No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but two were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday. "Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but two were...
Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of looting two of its oil rigs after Crimea-based oil and gas firm Chornomornaftogaz moved the equipment off the coast of the annexed peninsula into Russian waters, according to Reuters. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine last year and the loss of the peninsula's...
President Poroshenko commented on Vladimir Putin's decree on the withdrawal of preference regime of the CIS FTA during his Brussels visit on Wednesday. "Last year we made a very difficult and sensitive decision to postpone the launch of the DCFTA for a year. We hoped that this additional time would be used to find the...
Kyiv’s District Administrative Court satisfied the claim of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine in full, banning the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine, according to the court’s official website. It is noted that the District Administrative Court of Kyiv has completed consideration of the lawsuit by the...
As of today, the military option to return the annexed territory of Crimea is excluded, Ukrainian presidential envoy for Crimean Tatar People's affairs, and Ukrainian MP from the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko Mustafa Dzhemilev (Cemilev) said in an interview with Ukrainian weekly news magazine Focus. "Russia has depoyed...
The Ukrainian government has banned movement of goods and services to and from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, except for the transportation of personal belongings of citizens and humanitarian aid, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said at a government meeting. "I want to start with the most important decision. The...
The Ukrainian State Border Guard Service reports that Russia has deployed its Tavrida floating drilling platform in Ukraine's marine economic zone, spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service Oleh Slobodian told Radio Krym.Realii. He said all the crew members on the rig had been notified that they had violated the...
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another one was wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last day, presidential administration press secretary for Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) issues Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday. "Over the last day, one Ukrainian soldier was killed and...
Russian-backed illegal armed groups continued provocative shelling of the Ukrainian positions in the Donbas conflict zone overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook early Monday. In particular, "at night, mercenaries from pro-Russian hybrid gangs used 82mm mortars, which are banned...
Monday is the first day at the Defense Department for Dr. Michael Carpenter, who takes over as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia, the Western Balkans, and Conventional Arms Control, according to Foreign Policy. He's replacing Evelyn Farkas, who quit rather abruptly in October amid...
U.S. Vice President encouraged the Ukrainian authorities to build a successful country. MP Oleh Barna decided not limit himself with collecting signatures for the dismissal of PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk, deciding to drag him out of the parliament’s podium during speech. The winners of the local elections held party conferences....
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that despite the enemy's hopes and all the difficuties, the PM, the President and the Rada preserved unity, and the reforms would be prolonged, according to the Cabinet's press service. "Our enemies hoped that the new Ukrainian government would not be able to overcome...