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On August 21, the Moscow City Court appointed a hearing on appeals case of 13 Ukrainian prisoners of war based by decree to extend the arrest until October, 2019. Lawyer Mykola Polozov announced this on Facebook, in the group “Defense of Ukrainian captive sailors”. According to him, the court hearings of the Moscow City Court on the appeal case by […]
Russia does not show a desire to meet the peaceful initiatives of President Zelensky. It was admited by Yuriy Butusov. Below, he presents some of the current Russia – Ukraine war not solved issues. – The initiative of the President of Ukraine to repair the bridge in Stanitsa Luganskaya has been blocked by the Russian military command. The troops of […]
Events in the Black sea are unfolding at such a speed that traditional foreign policy cannot keep up and requires an urgent careful and creative re-thinking. The analysis made by Andrii Klymenko, associate fellow, Crimea Department, Maidan of Foreign Affairs, Editor-in-Chief of the BSNews is aimed at anyone who cares about the region. The author stresses that it is important […]
100 aircraft and helicopters – Russia announces large-scale exercise with shooting in occupied Crimea. A hundred Russian aircraft and helicopters will be involved in large-scale exercise to be held in southern Russia and in the occupied Crimea on August 6 – 16, 2019. The press service of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation announce […]
Ukrainian Ombudswoman says Ukrainian sailors – war prisoners in Russia will soon be back home, Russian counterpart denies. Ukraine’s Parliamentary commissioner for human rights Liudmyla Denisova said agreements were reached to return Ukrainian sailors held captive in the Russian Federation back home. The Omduswoman spoke to Hromadske TV when Ukrainian prisoners – convicted and serving their term in the uncontrolled […]
State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine summoned Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s 5th President, for questioning on July 25 for the second time. On July 17, the State Bureau of Investigation summoned Poroshenko for questioning for the first time. Petro Poroshenko was summoned for questioning as a witness in a criminal proceeding over alleged tax evasion on the sale of shares of the […]
Pope Francis called the situation in Donbas a hybrid war during when he met with Ukrainian bishops in Vatican. At a meeting with the Ukrainian bishops in Vatican, Pope Francis condemned the war in Donbas. The reception of Ukrainian bishops was held the day after the pontiff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “A hybrid war is going on in […]
Everything that is happening in Europe points to one historical parallel – a run-up to World War II in an aggressor appeasement phase. Today, the world is as if in the summer of 1938, when in September the Munich Agreement over the division of Czechoslovakia was signed, and Chamberlain ‘brought peace’. Russia, which has developed a taste for blood, has […]
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, […]
The United States Board on Geographic Names will amend the spelling of Ukraine’s capital in its international database changing it from “Kiev” to “Kyiv”. According to the Embassy of Ukraine in the US, “the United States Board on Geographic Names considered the appeal of Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Valeriy Chaly and unanimously decided to remove ‘Kiev’ as […]
Russian MPs were stripped of voting rights in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) after Russia occupied Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014. De-occupation of Ukraine’s territories was PACE’s requirement for restoration Russia’s rights in PACE
The federal court in Chicago confirmed the validity of the allegations of titanium conspiracy against Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch and former Trump presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s associate. This is reported by the Politico. U.S. prosecutors indicted Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash accusing him of leading a scheme to pay bribes to Indian officials in connection with a titanium mining project […]