• The Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine: The fate of more than 4000 orphans remains unknown

    The fate of more than 4,000 orphans and children deprived of parental care remains unknown after the annexation of the Crimea. Krym.Realii reported that this was said by Ukraine’s Deputy Director of the Department for Adoption and Protection of Children’s Rights of the Ministry of Social Policy, Vladimir Vovk. He said this at a round table meeting in Kyiv.

    “On the 1st of January 2014, which is the beginning of the annexation of the Crimea, 4,323 orphans and children deprived of parental care …

  • Poland could increase gas supplies to Ukraine three fold

    Poland can increase gas supplies to Ukraine three fold. This can happenen if the planned expansion of the gas pipelines with Ukraine takes place by the end of 2019. This will allow to increase transportation volumes of natural gas from the current 1.5 billion cubic meters to 5-6 billion cubic meters. Ukrinform reports, citing Piotr Naimsky, the Government Commissioner on Strategic Energy Infrastructure Issues of Poland.

    “There is a project on Polish-Ukrainian communications development. …

  • Ukrainian Chief of General Staff: Ukraine has created four new battalions in accordance with NATO standards

    The Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Viktor Muzhenko, reported that four battalions have been created in Ukraine according to NATO standards and that a fifth one was also being formed.

    As he said on Saturday, October 15, in an interview with TV Channel 5, "quite a high level of training, with quite positive feedback reciived from American and Canadian instructors regarding our military personnel’s competence and motivation."

    Muzhenko also added that Ukraine is now …

  • Media: U.S surveillance drone conducted aerial reconnaissance near the Crimea

    The RQ-4 Global Hawk strategic unmanned surveillance aircraft of the US Air Force has conducted a reconnaissance flight near the Crimea. It approached the peninsula from the side of Ukraine and the Black Sea. This was reported by Interfax news agency with reference to portals that track the movement of military aviation.

    According to the media, the unmanned  aircraft departed from the Sigonella airbase in Sicily and flew to the Crimea from the western side of the Black Sea at an altitude of 15, …

  • Separatist commander known as Motorola killed in eastern Ukraine

    Separatist commander Arsen Pavlov, known by the call sign ‘Motorola,’ died in Donetsk. This was reported by local separatist media with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. The information was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the DPR itself.

    As reported in the microblog “Reports of militia of New Russia,” Motorola died in an elevator, where an improvised explosive device went off. According to separatist media, it is suspected that the …