More than 29,500 people have enlisted and signed contracts with the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of 2016. Of this amount, 3,000 are officers. This was reported by the press center of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According the agency’s Facebook page, the placement of these contract servicemen in the military units was implemented according to the “maximum quality at optimum quantity” principle.

“The priorities in these placements remain unchanged. The first …

The Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, stated at a press conference in Kiev that the military prosecutor’s office is working on criminal proceedings against over 700 people charged with high treason.

Lutsenko said "Our goal this year is to convict all traitors to Ukraine," referring to the events surrounding the annexation of Crimea.

Lutsenko specified that more than 700 individuals are charged with article 111 "High treason" including members of Parliament, prosecutors, judges …

The Chief Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine received the decision of the Pechersk District Court of Kiev about the possibility of holding a special judicial investigation and the conviction in absentia of the Commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, Vice Admiral Oleksandr Vitko.

As a correspondent of Interfax-Ukraine reports, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, made the statement during a press conference in Kiev on Monday. However, he stressed that " …