• Ambassador of France in Kyiv: In the near future Poroshenko will meet with Macron

    On the agenda for the upcoming meeting between the Presidents of Ukraine and France, Petro Poroshenko and Emmanuel Macron, will be a discussion of bilateral cooperation and interaction within the framework of the Normandy format, as announced by the Ambassador of France in Ukraine, Isabelle Dumont, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

    “When there are meetings at different levels, we will discuss bilateral relations, issues related to Ukraine’s future, relations with Europe, and of course, the situation …

  • Trump made a statement on the United States’ deep involvement in Ukrainian affairs

    Welcoming Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Oval Office on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that it was "a great honor" for him to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart.

    According to President Trump, Ukraine was "a place that we've all been very much involved in." In turn, President Poroshenko said that his meeting with the US president was full-fledged and detailed.

    "A full-fledged, detailed meeting with US President Donald Trump was held. We have received strong support from …

  • Security Service of Ukraine urges general public to participate in development of law against Russian propaganda

    The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has created a Facebook page for receiving suggestions on the development of a bill to counteract Russia hybrid warfare.

    “Every patriot of Ukraine can leave their suggestions regarding the list of actions which represent a threat to the national interests of Ukraine, and require a legal reaction, on the specially created Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/platformazmin/ or by sending an email to [email protected],” the SBU’s statement reads. …

  • The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine unveils a draft law on de-occupation of Donbas

    Oleksandr Turchynov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) presented an idea for the law on the de-occupation of the Donbas which supposed to become an alternative to the anti-terrorist operation (ATO), Hromadske reported.

    The preamble notes that the legal regime of the ATO, introduced in April 2014, made it possible to stop the expansion of Russian aggression, and kept it localized in the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces. It also made it possible to hold …

  • Ukrainian Parliament proposes to call the military operation in the Donbas a ‘local war’ to further its integration back into Ukraine

    A draft bill on the reintegration of the Donbas proposes to introduce a concept of “local war” in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. This was stated by Verkhovna Rada Deputy from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" Volodymyr Ariev, 112 Ukraine reports.

    According to Ariev, the antiterrorist operation (ATO) that is being carried out in the Donbas now uses an "outdated format.” He said that according to Ukrainian legislation, in case of seizure of territories, either an ATO should be conducted …