Section: Special sections

      Ukraine prepares a report to PACE about illegal detention of Sushchenko and Sentsov in Russia
      Jan07

      Ukraine prepares a report to PACE about illegal detention of Sushchenko and Sentsov in Russia

      At the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) session in Strasbourg, France in January 2017, the Ukrainian delegation will raise the issue of illegal detention of Ukrinform journalist Roman Sushchenko and film director Oleg Sentsov in Russia, as well as persecution of Crimean journalist Mykola Semena and Crimean Tatar media in...

      The Security Service of Ukraine can’t ban President of Moldova to entry Ukraine despite his pro-Russian statement
      Jan07

      The Security Service of Ukraine can’t ban President of Moldova to entry Ukraine despite his pro-Russian statement

      The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Press Service Olena Gitlyanska states that the President of Moldova Igor Dodon who has told that the annexed Crimea belongs to the Russian Federation during his electoral campaign, cannot be forbidden to entry into Ukraine. The SSU says that Igor Dodon has a special status of border crossing as...

      The Defense Ministry of Ukraine denies the information that Russian hackers destroyed Ukrainian artillery weapons
      Jan07

      The Defense Ministry of Ukraine denies the information that Russian hackers destroyed Ukrainian artillery weapons

      The Defense Ministry of Ukraine denies reports about the information that 80% of D-30 howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have been destroyed by Russian hackers associated with the Russian government and high-profile cyber attacks against Democrats during the Presidential election in the U.S. “The information of the Command of...

      EU complains about the weakening economy because of sanctions against Russia
      Jan06

      EU complains about the weakening economy because of sanctions against Russia

      The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) sates that the European Union (EU) economy in 2015 lost in economic activity EUR 17.6 billion ($18.6 billion) including because of sanctions against the Russian Federation. In particularly in Austria 36% of the negative impact on economic activity with Russia could be attributed to the sanctions....

      The U.S. potential Ambassador to Russia tells how to finish Crimea crisis: pay compensation to Ukraine or hold a new referendum with the US assistance
      Jan06

      The U.S. potential Ambassador to Russia tells how to finish Crimea crisis: pay compensation to Ukraine or hold a new referendum with the US assistance

      The former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s Advisor Thomas Graham, a possible candidate for the post of the new United States Ambassador to the Russian Federation, gave pieces of advice how to make Crimea Russian. In an interview to the Voice of America he states that the Crimean crisis must be resolved in the near future: “I...

      Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada sent 11 tons of humanitarian aid for Donbas
      Jan05

      Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada sent 11 tons of humanitarian aid for Donbas

      11 tons of humanitarian aid were collected and sent to Ukraine on January 4, 2017, by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Canadian company Caravan Logіstics and Canadian NGOs “Ukraine Appeal”, GlobalFire, Global Medic and the Ukrainian Canadian League. To Mariupol, Ukraine through the Ukrainian Canadian Congress will be delivered...

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine positions  52 times in last day, used 152mm artillery, mortars and rocket system
      Jan05

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine positions 52 times in last day, used 152mm artillery, mortars and rocket system

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 52 times in last day, 1 WIA Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 52 times in the past 24 hours, one Ukrainian soldier was wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the...

      Presidential Administration of Ukraine rejected the billionaire and Yalta European Strategy founder’s offer to give up Crimea and Donbas
      Jan05

      Presidential Administration of Ukraine rejected the billionaire and Yalta European Strategy founder’s offer to give up Crimea and Donbas

      Statement of the Ukrainian billionaire, media mogul and founder of Yalta European Strategy, Victor Pinchuk from 29 December 2016 made a great response among Ukrainians, considering the influence of Pinchuk on political and economic processes in Ukraine. Ukrainians were shocked by the absence of response from the Ukrainian government and President...

      Russian militants attacked in all directions in Donbas last day, used armoured fighting vehicles, grenade and mortar launchers
      Jan04

      Russian militants attacked in all directions in Donbas last day, used armoured fighting vehicles, grenade and mortar launchers

      The Security Service of Ukraine detained a member of Russian militants’ subversive reconnaissance group who wanted to penetrate to the ATO troops controlled territory. The 25-year-old militant was found to be a self-proclaimed “chief of military headquarters” of a temporarily occupied district in Luhansk region. Moreover, Ukrainian intelligence...

      Austria to provide €2 million for humanitarian aid in Eastern Ukraine – OSCE Chairman
      Jan04

      Austria to provide €2 million for humanitarian aid in Eastern Ukraine – OSCE Chairman

      On January 3, 2017, the OSCE Chairman Sebastian Kurz arrived to Ukraine and visited Donetsk Region to exam personally the state of Minsk agreements’ fulfilment, the social and economic situation in the region caused by the military aggression of Russia against Ukraine, as well as the implementation of charitable projects with the participation of...