In 2016, roughly 1.04 million tons of coal was exported from the Donbas territories which are not controlled by Ukraine into Russia, LIGA.net reports, citing Russian railway data. In 2015, the volume of smuggled exports was somewhat larger – 1.3 million tons.

The mined coal is enriched at Donetsk and Luhansk factories and transported through the border with Russia that is not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities. Later on the fuel is exported to European and African countries. Some of the …

Ukraine's introduction of sanctions against Russian companies – specifically owners of social networks and search engines - is a matter of national security, as stated by the Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre, Barbora Maronkova.

"NATO analyzed these decisions by Ukraine and has come to the conclusion that this is a matter of security, not freedom of speech," she said on Monday in Kyiv, speaking at the International Forum "Communications Crisis: Communication and Content …

Turkey has officially introduced a visa-free policy with Ukraine which allows holders of state issued ID-cards to enter the country instead of general civil passports. The official policy text was published in Resmi Gazete (Official Government Gazette of the Republic of Turkey).

According to the new rules, citizens of Ukraine and Turkey who use the ID-cards instead of passports will be able to cross the Ukrainian-Turkish border without visas and stay in the country for up to 90 days during a 18 …