• Pentagon: Drones that attacked Khmeimim airbase made from materials available on open market

    The technology and devices that were used by militants to attack the Russian Khmeimim Airbase in Syria are “easily accessible on the open market,” Adrian Rankin-Galloway, a representative of the Pentagon, told RIA Novosti.

    “We’ve seen the Islamic State use this kind of technology,” he said, adding that “these devices and this technology can be easily purchased on the open market…and this is cause for concern,” Rankin-Galloway said.

    The fact that Russian soldiers, on the night of January 5th, …

  • Killer of lawyer Nozdrovska arrested in Ukraine

    Law enforcement officers arrested a person suspected of murdering lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska. This was reported by Artem Shevchenko, director of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s communication department.“A person has been arrested who is objectively suspected of committing the crime,” Shevchenko said.

    As reported by the Interior Ministry’s press service, law enforcement authorities identified and questioned all six drivers of the route buses in the interval between 17:00 and 18:00, who were …

  • Russia confirms drone attacks on military bases in Syria

    Russian military forces prevented drone attacks carried out by militants on two Russian bases in Syria – Khmeimim and Tartus, stated the Russian Ministry of Defense, reports Interfax.

    According to the Russian ministry, militants attempted to send ten unmanned vehicles to the airbase in Khmeimim and three more to the naval facility in Tartus. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, all of the drones were neutralized.

    “Seven unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by the standard Pantsir- …

  • Ukrainian state border guards refused thousands of dollars in bribes in 2017

    Officers of the State Border Guard Service, during 2017, have been offered over UAH 1 million ($35,440 USD) in bribes, which they turned down, the press service of the State Border Guard reported.

    “Last year officers of the State Border Guard Service completed and filed with the National Police more than a thousand crime alerts under article 369 of the Penal Code (offering, promising, or rendering unlawful benefits to an official),” the statement read.

    In 2018, the first attempt to bribe …

  • Ukrainian Ministry of Defense: nearly 26,000 hectares of land cleared of mines in the Donbas in 2017

    The press service of the Ministry of Defense reported that over the course of 2017, bomb disposal experts cleared nearly 26,000 hectares of land area in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of mines, neutralizing approximately 326,000 explosive items.

    "In particular, the bomb squads of the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked on a 3,632-hectare territory where they managed to neutralize and destroy more than 177,500 explosive objects. They also cleared more than 1,100 kilometers of roads, as well as 18 …

  • Separatist DPR considers legalizing blockchain mining and cryptocurrency transactions

    The Donbas Post, which is controlled by the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic is planning to introduce blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, as stated in the publication ‘Ministries and Departments for 2018’ on the DNR-LIVE website.

    The publication does not contain detailed information on the development of blockchain technology.

    In November 2017, the Minister of Communications of the DPR, Viktor Yatsenko, called cryptocurrencies, “a promising mechanism to attract investment.”

    “I am …

  • Leader of Right Sector: Ukraine will take back all its territories

    Ukraine will certainly regain all its ethnic lands, including the annexed Crimea and the Donbas, as stated by the People's Deputy Dmytriy Yarosh on his Facebook page.

    He thanked all Ukrainians who support the "sacred fight for the state and Ukrainian law."

    We have a lot of problems in Ukraine. With time, we will solve them. But we are a nation (and for the dead, and living, and unborn, my countrymen in Ukraine and not only in Ukraine), which lives and fights both on this God-given land and …

  • Number of Lithuanian work permits issued to Ukrainians doubled in 2017

    In 2017, Lithuania issued 34,500 employment visas or residence permits. About 20 thousand of them were received by residents of Ukraine, Delfi.lt news agency writes, referring to the data of the Migration Department.

    In 2016, 18,000 people came to work to Lithuania, of whom about 10,000 were Ukrainians.

    According to experts, Ukrainians often get jobs as long-distance truck drivers, concrete workers, bricklayers, finishing specialists, ship's hull assemblers and welders. Business owners claim …

  • 51 people convicted in 2017 for undermining Ukraine's security

    51 suspects were charged and convicted of having committed crimes against the foundations of Ukraine's national security in the first half of 2017. The relevant information was reported to UNN news agency by the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine. Another three suspects were acquitted of the same charges.

    In the first half of 2017, there were 264 cases under these articles against 435 suspects in Ukrainian courts. 71 cases were examined in the first half of the year.

    The most recent …

  • Ukrainian President terminated citizenship of 5,200 people over one year

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko terminated the citizenship of 5,200 people in 2017, according to data from the Presidential Administration.

    Decrees on termination of citizenship were issued on the grounds of the withdrawal from citizenship for 4,296 persons, loss of citizenship for 47 persons, and international treaties for 825 persons.

    The most well-known examples are the terminations of the citizenships of Mikheil Saakashvili and MP Andrey Artemenko. At the same time, Poroshenko did …