The Ukrainian Armed Forces are gradually moving deeper into the uncontrolled territory of the Donbas, driving separatists out of the so-called “gray zone.”, as reported by the Deputy Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons, George Tuka, in an interview with the site 112 Ukraine TV channel.

He stressed that the territories occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces belong to Ukraine in accordance with the Minsk agreements.

“We talking are about the …

Yandex has decided to close its offices in Kyiv and Odessa because of the sanctions imposed by Ukraine, as reported by Interfax."Yandex.is included on the sanctions list and in fact is unable to conduct business in Ukraine. In particular, all accounts of the company are frozen so we cannot pay salaries to our employees. Therefore we decided to close offices in Kyiv and Odessa," the representative of the company, Ochir Mandzhikov said. He noted that the staff will be offered positions in other …

An anti-corruption initiative of the European Union (EUACI) was launched in Ukraine. It has a total budget of 15.84 million euros and is designed to work for three years.

The launch of “the most ambitious, anti-corruption initiative" was announced by the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy, Johannes Hahn on Thursday, June 1 in Kyiv.

Ukrainian anti-corruption bodies will be provided with expert and IT support. A consultative council composed of international …

The Deputy Head of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation, Gleb Pokatovich, was detained at the Chisinau airport and deported from Moldova as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the unrecognized Transnistrian Republic.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pokatovich arrived in Chisinau as part of an intergovernmental cooperation agreement between Transnistria and Russia for financial and economic audit purposes. He arrived in …

Russian Ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko said in Brussels on June 1 that Moscow is concerned by the North Atlantic Alliance deploying forces in the Baltic states and in Poland. He noted that Russia will respond to these actions.

“NATO is creating a new situation in military security which we cannot ignore, thus we must think how to use our own military resources,” Grushko said.

He did not specify which measures Russia might take, saying only that “NATO’s movements will not remain without …

Vasyl Hrytsak, the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) deems it advisable to introduce a regime of limited entry into the territory of the state for the citizens of Russian Federation under which only owners of biometric passports will have the right to visa-free entry into the country.

“From June 11, we have actually the opportunity to visit Europe with biometric passports without visas. Why shouldn’t we make arrangements so that citizens from the Russian Federation could enter …

Mail.ru Group, a Russian-based, major corporate figure intends to close its representative office in Ukraine due to imposed sanctions, according to Borys Dobrodeev, Mail.ru Group CEO in an interview with Russian newspaper Kommersant.

“The presence of the representative office at the market no longer makes sense in view of those sanctions imposed by Ukraine against us. I will only say that these are fairly compact structures,” he said.

According to Dobrodeev, Mail.Ru Group proposed moving its …

Montenegrin authorities have banned 149 citizens of Russia and Ukraine from entering the country and possessing property because of their involvement in the annexation of the Crimea and the war in the Donbas, B92 news outlet reports.

The list of citizens who are banned from entering Montenegro was formulated on the basis of the European Council’s ruling.

“Montenegro is restricting the entry and management of property and assets of the people who bear responsibility for actively supporting the …