The goal of Putin's 'anti-sanctions'? Markov lists 6. My favorite: 'to show that Russia does not give up.' https://t.co/jjw6OQ8fVo
— Nina Ivanovna (@ninaivanovna) August 7, 2014
Here are some more details from our news desk on Andriy Parubiy's resignation:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's office says he has accepted the resignation of National Security and Defense Council chief Andriy Parubiy.
Presidential spokesman Svyatoslav Tsegolko wrote on his Twitter page that "Parubiy will stay in the presidential team." Poroshenko thanked the National Security and Defense Council chief for his work."
Parubiy wrote on his Facebook page earlier on August 7 that he had submitted his resignation.
Parubiy did not give a reason for his resignation.
He wrote, "I consider it unacceptable to comment on the resignation during the war. I continue to deal with the issues of providing assistance to the front, primarily to volunteer battalions."
Parubiy had held the post of Ukraine's security chief from February 27.
Ukrainian forces are currently engaged in an offensive against pro-Russian rebels in the country's east.
(ITAR-TASS, Interfax)
Andriy Parubiy has been tweeting about his departure from the RNBO:
I have resigned from the position of the Secretary of @NSDC_ua. More comments on that in the war time are unacceptable, I believe.
— Андрій Парубій (@AndriyParubiy) August 7, 2014
I will continue to help our guys on the frontline, first of all to the volunteer battalions.
— Андрій Парубій (@AndriyParubiy) August 7, 2014
Together we will defeat the Russian aggressor. Slava Ukrayini. Glory to Ukraine.
— Андрій Парубій (@AndriyParubiy) August 7, 2014
VIDEO: Statement by @EU_Commission spokesman on the Russian ban on European agricultural products and food... http://t.co/EQWqY1tGDl
— EU Delegation UA (@EUDelegationUA) August 7, 2014
It seems that Andriy Parubiy has officially left Ukraine's National Defense and Security Council (RNBO):
Parubiy officially gone http://t.co/yU95nyQ2AM
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) August 7, 2014
Meanwhile, back in Kyiv, they are trying to get on with the business of government:
New tax reform document in English translation http://t.co/G5Tdol89vS pic.twitter.com/IdSTqgxTKH
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) August 7, 2014
#Obama says #US ready to provide more aid to #Ukraine's government, including military http://t.co/LT5hlXAn2O pic.twitter.com/3VhrXpa2AK
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) August 7, 2014
Ppl screeching that import bans "will only affect decadent middle class" are missing the point. Major price hikes are the real worry now.
— Natalia Antonova (@NataliaAntonova) August 7, 2014
#euromaidan right now pic.twitter.com/ZLXbbIQBtu
— Kateryna_Kruk (@Kateryna_Kruk) August 7, 2014
Here are some more details from RFE/RL's news desk of Rasmussen's visit to Kyiv today.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has arrived in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, amid heightened tensions over a Russian troop buildup along the Ukrainian border.
"Just landed in Kiev. I'm here to offer NATO's political support to Ukraine and President [Petro] Poroshenko," Rasmussen wrote on Twitter (@AndersFoghR) on August 7.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Vasily Zvarych earlier called Rasmussen's visit "vitally important," saying it demonstrates NATO's political support.
"This visit serves as evidence that the North Atlantic alliance supports the European path of development [for] the Ukrainian state and society," he said.
NATO said on August 6 that a Russian force buildup near the Ukrainian border amounts to some 20,000 troops.
The alliance said Moscow could use the excuse of a humanitarian or peacekeeping mission to send them into Ukraine.
(AFP, ITAR-TASS)