• Ukraine to cooperate with Thailand on armored vehicle production

    Ukraine confirmed its readiness to cooperate with Thailand in armored vehicles production, particularly with the transfer of technology for producing BTR-3E1 armored personnel carriers. On Friday, the government announced the venture on the official website of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC).

    During the meeting of First Deputy Secretary of the NSDC Oleg Gladkovsky with the official delegation of the Ministry of Defense of Thailand, headed by Deputy Minister Udomdej …

  • Rasmussen: Russia's attack on Ukraine surprised NATO

    NATO was surprised that Russia attacked Ukraine like it did, according to the former NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, as stated in an interview with Radio Liberty.

    "I don't think that we could have foreseen this. We were very surprised that Russia attacked Ukraine like it did. When I think about it in retrospect, I believe that in 2008, three months before Russia’s attack on Georgia, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, told us everything," Rasmussen said in …

  • Ukrainian Ambassador to Latvia: Russian authorities are manipulating the opinion of Russians as they please

    Russian authorities easily “appoint” enemies and friends for the country, and its citizens are very vulnerable to the Kremlin’s opinion. This was the view expressed by Ukraine’s Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Yevhen Perebyinis.

    According to him, in most cases the authorities are to blame for the conflicts between countries.

    “Today, the results of the survey show that nearly half see Ukraine as Russia’s enemy. That raised the question of why people who consider themselves brothers to …

  • Sweden does not recognize results of Russian elections in Crimea

    Sweden will not recognize the election results of the Russian State Duma, which were held in the annexed Crimea. This was posted by the Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström on Twitter.

    “We condemn Russia’s actions with regard to the elections of the State Duma in the illegally annexed Crimea. We do not recognize those who will be “elected” in the Crimea,” Wallström said.

    Newly appointed US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, said that Washington also does not recognize the …

  • Crimean Tatars boycotted Russian Duma elections

    Many Crimean Tatars did not come to the polls on voting day in Russia on Sunday, September 18, 2016. The turnout at the precinct on their part was minimal as it was in 2014 during the referendum on the status of the Crimea, Radio Svoboda reported.

    Refusal to participate is not indifference or inaction but a conscious protest against "lies that continue to inspire people on TV by different leaders, their deputies, officials and candidates,” stated the representatives of the Tatar population of …