The issue of joining NATO will arise as soon as Ukraine is ready to confirm the full transition of its troops to Alliance standards, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said. “We have been given a very important political signal that NATO’s door remains open to Ukraine. This is a literal quote from Mr. Stoltenberg at our joint

The territory of certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, currently seized by Russia-occupation forces, is 1,400 square kilometers more than indicated in the Minsk Agreements, which creates ambiguities in understanding the sphere of influence of the Minsk Agreements on these territories, representative of certain districts of Donetsk region in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) from Ukraine Serhiy Harmash said.

Russia’s richest man Vladimir Potanin has set a new wealth record despite his mining giant Norilsk Nickel being slapped this month with a $2 billion fine over an Arctic fuel spill. Potanin’s fortune has crossed the $30 billion threshold, Forbes reported, in a new record for a Russian business owner.  Shares in the company, also known as Nornickel, have risen by some

The bill saw solid backing in Rada.Photo from UNIAN, Viacheslav Ratynskyi The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has tightened liability for traffic rules violations, including driving under influence (DUI), having passed bill No. 2695. The document was backed by 325 MPs, an UNIAN correspondent reported on February 16. Draft law: Details The law stipulates amendments in the Code of Administrative Offenses, providing for

At least one has reportedly been taken hostage.rossaprimavera.ru In the Central African Republic, local rebels said they had killed several mercenaries with the Russian Private Military Company Wagner, which is known to operate in multiple hotspots around the globe. The initial report about the incident came from a local outlet Corbeau News on Monday, February 15. The deadly clash occurred in one

Deputy Valery Rashkin wrote a request to the General Prosecutor’s Office demanding to check the words of TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov for the rehabilitation of Nazism. Reported by RBC. Rashkin’s claims are connected with the fact that on the air of “Russia-1” Solovyov, explaining why he does not respect the politician Alexei Navalny, compared him with the leader of Nazi Germany,

Russian security forces have taught Siberian schoolchildren how to detain protesters in a simulated riot, according to video published by local television Tuesday.  The footage comes on the heels of a mass protest crackdown during rallies calling for jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s arrest. More than 10,000 were detained nationwide during those protests, with widespread allegations of police brutality against peaceful demonstrators.

The “DNR” occupiers threaten to aggravate the situation at the front because of the attempted assassination by unknown persons of battalion commander of the occupation forces Sergey Popov. This was stated by leading propagandist of the militants Daniil Bezsonov on a social network. He actually confirmed that the “DNR” illegal armed formations did not comply with the ceasefire and promised

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised not to abandon Donbass, because Russian-speaking citizens in this territory “are deprived of social security and there is no one to help them except Russia”. This was stated by Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov, – RBC reports. “You know that there are many Russian-speakers living there, they are deprived of social security from their

   France is ready for closer cooperation with the United States and the United Kingdom on the issue of resolving the situation in Donbas, but warns Ukraine against changing the Normandy Format (Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France). The Ambassador of France to Ukraine Etienne de Ponsen said this, Ukrainian News Agency reports. “We are pragmatists and we are confident that changing

  Ukraine looks forward to starting negotiations with Japan on a free trade agreement and updating the convention on the avoidance of double taxation. Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky said this at the forum “Asia Strategy in Action. The Role of Ukraine-Japan Cooperation,” an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “For us, the more important aspect should be the economy, which creates

   Co-chairperson of the European Solidarity faction Iryna Gerashchenko left the studio during a live broadcast of the Freedom of Speech (Svoboda Slova) program on ICTV television channel on Monday because of the sexist statements of spokesperson of the Ukrainian delegation in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) Oleksiy Arestovych. “I cannot be on the air where sexism is manifested, and

Local communists have seized on the February 14 holiday hype to promote their agenda.Donbas News In a once major industrial city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, which is now one of the main strongholds of Russian proxy forces waging war against government troops, local adepts of communist ideas were spotted handing out to strangers in city streets what they called