Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing servicemen and employees of the National Guard of Russia to "block the territories and waters of protected facilities to prevent illegal entry attempts." The relevant document […]
01.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted, in the first reading, bills necessary for the creation of territorial defence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also called for an increase in the size of the Armed […]
01.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Against the background of deteriorating relations, Kyiv and Minsk will seek a compromise between principled position and pragmatism On 28 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus announced that the country suspended its participation in […]
30.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 1 July 2020, Putin introduced a new time system for Russia. He began the "chronicle of the new time" with the "new" year 1937. Having reset presidential term limits to zero, the now "lifelong" […]
30.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Russian Federation has announced the test of readiness of its air defence system in the occupied Crimea due to the start of the international military Exercise Sea Breeze. Russia's Black Sea Fleet informed that […]
29.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine has presented a report systematising human rights violations in Crimea over the seven years of occupation. The analytical document is divided into main groups of rights: civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. The […]
28.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) stopped the illegal activities of a Ukrainian citizen who was recruited by Russian special services. By the order of Russian curators, he tried to establish a channel for the […]
28.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The main candidates for German chancellor believe that Ukraine’s interests must be taken into account when it comes to the Nord Stream 2 project. According to DW, Armin Laschet of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) does not […]
27.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Shyrokyne, Hnutove, Popasna, Shchastia, and Pisky are toponyms of Donbas that are often mentioned in news about the war in eastern Ukraine. This is only a small part of the 155 settlements […]
25.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a comprehensive resolution recognising the persecution of Crimean Tatars by the aggressor state, the Russian Federation. The document was supported by the vast majority of […]
24.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Today, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba; Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Zalkaliani; and Acting Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of […]
24.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia's interference in early parliamentary elections in Armenia did not help pro-Kremlin projects It is no secret that Armenia does not have a wide choice of allies: the country has long been a kind of […]
24.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
This year's Sea Breeze 2021 international exercises are the largest since 1997. "To participate in the Sea Breeze 2021 exercises, the Ukrainian Armed Forces and other security and defence forces will provide: 24 ships (boats), 17 […]
24.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Russian Federation called on the United States and NATO countries to refrain from holding joint Sea Breeze 2021 multinational exercises with Ukraine in the Black Sea. The Embassy of Russia in the United States […]
23.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The monitors of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe recorded almost 300 ceasefire violations in Donbas over 21 June. A major part of attacks and explosions occurred in the Donetsk region – 254, including 117 […]
23.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russian President Vladimir Putin published an article in the Die Zeit German weekly on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the German-Soviet war. The article accuses NATO of aggressive enlargement policy. “The bloc’s […]
22.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
For more than seven years, the war on the Eastern border of Europe has been going on and has already claimed the lives of thousands of citizens - citizens of Ukraine who know exactly what […]
22.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine and the United Kingdom agreed to jointly build warships and bases for the Ukrainian Navy, the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine informed. “Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksandr Myroniuk […]
22.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Geneva meeting of Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin marked a new quality of relations between the United States and Russia The U.S. President's European tour ended with a mission that was eagerly awaited, but not […]
21.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Council of the European Union renewed sanctions against Russia over the occupation of the Crimean peninsula for a further year. Thus, the restrictive measures are valid until 23 June 2022, reads the press release published on the […]
21.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak