Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin Ukraine’s ruling political party has voted to expel lawmaker Geo Leros from its ranks after he publicly criticized President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom the party supports. During a parliamentary session on Sept. 1, Leros accused the president of not fulfilling his election promises and claimed that his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, had abused his office and worked

PHOTOS31.08.2020 18:00 Zhytomyr Armored Plant has handed over more than 20 BMP-1 and about a dozen BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as part of the implementation of the 2020 state defense order, the press service of Ukraine’s state defense company Ukroboronprom has reported. “The state-owned enterprise Zhytomyr Armored Plant, part of Ukroboronprom, handed over to the

The Ukrainian state-owned aircraft manufacturer Antonov produced the first transport aircraft An-178 without Russian components, said Antonov’s President Alexander Moose in an interview with Ukrinform. “This is the first plane without a single Russian part. We have been accused of not producing  planes for several years. But with the beginning of the Russian military aggression in 2014, we lost not only the

The Polish Cabinet of Ministers has updated the list of countries from which civil flights are prohibited. The list, according to the website of the Polish Radio Zet, excludes the Russian Federation, China, France and Croatia. Added Albania, Spain, Malta and Romania to the list. The new list, which includes 44 countries, will be valid from September 2 to 15. The ban

   Russia continues to supply weapons, fuel and lubricants to the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Mykhailo Sharavara said this at a briefing on Tuesday, September 1, with reference to information from the Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. “The command of the operational group of Russian occupation forces is

Prime Minister of Ukraine (2016-2019) Volodymyr Groysman appealed to the current government with a demand to restore decree No. 822 adopted in July 2019 on the increase of teachers’ salaries by 20-70%. “Last July, our government adopted decree No. 822, which provides for an increase in teachers’ salaries from 20 to 70%. The next government of Oleksiy Honcharuk canceled it.

Russia on Tuesday denounced sanctions against ally Belarus as “unacceptable” and voiced support for strongman Alexander Lukashenko’s proposal of constitutional reforms. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Western countries were “delivering verdicts” on events in Belarus, following weeks of protests against Lukashenko’s claim to have won a sixth presidential term in an August 9 election. Moscow considers this “to be unacceptable

Journalists and technical personnel from Russia’s Kremlin-funded RT broadcaster have been standing in for staff on strike at Belarus state television and radio, Russia’s RBC news website reported Monday. Workers at the Belteleradio broadcasting service walked off the job on Aug. 17 in protest against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s violent crackdown on peaceful opposition rallies. Lukashenko, whose claim of a landslide victory

  COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Danish government summoned Russia’ s ambassador on Tuesday after a Russian fighter jet violated the airspace over Denmark’s Baltic Sea island of Bornholm last week. “It is absolutely crucial that everyone — including Russia — adheres to the basic rules of the game and international principles,” Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said in a statement

   Former presidential candidate and opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya intends to address the UN Security Council and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), her press service has reported. Tikhanovskaya’s press service announced both plans for a speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council on 4 September and an address to the PACE on 8 September.

  A variety of companies – from small coffee shops to beauty salons and service stations – announced their support of the general strike in Belarus as a sign of solidarity and dissatisfaction with the current situation. Most of them are reportedly in Minsk but there are some in the regions too. Among the companies that announced 1 September as