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On June 26 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) ratified credentials of the Russian delegation imposing no restrictions regardless of the violations of the Council of Europe principles. This reports by the “Yevropeiska Pravda” (European Truth) correspondent from Strasbourg.   Following the debates, PACE deputies rejected with an absolute majority all amendments suggested by representatives of Ukraine, […]

Appeal to the press office of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine on its latest scandal statement. Dear press office of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine who believes that shelling in Donbas means some kind of loss of some kind of control over mercenaries by Russia. You know better, of course. But there are a few things that are painfully obvious […]

While considering objections in the case brought by Ukraine to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Russia tries to influence the court and make it consider the case on their own terms instead of jurisdiction issues. This was announced by Olena Zerkal, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the European Integration and Agent of Ukraine in […]

The hotel owner who introduced the rule shortly after the annexation of Crimea five years ago went through a series of court trials to finally get the decision by the highest court issued in his support. “Crimea is Ukraine” is a mandatory statement for Russian guests wishing to stay at the Brioni Boutique Hotel in the Czech Ostrava. The hotel […]

Volodymyr Zelenskiy officially declared president by Election Commission. And actually from this moment, he becomes President elect – newly-elected president. Formally, it is only now that foreign leaders should have started to congratulate him (but who cares about the protocol and legal formalities when there is political expediency?). Although there is no need to undermine the authority of the presidency […]

Konstantin Mashovets on the coastal defense in the occupied Crimea and gives a detailed analysis of land component of the Russian forces The key defense element of the Russian forces in Crimea is the 22nd Army Corps – a unit of the Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy. The corps and its headquarters are located and managed in the city […]

It was breaking news when the CEC announced that they were not able buy ballot boxes for transporting ballots between the precinct election commissions and the constituency election commission. Oleksandr Dubynskyi comments on this issue and on possible attempts to rig the presidential election on the part of the current government. According to the CEC, the ballots will be transported […]

The Kremlin envisaged three scenarios for Ukraine for the current year, Yehor Bozhok, Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, says. Moreover, according to his estimates, Moscow intends to “close” the “Ukrainian issue” in 2019. The first scenario is bringing necessary people to power in the presidential and parliamentary elections. The second is “controlled chaos”, internal destabilization in the […]

The key dates and facts of Russian aggression in the Azov-Kerch theater of operation in 2018. April 27 – The border guard service of the FSB of Russia begins a series of selective stops and inspections of merchant ships in the Sea of Azov, going to and from Ukrainian ports. The daily freight of a merchant ship is up to […]

Dangerous processes can begin in Ukraine at the end of this week. They can assume a threatening nature from the third decade of the month. The Kremlin may try to realize their long-standing “isthmus scenario,” using several pretexts at once. Such “complex forecasts” were made by military columnist and blogger Oleksiy Arestovich on the UAportal. Judging by what is happening, […]

Ukraine’s presidential election will be held in less than a year – March 31, 2019. Although the campaign has not been officially launched yet, a lot of potential candidates have already announced their intentions to run. Let’s consider in detail the possible future participants of the race and make a prediction about their chances to win. Petro Poroshenko The incumbent […]

If the scenario of the Kremlin meddling in Ukraine’s elections is successful, it will be a geopolitical catastrophe on a European and global scale.