The General Staff of Ukraine has drafted documents on the start of the Joint Forces Operation in the Donbas. The documents are awaiting ratification by President Petro Poroshenko, as announced by Yuriy Bobrov, spokesperson for the General Staff’s legal support office, as reported by the Ukrainski Novini (Ukrainian News) Agency.

“The beginning and end of the actions to ensure national defense, the repelling and deterrence of the Russian Federation’s armed aggression in the Donetsk and Luhansk …

The Russian company Gazprom has filed an appeal against the ruling of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) in the gas dispute with Naftogaz Ukraine.

This was announced by Gazprom on Twitter.

The Russian company promises to appeal the ruling by the end of March 2018.

Earlier Gazprom notified Naftogaz Ukraine that it was beginning the procedures to annul all of its active contracts with Naftogaz to supply and transit gas.

In the gas dispute with Ukraine, …

A criminal case was opened after the crash of an An-26 transport plane, as reported by the official representative of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation, Svetlana Petrenko.

The aircraft was on a routine flight in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. According to preliminary data, the An-26 transport plane crashed 500 meters from the Khmeimim Air Base.

The case was opened on the grounds of the crime described in Art. 351 of the Criminal Code (violation of flight rules …

President Petro Poroshenko had a telephone conversation with U.S. Vice President Michael Pence.

He brought the U.S. Vice President up to date on the current situation in the Donbas and the continued aggressive actions of Russia-controlled militants who continue to violate the complete ceasefire announced yesterday, the website of the head of state said. In connection with this, Poroshenko stressed the importance of continued pressure on Russia to ensure proper implementation of the security …

A major-general, 26 officers, ensigns, and contract soldiers were killed in the crash of a Russian An-26 transport plane in Syria, reported TASS, citing a source in the Russian Defense Ministry.

“As a result of the tragedy, 27 officers were killed, including one major-general, as well as ensigns and contract servicemen. There were no civilians on the An-26,” the Defense Ministry reported.

The commander of the aircraft was a first-class pilot with a little more than 3,000 flying hours. He had …

President Petro Poroshenko believes that Russia's threats not to fulfill the ruling of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce on the Naftogaz vs Gazprom case are another argument against the Russian Nord Stream-2 main gas pipeline project, as he stated at a meeting with the Minister of Defense of Sweden, Peter Hultqvist.

"Russia’s behavior…, the threats to stop gas supplies to Ukraine, to not obey the gas transit ruling of the court, and to terminate the [gas] contract, …

Finland will allocate 15 million euros for the development of educational and energy-efficiency projects in Ukraine in 2018-2021. As RBC-Ukraine reports, this was said by Timo Soini, the Foreign Minister of Finland, at a joint press conference with Pavel Klimkin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

Soini said, "Finland will continue to increase its support to Ukraine, which has reached 34 million euros since the beginning of the conflict. We also make a great contribution to the …

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has instructed the ambassadors in European countries to look for Gazprom’s assets in preparation for the collection of the Russian company’s debt to Naftogaz.

“If Russia does not comply, we will go to the courts – we will go to New York, we will go to London, we will go to all countries. I have already given our ambassadors the instruction to look for Gazprom’s assets throughout Europe. They keep accurate record of everything there,” Klimkin told the …