The U.S. government stated that they have not yet received an official invitation to participate in the Syrian negotiations to be held in Astana, which will take place on January 23, as stated by State Department spokesman Mark Toner when responding to the question regarding the role of the USA in these negotiations. 

"I don’t know whether we will have our role in negotiations. Ask the organizers, Russia and Turkey. We have not been invited,” he said. "We support any negotiations which attempt …

Three Ukrainian marines, who were killed in the Donbas, went on a reconnaissance mission to gather information about separatist positions at the front line near Mariupol, journalist Yuri Butusov wrote on his Facebook page.

“On 8th of January, three fighters of 501st Battalion of 36th Marine Brigade: the Commander of 3rd Division of the Marine Corps, Junior Sergeant, Sergiy Sonko (23 years old) and his subordinates Junior Sergeant, Mykola Okhrymenko (53 years old) and Senior Seaman Sergiy …

Russia is using manipulation in an effort to sow discord between the U.S. and Europe and to spoil the close EU-US cooperation, as stated in a joint report by the Federal Intelligence Service of Germany (BND) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the German government, Der Spiegel reports.

According to the newspaper, German intelligence agencies were tasked by the Chancellor to investigate the activities of the Russian security services after a cyber-attack on the …

The Verkhovna Rada Deputy and leader of the Azov Battalion Andriy Biletsky, believes that the leadership of National Guard is a threat to Ukraine's defense capabilities.

"The situation is absolutely not normal for the third year of a war. The leadership positions are taken by outright separatists and systemic corruption is at work. The leadership of the National Guard is a threat to our country's defense capabilities," Biletsky's statement read. The MP claims that the NGU’s leadership is …

About 86% of Russian citizens believe that people in the world fear Russia and 75% of them believe that this is a good thing, Interfax reported, citing a survey conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center.

Moreover, about 67% of respondents are convinced that Russia’s influence in the world in the recent years has increased and about 19% of them that it has decreased.

The respondents’ opinions regarding the world’s attitude towards Russia are divided. 48% of the respondents …

The Ukrainian State Film Agency announced the statistics for 2016, including how many Russian films were allowed to be shown in the country and how many were forbidden.

Based on the statistics, the Expert Committee on Distribution and Screening banned 38 Russian films and TV series in Ukraine, while it allowed the release of only only Russian films in movie theaters.

Among the banned films and TV series are The Master’s Last Secret, Lyutyy, Under Cover, Ladoga, The Way to A Man's Heart, The …

Only one detective from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine is investigating the Party of Regions’ "Black Accounts" case. This was said by the head of the Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office, Nazar Holodnitsky in an interview with the Ukrayinska Pravda Internet newspaper.

"In fact, only one person in the NABU is investigating the so-called ‘black account books’ case at the moment, although previously there were seven to ten detectives. I do not know where they have all …

On January 12th the Ukrainian National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting has required Ukrainian providers to stop broadcasting the Russian television channel Dozhd. What has caused this reaction, and why many were surprised by the reaction of the Russian authorities, who are not very friendly towards the TV channel?

Why was Dozhd banned

The National Council cited two reasons for the ban on broadcasting – their non-recognition of the territorial integrity of Ukraine (they show the …