The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has assessed the damage done to Ukraine as a result of the annexation of the Crimea to be at USD 100 billion, as stated by the Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Pavlo Petrenko, in an interview with Liga.net.

“We have made a preliminary assessment of damages to Ukraine based only on the annexation of the Crimea to be approximately USD 100 billion. This amount will be detailed further during the decision-making stage,” the Minister said. However, according to him, …

Presently, there are thirty-seven thousand Ukrainian soldiers at the front line in the Donbas, according to Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, the website of the Ministry reports.

Poltorak claims that the rest of the staff are on combat duty, in training centers, at the training sites and in the classrooms where the soldiers are learning from experience gained and making conclusions."

"We are able to defend Ukraine and fulfill all the tasks facing the Armed Forces. The evidence of this is the 7 …

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko said at a meeting of the Security Council that Russia has gone out of its way to provoke and pressure Ukraine. According to him, Russia's actions bode ill for Europe.

"Instead of conscientiously implementing Minsk agreements, Russia exerts political pressure, uses blackmail and conducts military provocations. Ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine and its negative consequences are among the main threats to …