U.S., EU, NATO call on Ukraine to create Rada committee to oversee intelligence agencies
The parliament may have a committee to oversee Ukraine’s intelligence / Photo from UNIAN
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NATO to hold consultations with Ukraine, Georgia on NATO 2030 strategy
23:10, 21.10.20 – UNIAN There will be an expert report later on this year. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said the Alliance will hold consultations with Ukraine and Georgia on the NATO 2030 strategy. “There will be an expert report later on this year. And then I will, based on that report, and consultations and inputs and guidance from
Read moreukraine: Kravchuk elaborates on stages of Donbas reintegration
Leonid Kravchuk / Photo from UNIAN
Read moreThe Revolution On Granite: Ukraine’s ‘First Maidan’
October 15, 2020 08:01 GMT – By Coilin O’Connor – Halyna Tereshchuk – RFE/RL Thirty years ago this month, Ukraine witnessed a wave of protest that many in the country had never seen before. At the heart of it all were a group of students in the Ukrainian capital, who occupied what was then called October Revolution Square, later known as
Read moreEurosport: Ukraine stun Spain in noisy stadium
00:20, 14.10.20 – UNIAN Viktor Tsygankov scored the only goal of the game as Ukraine defeated Spain in their Nations League match in Kyiv. Ukraine pulled off a shock 1-0 win at home to Spain in the UEFA Nations League on Tuesday at a raucous Olympic Stadium in Kyiv as fans savoured a first ever victory over the 2010 World
Read moreukraine: Air Force gets modernized MiG29 fighter
23:15, 09.10.20 – UNIAN Service life has been extended, while new Ukrainian-made equipment and systems have been installed. The Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant SE, which is part of the Ukroboronprom Group, handed over to the military another upgraded MiG-29MU1 fighter jet. That’s according to the plant CEO Dmytro Matrunchyk, Ukroboronprom’s press service reports. “On the eve of Ukraine Defender Day,
Read moreDonbas: Ukraine to insist that positions of militants are inspected simultaneously with Ukrainian ones, – official
08:03, 21 September 2020 – Source : 112 Ukraine There are dozens of violations of Minsk agreements, allowed by Russian mercenaries, Leonid Kravchuk says. Ukraine will be insisting that inspections of the Ukrainian military positions were conducted simultaneously with the checks of those held by Russian mercenaries. Leonid Kravchuk, the first president of Ukraine and the head of the Ukrainian delegation
Read moreUkraine convenes TCG meeting over puppet “DPR” leader’s threats to open fire on JFO units in Donbas
22:54, 05 September 2020 – UNIAN The Ukrainian delegation will try to prevent shelling of JFO unit. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says Ukraine is initiating an extraordinary meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on Donbas settlement over threats voiced by the self-styled “leader” of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) Denis Pushilin to open fire on the positions
Read moreHead of Russia’s State Duma condemns intention of Ukrainian authorities to prosecute Ukraine’s opposition MPs who visited Moscow
21:47, 4 September 2020 – Source : 112 Ukraine According to Vyacheslav Volodin, the initiators of the criminal case are destroying the agreements that exist within the framework of the Normandy format. Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Viacheslav Volodin condemned the intention of the Ukrainian authorities to start criminal prosecution of MPs from the Opposition Platform – For
Read moreUkraine will coordinate with international partners on sanctions against Belarus, – Kuleba
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba
Read moreRussia imposes sanctions against Poroshenko, Vakarchuk, other Ukrainians (List)
23:55, 04 September 2020 – UNIAN The relevant resolution was published on the official portal of legal information of the Russian Federation. The Russian government has expanded the list of Ukrainian citizens against whom special economic measures are being introduced, which includes Ukrainian top officials, Members of Parliament, businessmen, etc. The relevant resolution was published on the official portal of legal
Read moreUkraine’s Independence Day: History, traditions, celebration
08:00, 24 August 2020 – 112 UA Ukrainian Independence Day is celebrated annually on August 24. Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day on August 24. It is a public holiday established in honor of the adoption of the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine by the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR. On this day, mass events and festivities are usually held
Read moreU.S. Deputy Secretary Biegun to visit Kyiv, Vilnius, Moscow
23:54, 23 August 2020 – UNIAN The official is expected to meet with senior government leaders to discuss a range of regional and international issues. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun will visit Kyiv, Vilnius and Moscow next week, the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv says. “Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun will travel to Vilnius, Lithuania; Moscow,
Read moreUkrainian intelligence lured suspected Russian mercenaries to Belarus, journalists report
3:25 pm, August 18, 2020 Source: Meduza The arrival of 33 suspected Russian mercenaries from the “Wagner” private military company (PMC) in Belarus at the end of July was part of a special operation carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine (the SBU) and Ukraine’s military intelligence service. However, the operation failed due to a high-level information leak. These reports
Read moreU.S. Embassy concerned by incidents targeting journalists in Ukraine
03:15, 19 August 2020 – UNIAN The Embassy urges a swift and comprehensive investigation. The U.S. Embassy has expressed concern over incidents targeting journalists in Ukraine. “Free media is a critical element of a vibrant democracy, and journalists must be allowed to report without harassment and intimidation. We are concerned by recent incidents targeting Radio Svoboda staff, including the burning
Read moreUkrainian banner on balloons launched over occupied Crimea
20:30, 15 August 2020 – UNIAN Former political prisoner of the Kremlin, Volodymyr Balukh, shared photos of the event on a social network. Activists have launched a Ukrainian national flag into the skies over the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, says Volodymyr Balukh, a former political prisoner released from Kremlin captivity in one of the prison swap efforts. Incidentally, it was precisely
Read moreEmine Dzheppar: Russia trying to turn Sea of Azov into ‘its own lake’
08.08.2020 14:23 – Ukrinform Russia has militarized Crimea, increased its military presence, keeping six submarines in the Black Sea, and wants to turn the Sea of Azov into “its own lake.” “Today, Russia wants to turn the Sea of Azov into its own lake. As far as we know, Russia now has six submarines in the Black Sea. Crimea has
Read moreKozak celebrates diplomatic victory over Ukraine in rude letter to Normandy Forum
Dmitry Kozak, Russian presidential envoy for negotiations over the war in the Donbas.
Read moreUkraine’s MFA condemns OCU eviction from cathedral in Russia-occupied Crimea
Ukraine calls on Russia to stop oppression of religious communities in Crimea
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Read moreNo demand of special status for Donbas in Minsk agreements, – Kravchuk
Source : 112 Ukraine 08:03, 5 August 2020 At that, Russia tries to prove there actually is such a provision. Russia is trying to prove that the demand of a special status of governance in Donbas is stipulated in the text of Minsk agreements. Actually, it’s not true, says Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine’s first president and the head of its delegation in
Read moreUkraine today .org has its first anniversary
3 Aug. 2020 – UkraineToday.org By: Red Square Maidan It all happened so quickly, and it continues to happen quickly. Seasons seem to come and go like cars on the highway. Unless you’re driving a Lada that is. In Moscovia, you don’t judge a car by the number of years but the number of seasons. That’s my ice-breaker… We jumped
Read moreUkraine, Poland, and Lithuania create “Lublin Triangle,” stirring memories of 17th century kingdom
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine, Linas Linkevičius, Jacek Czaputowicz, and Dmytro Kuleba
Read moreMass protests in Kyiv against disarming Ukrainian army as part of new truce in Donbas
The protest near the President’s Office. Photo: Olena Makarenko/Euromaidan Press
Read morePS752: Black box transcript confirms illegal interference with jet downed in Iran – media
22:59, 24 July 2020 – UNIAN An international team examining the black boxes from the jet has completed a preliminary analysis of the data in France. The transcript from the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran on January 8 confirms the fact of illegal interference with the plane, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister wrote on Twitter on
Read moreThe Executioners Of Slovyansk
By Christopher Miller Contributing reporters: Sergei Dobrynin and Mark Krutov July 23, 2020 – RFE/RL A Death Squad Unmasked As Ukraine War Grinds On Six Years Later After an RFE/RL investigation, names and faces can now be put to the Russia-backed militants — including one with ties to a longtime Putin aide in the Kremlin — who ordered the extrajudicial
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