The Netherlands plans to involve other countries in the lawsuit against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of the downed MH17 downed airliner, said Ukrainian Ambassador to the Netherlands Vsevolod Chentsov, as cited by Ukrinform. In particular, the judicial process can involve states whose citizens died in the plane crash. “The Dutch side is considering

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) did not notify the Russian authorities of the lawsuit against it in connection with the downing of Malaysia Airlines airliner plane over the Donbas in 2014, said the Russian Ministry of Justice in a statement. “In the event of notification about the complaint, the Russian Ministry of Justice will start the necessary work in

The safe reintegration of the temporarily occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions will take 25 years at least. “Ukraine must be ready for the fact that safe reintegration will take much time. The safe reintegration is my red line. Even if we hold elections in those territories tomorrow, which means that they will be free from the occupying forces,

One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another three were wounded in Donbas on July 10. Taras Matviiv, Facebook Founder of the Maidan Search Initiative, officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Taras Matviiv was killed in enemy shelling in Donbas on July 10. Read also Russia continues to supply military hardware, weapons to occupied Donbas – Ukraine intel “I consciously chose

03.07.2020 14:58 Our state informed OSCE about military potential being accumulated by Russia against Ukraine Ukrainian and American experts, as well as the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, warned that under the pretext of holding strategic exercises Kavkaz 2020, Russia may resort to a large-scale offensive against Ukraine. The other day, the Russian president signed a decree

The number of asylum applications lodged by Ukrainian nationals in the Schengen+ area decreased by 5%. Some 1,570 asylum applications were reported in Q1, 2020 / Photo from UNIAN A mere 10.2% of applications filed by asylum seekers from Ukraine were satisfied in European Union countries in 2019. “The asylum recognition rate decreased to 10.2% in 2019 (compared to 17.3%

This is the type of horrible creep that Trump regards as such a close friend that he got his sentence commuted. (Info culled from BBC, Wiki, Mother Jones, politicus usa, Washington Times, Mother Jones). Stone was found guilty of lying to the House Intelligence Committee about his attempts to contact Wikileaks, the website that released damaging emails about Mr Trump’s

There is no final decision on new sites for the disengagement of forces and weapons. Ukrainians kept in captivity by Donbas terrorists are to return home soon / Photo from the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Office, has announced a new round of the swap of prisoners with Russia-occupied districts in Donbas,

Officials in Russia’s Khabarovsk Territory have conducted searches targeting multiple Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) members, reports the faction’s regional duma leader, Sergey Zyubr. According to Zyubr, officials searched the “apartments, garages, and cars” of six LDPR members, including sitting governor Sergey Furgal — who was sentenced to two months in jail on July 10 on suspicion of organizing multiple murders between 2004

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed law No. 744-IX amending the law of Ukraine on higher education regarding the peculiarities of entering institutions of higher education for people from the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to the president’s press service. “We are fighting for the youth in

10.07.2020 17:00 The European Commission has released a report on the fulfillment of conditions needed for visa liberalization between the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries and the Western Balkans. The document, in general, praises the efforts of these countries, but, as a recommendation, advises Ukraine and other “visa-free” partners to strengthen the rule of law and the fight against

A train with so-called “uranium tailings”, byproducts of the enrichment process used to make fuel for nuclear power plants, was sent to Russia from a uranium enrichment plant in the German city of Gronau, reports MBH Media news outlet. The 12-car train will deliver about 600 tons of nuclear waste from Germany to the port of Amsterdam, after which the cargo will be

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich has accused Ukraine of the alleged preparing a “military scenario for solving the Donbass problem”. He stated this on July 9, – RIA Novosti reports. Lukashevich believes that allegedly, against the backdrop of the actually launched campaign to prepare for the local elections planned for the fall, the hackneyed myth of an

The total value of the contract is almost US$850 million. Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian state company Pivdenmash, or Yuzhmash, a leading producer of rocket boosters, will make 5,000 electric buses for South Korean firm Caris, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday. He said the total value of the contract was almost US$850 million and the deal was one

Today, the Dutch government decided to bring Russia before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for its role in the downing of Flight MH17. By submitting an inter-State application, the government is sharing all available and relevant information about the downing of Flight MH17 with the ECtHR. The contents of the inter-State application will also be incorporated into the

     Defense Minister of Ukraine and Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg during a phone conversation have agreed to strengthen the presence of forces and hardware in the Black Sea region via patrolling from the air and the allocation of warships of NATO member states. “The sides have agreed to strengthen the presence of forces and hardware on land, at

     For six years, fakes have been one of the permanent tools of the Russian hybrid war against Ukraine, as well as against the fifth president of the country personally, European Solidarity Party leader Petro Poroshenko. Recordings released by member of parliament Andriy Derkach purporting to be conversations of Poroshenko with Russian President Vladimir Putin and former U.S. Vice President

The president says all actions should proceed in accordance with law. Viktor Medvedchuk / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is sure that Viktor Medvedchuk, the head of the Political Council of the Opposition Platform – For Life Party in Ukraine and a close ally of Vladimir Putin, is sponsored by Moscow. “I am sure he is

By KYLE SMITH July 2, 2020 6:30 AM The world is being invaded by monsters, but I suppose you don’t want to hear about that,” Both clauses of that sentence are devastatingly true: The reference is equally to the horrors of the Soviet Union’s mass murders — and to the West’s determination to turn its back to the monstrosity. The

On June 10, Roman Leshchenko, the Presidential Commissioner for Land Affairs, was appointed Chairman of the State Geocadastre. Once the land market is opened, the agency will be key to further implementing land reform. About the existing land schemes and plans to combat them, about the changes that await the State Geocadastre, preparations for the opening of the land market and ambitious