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Export of Ukrainian Products to EU Grows by 45%
To date, the European Union is Ukraine's largest trading partner with a share of trade in goods of 40.2% of the country's total foreign trade. "Last year was the only one since 2014 when trade with […]
MFA Fends Off Lukashenka’s Threats to “Bring Ukraine to Its Knees”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine summoned Chargé d'Affaires of Belarus in Ukraine Kirill Kamyshev to strongly condemn a series of inadmissible statements made by Alexander Lukashenka at his press conference. Primarily, the Belarusian diplomat was […]
Lack of Trust in Judiciary Named Main Obstacle to Foreign Investment
Forty-eight percent of foreign investors think that Ukraine became less attractive for investment, 42% consider the investment climate largely unchanged, and only 9% see improvements. This is evidenced by the results of the fifth annual […]
Venice Commission to Consider Bill on Transition Period for Donbas
The Ukrainian side has submitted to the Venice Commission a draft law on the state policy of the transition period for Crimea and Donbas, according to Yuna Potiomkina, advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for […]
Ukraine Isn’t Turning Towards China, Authorities Assure
Ukraine is not turning towards China. The two countries are in the normal process of cooperation in trade and the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. "I don't know, maybe someone sees some special rapprochement between […]
KGB Agent Who Dreamed of NATO
Hailed from KGB [Soviet Union’s Committee for State Security], General Marchuk became in his lifetime an uncompromising opponent of his "colleague" – Lieutenant Colonel Putin Yevhen Marchuk, one of the most powerful political figures in […]
Lukashenka Regards Ukraine as New Threat to Belarus
The self-proclaimed President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenka, has stated that the policy of the Ukrainian authorities is starting to pose a threat to the security of Belarus. "Close people, akin people, but the leadership of […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky Instructs to Protect Belarusian Oppositionists in Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine to provide additional protection to all Belarusian activists who arrived in Ukraine and who may be under threat due […]
Court Green-Lights in Absentia Investigation against Ukraine’s Former President Viktor Yanukovych
The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv green-lighted the investigation in absentia against ex-president Viktor Yanukovych over the 2014 murders of Maidan protesters. As the Prosecutor General’s Office informs, investigations will be conducted into the case over the Maidan shootings, namely […]
Unprecedented Number of International Guests of Highest Level Expected on 30th Anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba provided a brief on the preparation of three key events to mark the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence: the inaugural summit of the Crimean Platform, the first Kyiv […]
Ukraine Adopts First-Ever Foreign Policy Strategy
The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) adopted at its meeting the Foreign Policy Strategy. The document clearly defines the goal of foreign policy: the establishment of Ukraine in the world as a strong and authoritative […]
More Than One and a Half Million Cyber Attacks Launched on Ukrainian Government Agencies Over Six Months
Over the first six months of this year, experts of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine blocked 1.7 million network attacks on government agencies. According to the press service of the […]
Lublin Triangle Is One of Key Elements of Ukraine’s New Security Strategy
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba summed up the results of the first year of activity of the new regional alliance, the Lublin Triangle, and outlined its 10 priorities. "Thanks to the Lublin Triangle, […]
Ukrainians Suffer from Cyberbullying, Internet Fraud, and Hacker Attacks
Online safety is an extremely pressing issue of the present-day world. After all, it is difficult to imagine our lives without a digital environment. However, society gets a lot of problems along with information from […]
Gazprom to Use Gas as Geopolitical Weapon against Kyiv and Europe
The gas transit via Ukraine after 2024 will depend on the additional volumes purchased from Gazprom by EU traders under the new contracts. This confirms that Ukraine’s fears of Gazprom’s use of gas as a […]
SBU Busts Powerful Pro-Russian Bot Farm Involving 12,000 SIM Cards to Spin Fake News
Security operatives in the Ivano-Frankivsk region have liquidated what they report was a powerful bot farm supervised from Russia. That’s according to the Security Service of Ukraine’s press office. The ring is believed to have […]
Three Intelligence Networks Exposed, 18 Agents of Russian Special Services Detained in Ukraine
Over the first half of 2021, the counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine exposed three intelligence networks in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Mykolayiv, and Odesa regions and detained 18 agents of Russian special services. One […]
President of Ukraine Signs Decree on Deepening Integration with NATO
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree to enact the decision of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) on urgent measures to deepen Ukraine's integration into NATO. The relevant NSDC decision was […]
Joint Statement by Ukraine and Poland on Nord Stream 2
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Zbigniew Rau expressed the stance of their countries on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. “The decision […]
Pros and Cons of Judicial Reform in Ukraine
Judicial reform in Ukraine is being actively implemented at the request of international partners and the public. The Verkhovna Rada has already passed numerous bills to regulate the activities of the judiciary. However, the legal […]