Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and newly elected President of India Ram Nath Covind discussed the prospect of intensifying the political dialogue between their two countries in a telephone conversation.

"The leaders of the two countries noted their mutual willingness to significantly activate the political dialogue between Ukraine and the Republic of India at all levels," the press office of the Ukrainian Head of State reported after the conversation.

The President’s press service paid …

President Petro Poroshenko and Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak’s meeting with the head of the Pentagon, James Mattis, could positively impact the future of sanctions against the Russian Federation, as well as the situation in the conflict zone in the Donbas and the Crimea, stated Deputy Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons George Tuka in a commentary to 112 Ukraine.

According to Tuka, Mattis's visit to Ukraine is of a political nature, but according to …

The United States intends to supply High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to Romania for a total of $1.25 billion, the US Department of Defense announced on Friday.

According to the US military, the new contract with Romania will "strengthen the foreign policy and national security of the United States," because it will help "strengthen the security of NATO allies, which was and still remains a factor for the political stability and economic progress in Europe." This deal "will …

During the inspections of the State Enterprise Ukroboronprom, the State Audit Service revealed financial violations and inefficient resource management amounting to hundreds of millions of hryvnias, as indicated in the State Audit Service letter to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, as reported by Ekonomichna Pravda.

It is noted in the letter that during 2014-2016, state financial audits and check-ups of twelve of Ukroboronprom’s enterprises were held. Based on the …

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the draft Energy Strategy of Ukraine for 2035 during a meeting on Friday.

Ukraine's energy strategy is the basic plan for the state energy policy that defines the goals of the development of the energy sector in accordance with economic and social development needs up to 2035 and lays out the tasks for executive authorities in the field of energy sector management.

"There are quite ambitious goals in the heart of the country's new energy policy: …

In the Crimea, almost 11,000 people were left without electricity due to bad weather, the Russian Energy Ministry reported. It was noted since of 16.30 Kyiv time on August 18th, massive emergency outages have occurred in the Crimean energy networks due to the rain and thunderstorms. Households remain without electricity in 27 areas and impact about 10,700 people. Eight teams of 20 people are involved in emergency recovery work. Earlier it was reported that the Russian Ministry of Energy, due …

The visit of Russian leader Vladimir Putin to Sevastopol is a "cynical and demonstrative disregard" by Russia of the norms of international law. The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted this in a statement.

The Ministry said that the visit of the head of the Russian state, "like other so-called trips of Russian officials to the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea," is a "gross violation of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine."

"The Ministry of …

The TV channel Life (formerly known as LifeNews), which is part of the news media holdings of Russian media tycoon Aram Gabrelyanov,  stops its broadcasting, TASS reported citing a source in the holding company.

Earlier, the news agency RBC reported that the media project planned to reduce news broadcasting, which would lead to a reduction in staff.

"Only the site and our projects remain, of course. TV broadcasting will be completely discontinued. There will be a message to TV viewers on the …