• Savchenko is ready to head the Ministry of Defense

    A member of the Verkhovna Rada, Nadiya Savchenko, expressed her readiness to head the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

    “Yes, I would agree…I would legalize things that are happening anyway. In the Ukrainian army, a captain commands a brigade; he is not even a colonel. A captain can handle a mission. There were instances, such as during the seizure of the Kramatorsk airfield by separatists, where one group was headed by a colonel, another one by a major and the third one by a captain. Only the …

  • Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada: Ukraine wins in the information war with Russia

    Evidence of the effectiveness of Ukraine's efforts in the diplomatic and information fields is the extension of sanctions against Russia, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy said.

    In an interview with Apostrophe, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy said that Ukraine won the information war with Russia.

    “Two years ago, the skeptics were convinced that the European Union would never impose sanctions against Russia. A few months ago there was a huge debate, and now, …

  • Former Polish President: Ukraine should abandon its hopes of joining NATO and the EU

    Former President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski is convinced that Ukraine should not even dream about joining the North Atlantic Alliance. This was reported by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

    “Ukraine should abandon its dream of becoming a NATO member. Also, now it's not worth talking about reaching the goal of becoming a full member of the EU,” the ex-president of Poland said.

    At the same time, Kwaśniewski himself, according to his words, “has nothing against Kiev's goals to become a full …

  • Ukrainian Armed Forces: Separatists continue attacking demarcation line

    As of the 3rd of July, the Press Center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported 22 cases of ceasefire violations by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. According to the report, the separatists continue to shell along the demarcation line.

    “Russian occupation troops used 122-mm artillery to carry out attacks towards the direction of Mariupol, and against our strongholds in Lebedinske and Talakivka. This type of artillery is prohibited under the Minsk Agreements. The town of Marinka also …

  • Stoltenberg: NATO's support for Ukraine will reach a 'new level'

    According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, practical and political support to Ukraine will reach a new level after the Alliance’s Summit in Warsaw on Friday and Saturday, Radio Svoboda reported.

    Stoltenberg said that a new comprehensive package will be adopted by NATO.

    "This package will include strategic advisory support. We are already providing assistance to Ukraine through trust funds, which cover areas such as command and control, logistics and cyber security. We add to this …