• Human rights activists reported presence of men with rifles at checkpoints near Kerch crossing

    The activists of the Crimean Human Rights Group believe that armed checkpoints appeared on the road to Kerch crossing on the 8th of August. The employees of the Russian Main Directorate for Road Traffic Safety and OMON (Special Purpose Mobility Unit) were checking motorists, Krym.Realii reported. According to eyewitnesses, traffic inspectors would stop cars at random and check documents without explanation. Kerch residents said that a queue 5 kilometers long formed in front of the crossing. …

  • Ukrainian MFA: Russia attacked Ukraine because it was not punished for invasion of Georgia in 2008

    Upon the commemoration of the eighth anniversary of Russian aggression in Georgia, the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that Ukraine was targeted by Russia because it has not received a firm and clear response from the international community following its aggression against Georgia. The lack of response led to the Russian occupation of a significant part of the sovereign country’s territory.  

    “Not having received a firm and clear response from the international community …

  • Ukraine has become a main source of weapons for arms traffickers

    Ukraine has become a source of contraband arms, which are then shipped to Western European countries. This was indicated in an investigation program of Sky News.

    The report states that while in Romania, journalists met one of the local groups engaged in arms smuggling.

    The British journalists reported that there were weapons available for purchase in the trunk of the smugglers’ car.  The smugglers said that they “could supply thousands of weapons and ammunition”.

    “We will bring as much …

  • Former Ukrainian Party of Regions MP arrested

    Former Party of Regions MP Volodymyr Medianyk was detained in connection with a case against Oleksandr Yefremov, the former party leader. On August 8th, the courts will consider his formal arrest, as requested by the Prosecutor General’s office.

    As the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, posted on his Facebook page on Monday, the Pechersky district court of Kyiv will consider the request for his arrest. On the same day, the case on arrest of Yefremov will be considered at the Court …

  • Ukrainian MP Syroyid: Ukraine should recognize Russian occupation of its territories

    The deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Oksana Syroyid, stated on-air with 112 Ukraine news channel that Ukraine should legally recognize the occupation of its territories by Russia. “There is only one way out – to make the legal decision to recognize Russian occupation of that part of the Ukrainian territory and to name the occupant,” Syroyid noted.

    According to her, if Ukraine fulfills the requirements of the Russian Federation (providing special status to part of the Donbas, granting …