Section: Special sections

      Ukraine`s ex-envoy to U.S. joins political sub-group on Minsk implementation
      Nov24

      Ukraine`s ex-envoy to U.S. joins political sub-group on Minsk implementation

      Former Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oleksandr Motsyk has been appointed to the political sub-group on the implementation of the Minsk agreements, a source in the Presidential Administration of Ukraine said, according to ZN.ua. Oleksandr Motsyk was the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States from 2010 to April 2015. He was...

      Russian troops fired on Ukrainian forces: used mortars and Grad multiple rocket launcher
      Nov23

      Russian troops fired on Ukrainian forces: used mortars and Grad multiple rocket launcher

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 25 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. One Ukrainian soldier was killed and three others were wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, In the Mariupol sector, the...

      Security areas in areas of Donbas, opening of checkpoint Zolote, hostage release to be discussed in Minsk Wed
      Nov23

      Security areas in areas of Donbas, opening of checkpoint Zolote, hostage release to be discussed in Minsk Wed

      The Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk has on the agenda of its Wednesday meeting the issue of opening a Zolote checkpoint for passage of civilians across the line of demarcation in Donbas, as reported by 112.ua. The main round of talks to be headed by Martin Sajdik will start at 14:00 and be held behind closed doors, reads the report by 112.ua....

      Crimean Tatars set up religious administration of Crimea Muslims in Kyiv
      Nov23

      Crimean Tatars set up religious administration of Crimea Muslims in Kyiv

      Kyiv hosted the assembly of delegates of the Crimean Tatar Muslim organizations where the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea was set up on mainland Ukraine, the 15 Minutes news agency reports referring to the ATR. The Congress was attended by 40 representatives from 14 different Tatar Muslim Organizations of Ukraine (Kherson region,...

      Yelchenko urges Kremlin not to exploit Crimea`s drinking water problem in propaganda
      Nov23

      Yelchenko urges Kremlin not to exploit Crimea`s drinking water problem in propaganda

      Ukraine`s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko during a UN Security Council open debate on water, peace and security urged not to use the drinking water shortage problem in occupied Crimea with the aim of propaganda. Yelchenko said that Russia and the situation in occupied Crimea were not on the debate`s agenda, but...

      Reuters says Russia smuggling jet fuel into Syria despite EU sanctions
      Nov23

      Reuters says Russia smuggling jet fuel into Syria despite EU sanctions

      Russian tankers have smuggled jet fuel to Syria through EU waters, bolstering military supplies to a war-torn country where Moscow is carrying out air strikes in support of the government, according to sources with knowledge of the matter, Reuters reports. At least two Russian-flagged ships made deliveries – which contravene EU sanctions...

      The Hague court accepts evidence of Russia`s war crimes in Ukraine
      Nov23

      The Hague court accepts evidence of Russia`s war crimes in Ukraine

      The International Criminal Court in The Hague has accepted the evidence of Russia`s war crimes committed amid the conflict in Donbas, Ukraine`s prosecutor general Yuriy Lutsenko claimed Tuesday, according to Ukraine Today citing Interfax. ”Yesterday at the ICC prosecutor`s office we contemplated the evidence of Russia sending regular troops...

      Energoatom to load Westinghouse fuel in Zaporizhia NPP power units in 2017
      Nov21

      Energoatom to load Westinghouse fuel in Zaporizhia NPP power units in 2017

      Ukraine`s Energoatom, the operator of all nuclear power plants across the country, will load Westinghouse nuclear fuel at power units No. 1, 3 and 4 of Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (NPP) in 2017, according to the press service of the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety, with reference to head of the State...

      EU thinking about pre-Trump Russia sanctions
      Nov21

      EU thinking about pre-Trump Russia sanctions

      The future of the bloc`s sanctions against Russia will hang over an EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels on Nov. 24 as Donald Trump makes inroads with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and puts in place a new American foreign-policy team, according to Bloomberg. With the penalties due to expire on January 31 2016, EU governments are likely to...

      Switzerland extends sanctions against Russian MPs
      Nov18

      Switzerland extends sanctions against Russian MPs

      Switzerland has added more persons to the watchlist, aimed to prevent bypassing sanctions of the United States and the European Union, implemented because of Russian aggression in Ukraine, according to Ukraine Today. Six persons whose names are now added were elected in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as new Duma (Russian parliament) deputies,...