The House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2018, which provides for $620.7 million in support of Ukraine, as reported on Facebook on March 22 by the Ukrainian embassy in the U.S.

The diplomatic department noted that the law increased the amount allocated to support Ukraine.

“So, according to the Pentagon’s bill, $200 million are allocated to provide military-technical assistance to Ukraine, which is $50 million more than the …

Dozens of Syrian Army soldiers, Iranian-backed militias, and Russian military came under bombardment by the US-Led coalition on Thursday in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, reports the Euphrates Post, citing its sources.

According to Euphrates Post, in Thursday’s attack, the second in the past few weeks, a large number of armored vehicles and tanks of the Syrian Forces were destroyed.

It is reported that Syrian Armed Forces and allied militias crossed to the east bank of the Euphrates …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is convinced that if the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline is not laid at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, Russia will have to negotiate a new contract with Ukraine on the transit of gas to the European Union through Ukraine, said Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister for the European Integration Olena Zerkal on Pryamyi TV.

The diplomat expressed the conviction that the European Union can create equal conditions for all countries to buy and transit gas so that …

Ukraine has managed to significantly approach NATO member status over the last four years, as stated by Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel to DW.

Responding to the question on what main problems Ukrainian Armed Forces face now, he said that he could not comment on internal decisions of partners but "Ukraine has already carried out impressive defense reforms and approached NATO more; but there is still work to do.”

Ukraine’s stability is one of the main objectives of these …

President Petro Poroshenko said that Ukraine's goal is to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) within the next ten years.

He spoke about this during an interview with Hamburger Abendblatt, a subsidiary of the German media company Funke Media Group.

"We are working on NATO membership with particular perseverance. Our goal is to become a member of the Alliance within the next ten years," Poroshenko said.

According to the President the Alliance "would become stronger …

For the next four years, one of the tasks of the new German government in the international arena will be to establish peace in the Donbas and to restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine, stated the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in her first post-re-election report in the Bundestag on Wednesday.

The Chancellor said, "Work on the implementation of the Minsk agreements will be extended to ensure the restoration of Ukraine sovereignty and to bring relations with Russia to another level." …

The Government of Ukraine has terminated the economic cooperation program with Russia for 2011 – 2020, UNIAN news agency reports.

The program assumes the elimination of trade barriers between the two countries. During the government meeting it was decided to terminate the agreement and inform the Russian side of its annulment through the channels of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On March 16, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman promised to do everything to end the " …

The suspects in the crash of the Malaysian Boeing flight MH17, which crashed in the Donbas in 2014, will be tried at the District Court of The Hague. This decision was taken by the Dutch Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs.

Relatives of the victims of the plane crash will be allowed to participate in the trial, regardless of their nationality. Thus, all victims will be provided with equal rights.

In addition, all the suspects involved in the crash will be examined over the course of the …