Ukraine

Kremlin makes one more attempt to destabilize situation in Ukraine - separatist Bessarabia People's Council was created in Odessa yesterday, 6 April, dumskaya.net reports, involving pro-Russian organisations, including from unrecognised Transnistria.

Smiling faces of women and men, of children and elderly people – several thousand Odessa residents and guests, including those from other Ukrainian cities and even from other countries, in particularly Germany, Poland and Switzerland, participated today in city’s annual mass sport event “100km Along the Glory Belt”.

1 April, 17 up-armoured Ford Rangers were handed over to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in the framework of the Security Assistance to Ukraine referenced in the 4 June 2014 White House Fact Sheet, U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine reports.

Ukraine disproves allegations of pro-Russian mass-media and Transnistria, in particularly KGB, on the involvement of Ukrainian border guards in shooting 31 March on the Transnistrian segment of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border, and says they are aimed at destabilized situation in the region.

Andriy Parubiy, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Ukrainian politician and the former Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine [appointed after the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity], met with a delegation of US congressmen in Kyiv. EMPR presents Andriy Parubiy's report on how this meeting was held for our english-speaking audience.

The leader of the "right sector", MP Dmytro Yarosh was offered a position at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. This was announced by Advisor of Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko, Ukrainian Patriots reports.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained a person, planning a terrorist attack during rally in Dnipropetrovsk on Saturday, 28 March, the Service reports.

Tears and laughter, philosophical meditations and real fighting, friendship, bravery and losses – 11 March Odesa gave a standing ovation at pre-premiere screening of documentary The Ukrainians ("Добровольці Божої Чоти" in Ukrainian release).

Early in the morning on 11 March Kyivites met the Cyborgs – Ukrainian servicemen of the 95th air-mobile brigade coming back from the front. On their way to Zhytomyr – their basic deployment place and home for many the servicemen were passing through Kyiv.

6 March, white minvan owned by Slobozhanshchina battalion commander Andriy Yanholenko exploded, hromadske.tv reports with reference to other sources.

Boris Nemtsov's mourning rally have been allowed by the Russia's authorities in Moscow today. In an hour after official start up to 50,000 Russian citizens attended the rally to pay last tribute and respect to the Russian great politician.

23 February, several hundred Odesa residents paid last tribute to two soldiers from Azov volunteer battalion from Odesa killed by Russian invaders on 15 February.