hybrid war
Kyiv court lifts arrest from assets of fugitive Interior Minister Zakharchenko. On January 30, 2019 Kyiv’s district-level Pechersk court annulled the arrest of assets of the Yanukovych-time Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko. The arrest was earlier ordered by court in the case under investigation on money-laundering and illicit enrichment by the fugitive Interior Minister. The assets in question include 20 land […]
Russia reserves the right to react in the event of a threat to the right to freedom of religion in neighboring countries, Vladimir Putin said. Commenting on the creation of an autocephalous church in Ukraine, Putin said that the Ukrainian authorities were allegedly interfering in church affairs and added that in Russia such actions are considered “absolutely unacceptable.” He said […]
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 Ukraine’s Military Intelligence has identified the names of Russian officers involved in war against Ukraine in Donbass. The names of the war criminals transferred to law enforcement agencies. This was informed by a representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on “Donbas. Realities radio.” According to Vadym Skibitsky, Russian officers who stay […]
Date: January 24, 2019 Location: Kyiv, Ukraine A Ukrainian court has found former President Viktor Yanukovych guilty of high treason and sentenced him in absentia to 13 years in prison. “Yanukovych committed a crime against the foundation of Ukraine’s national security,” Judge Vladyslav Devyatko said in Kyiv’s Obolon district court on January 24, 2019. Yanukovych, 68, was also found guilty […]
Is there any serious consideration of how Russian “Occupational Force” might withdraw Moldova via Ukrainian territory? Would these troops be required to give up their arms while travelling through Ukrainian territory? One could hardly imagine a group of 1,200 armed enemy troops cavorting through Ukraine. 1. A Brief Guide of the Historical Context The so-called ‘Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic’ (PMR) or […]
Five years of Russian aggression. Ukrainians have learned what hybrid war is: Russia attacks on all fronts, using various means and methods. However, the possibility of full-scale operations cannot be disregarded either. What is the current situation? Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadym Skibitsky commented on it in an interview to Obozrevatel. […]
Ten items of cultural value disappeared from Kyiv Pechersk Lavra occupied by the Russin Ortodox Church, Ukraine Ministry of Culture reports. The disappearance of 10 items was revealed during an inventory at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, spokesperson for the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine Yulia Datsenko said on January 9. The check of the availability, condition and storage of cultural […]
EMPR launches campaign for the US State Department to designate the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as Terrorist Organizations. ISIS, al-Qa’ida, Hezbollah, Boko Haram, Abu Sayev and dozens of other groups have been designated as “foreign terrorist organizations” by the United States Department of State under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. That Act has three criteria that […]
The Russian Federation implements the scenario of direct meddling in the electoral process in Ukraine, using modern information technology. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a briefing in Odessa region. “Unfortunately, Russia has started to directly meddle in the election process. This is the fifth column, which is ready to immediately run to them and […]
Tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, that means its independency from Russian Ortodox Church has been singned today in Istambul by all members of Ecumenical Patriarchate. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew – the head of the global Orthodox Church – has signed “tomos” earlier, on January 6, 2019. Worth mentioned, that up to now, at least 40 parishes of […]
After the Unifying Council in Kyiv on December 15, 2018 and the creation of a Unified Orthodox Church of Ukraine, at least 40 parishes of the (Ukrainian Ortodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate) said they would join the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Based on open sources and own research, Radio Liberty determined in which regions of the country […]