President Petro Poroshenko declared 2016 the year of remembrance of liquidators and victims of Chernobyl disaster, as a respective Decree was signed on December 14, according to the president's press service. The Government was instructed to conduct commemorative events in Kyiv on April 26, 2016, according to the report....
More than half of Russians, or 59%, believe that it would be more beneficial for Russia if Ukraine was an independent state, having good-neighborly and mutually beneficial relations with Russia, according to the findings of a survey by the Levada Center, an independent Russian polling and sociological research organization. It...
The combined-Russian separatist forces are planning to conduct conscription in the occupied territories of Donbas in spring of 2016, according to the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. "Because of bad conditions of service in Russian occupation troops, it is worsened the manning issue. Considering...
After the killings of militant brigade commanders Mozgovoy and "Batman," another high-profile commander of the Cossack unit, Pavel Dryomov, was assassinated in the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic,” according to one of separatist online media. A commander of the "sixth separate...
If the U.S. policy changed to provide Javelins, that would probably lead to increased lethality on the battlefield for the Ukrainians, General Ben Hodges, the commanding general of U.S. Army Europe said in an interview with the Voice of America. "Obviously, we've made very clear: we want Ukraine to be able to defend...
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine about 40 times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook early Friday. "The situation in the Donbas conflict zone remains tense but stable, and completely controlled by our defenders,"...
A suspected leader of a sabotage group killed in an anti-terror raid in Kyiv on Wednesday was a 50-year-old resident of Donetsk, known under an alias Oleh Muzhchyl or Serhiy Amirov, according to news portal news.liga.net. He was reported to have been infiltrated into the Right Sector organization, but expelled some time later....
Russian-backed militants attacked Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine 25 times on Thursday, most of the attacks were concentrated in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). "The combined Russian-separatist forces have not stopped their armed provocations in the ATO zone...
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers approved a draft of a new Tax Code and a draft national budget for 2016 at its meeting on Thursday, December 10, according to a source in the government. "Yes, everything has been approved," the source said. At the same time, the source found it difficult to give more details whether...
Famous Ukrainian singer Irina Bilyk became a mother for the second time. Ukrainian singer named her son Tabriz Aslan oglu. 45-year-old artiste has a 16-year-old son Glib Overchuk with model Overchuk Andrew. "I became a mother again , I am happy !!!" — signed Bilyk the photo showing the two...
A Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry combat vehicle participating in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in Donbas has hit a landmine not far from the village of Opytne while moving from one position to another, according to the ATO press service. "Unfortunately, the Ukrainian forces suffered casualties as a result of the...
Although the involvement of senior officials in the killing of protestors has been confirmed, no one has been brought to justice so far, as well as for the death of 48 people during the violence of May 2, 2014 in Odesa, according to a UN Human Rights report released on December 9. "Accountability has yet to be achieved for...