Section: International

      Russian aggression against neighbors may come from Belarusian soil – Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament
      Mar28

      Russian aggression against neighbors may come from Belarusian soil – Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament

      Russian-Belarusian military exercises ”West-2017,” scheduled to be held this fall, can be used to launch direct aggression against neighboring countries, including Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy said, addressing the participants of the Ukraine – Poland – Lithuania Interparliamentary Assembly on Monday, the press...

      Putin`s press secretary Dmitry Peskov pays secret visit to occupied Luhansk
      Mar28

      Putin`s press secretary Dmitry Peskov pays secret visit to occupied Luhansk

      On March 27, Vladimir Putin`s press secretary Dmitry Peskov has reportedly arrived on a secret visit to the militant stronghold of Luhansk, OstroV online news outlet reported citing its source in Ukrainian intelligence community. The purpose of the visit has not been verified, OstroV writes. One of the possible versions is a potential change in...

      U.S., Britain, France, others skip nuclear weapons ban treaty talks
      Mar28

      U.S., Britain, France, others skip nuclear weapons ban treaty talks

      Almost 40 countries, including the United States, Britain, and France, chose not to join talks on a nuclear weapons ban treaty at the United Nations Monday, Reuters reported. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley told reporters the countries skipping the negotiations are instead committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which entered into force in 1970...

      All Georgians to enjoy visa-free travel across EU, even those living in Russia-occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia
      Mar28

      All Georgians to enjoy visa-free travel across EU, even those living in Russia-occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia

      As a visa-free regime has been launched in the European Union for Georgia March 28, Georgian citizens living in the occupied territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are also eligible for unhindered travel to the EU, according to Georgian Foreign Minister Mikhail Dzhanelidze, Georgia Online reports. ”It is especially important that all benefits...

      Chornobyl 2: conflict in the eastern Ukraine can cause to chemical disaster, warn experts
      Mar28

      Chornobyl 2: conflict in the eastern Ukraine can cause to chemical disaster, warn experts

      A whole host of experts on eastern Europe have lined up to warn that the conflict in the eastern Ukraine could spark a widespread chemical disaster if industrial storage units of chlorine gas are damaged and the contents released into the environment, according to express.co.uk. The threat is not just hypothetical. On February 24 a stray...

      MFA Ukraine updates forecast for tourist visa-free travel across EU
      Mar28

      MFA Ukraine updates forecast for tourist visa-free travel across EU

      The Ukrainian foreign ministry predicts the introduction by the European Union of a tourist visa-free travel for Ukrainians before the beginning of the summer, as stated in the message by the ministry`s department of consular service via Twitter. ”From March 28, Georgian citizens will travel to EU countries without visas, and before the summer,...

      Trump son-in-law met executives of sanctioned Russian bank, will testify
      Mar28

      Trump son-in-law met executives of sanctioned Russian bank, will testify

      A Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia`s incursion into Ukraine disclosed on Monday that its executives had met Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump`s son-in-law and a top White House adviser, in December, Reuters reports. A U.S. Senate committee investigating suspected Russian interference in the election wants to interview...

      OSCE`s drone in Donbas comes under small-arms fire on Sunday
      Mar27

      OSCE`s drone in Donbas comes under small-arms fire on Sunday

      The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported that its drone came under small-arms fire after an SMM patrol of four mission members in two armored vehicles stopped 500 meters north-east of government-controlled Orikhove-Donetske (44km north-west of Luhansk) to launch it on Sunday, March 26. ”At about 13:10, a couple minutes...

      GUAM member states one step closer to free trade
      Mar27

      GUAM member states one step closer to free trade

      During a summit in Kyiv, Representatives of GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) signed a protocol to the free trade agreement on the creation of a joint coordination body within the treaty`s framework. A protocol on the recognition of certain types of customs procedures in respect of goods and vehicles moving across state borders of GUAM...

      Russia implementing ”Transnistrian scenario” in Donbas – Ukraine`s presidential staff
      Mar27

      Russia implementing ”Transnistrian scenario” in Donbas – Ukraine`s presidential staff

      Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Kostyantyn Yeliseiev believes Russia is now implementing the so-called ”Transnistrian scenario” in the occupied Donbas, at the same time not being interested in ending the hostilities, Segodnia reports. ”Moscow is actually implementing the so-called Transnistrian scenario. But unlike...