Officials of the Security Service disclosed an attempt by Russian special services to recruit a resident of the Luhansk region, who worked in Russia.

According to the Security Service’s press service, the Ukrainian came to the attention of Russian special forces in late 2016 during an illegal stay in Russia.

“The man was unofficially employed in a company, and this fact was used to pressure him and coerce him to go against the interests of Ukraine,” the Security Service noted.

After the man …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis agreed to coordinate efforts to return to Ukraine the money illegally withdrawn by former officials under the Yanukovych regime. Poroshenko said during a briefing at Riga, "Today we reached several important agreements, including on further work and coordination in the return of Ukrainian financial assets."

Poroshenko thanked Latvia for supporting Ukraine’s aspirations to European integration, for condemning Russia's …

Ukraine should do its utmost to become a full-fledged member of NATO as soon as possible, as was stated by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, during the opening of the morning session of the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday in Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

"Our task is to make every effort to join the free peoples united in the North Atlantic Alliance as soon as possible," Parubiy said.

He recalled that on April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Alliance was established in …