• Russian MPs refuse to discuss draft resolution on Crimea in the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE

    Russian MPs have refused to discuss a draft resolution on Crimea in the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE. 

    The document on human rights violations in Crimea was prepared by Ukraine and appeared as an extra item on the agenda. Authors of the document specifically drew attention to the situation with the Crimean Tatar people and the use of torture in interrogation.

    The delegation from the Russian Federation, according to some sources, refused to discuss the document. According to others, they …

  • MH17 investigation team to visit Moscow

    The investigation team dealing with the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crash in the Donbas in July 2014 will arrive in Moscow soon, the head of Russia's delegation at OSCE PA, Nikolay Kovalev reported.

    He referred to the statement made by the head of the Dutch delegation at a session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Tbilisi. "The international commission … is expected to arrive in Moscow in a week or two in order to establish direct contact with the Russian representatives, who are …

  • Poroshenko expects $500 million in defense assistance from the US

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expects that the US will allocate an additional $500 million in financial assistance to Ukraine’s security and defense sector, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported.

    He stated this during a ceremony in which Ukraine received AN/TPQ Firefinder radar systems from the US.

    The President also thanked the US and the EU for extending sanctions against Russia.

  • Poroshenko: NATO will agree on security package for Ukraine at Warsaw summit

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that an aid package for the Ukrainian sector of security and defense will be approved during the NATO summit in Warsaw.

    “A special participation of our country in the NATO summit this year will be the fact that Ukraine is the only partner country of the Alliance that will have a separate meeting at the highest level: the Ukraine-NATO Commission. This shows the high attention paid by the Alliance countries to our country, loyal support of our country by …

  • Separatists seize electrical facility in Horlivka

    Buildings used for electric facilities in Horlivka have been seized by armed men.

    Members of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic stormed the premises of the Ukrainian state-owned power grid company Ukrenergo in Horlivka, which is not controlled by the Ukrainian government, the company’s press service reported.

    The capture of the buildings happened on June 30, Korrespondent.net reported.

    “According to unofficial information, these actions were carried out as a result of the execution of …