confrontation. Tripartite Liaison Group in Minsk and representatives of the pro-Russian militants signed an agreement on the withdrawal of small-caliber weapons. Normandy Four meeting was no sensation and saw no breakthrough.

UNIAN visited the native village of the Russian sergeant Aleksandr Aleksandrov, who was detained by the Ukrainian troops in combat near Luhansk and is now charged with committing a number of grave crimes.