• Hungary names conditions necessary for Ukraine-NATO Commission to resume work

    Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has named three conditions under which Hungary would agree to unblock the activities of the Ukraine-NATO Commission.

    "The first condition [is that] the transitional period for the language of education should be extended until 2023, and during this time [Ukraine will] have to negotiate with the minority on what changes will be implemented. The second condition, which also fully meets the Venice Commission’s proposals, is that [the norm on the language …

  • Military intelligence from eight countries hold emergency meeting in Kyiv

    Representatives of military intelligence from eight countries gathered in Kyiv for an emergency meeting to assess the most immediate threats from Russia in the Black Sea.

    According to the official website of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, an international forum – the Black Sea Intelligence Forum – was held in the country for several days.

    “The forum was organized due to the recent significant deterioration of global and regional security due to …

  • Ukrainian intelligence officers detain pro-Russian spies at the demarcation line in Donbas

    Ukrainian intelligence officers detained two men that were collecting intelligence on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Joint Forces Operation's area on the demarcation line, reported Ukraine’s military Task Force Pivnich (North) on Facebook.

    "The mobile intelligence group that monitored one of the areas of the contact line found and detained two unknown persons in the area of responsibility of Pivnich task force. After verifying the detainees' personal identities it turned out that they had …

  • An assistant of the Moldovan oligarch Platon was detained in Kyiv

    In Kyiv, police detained a citizen of Moldova named Alexander Balike who is known to have close ties to the Moldovan oligarch Veaceslav Platon, noi.md news outlet reports. Balike was detained for extradition to Moldova where he is being investigated for committing several serious crimes.

    The detainee is also a suspect in offences committed in the territory of Ukraine. Ukrainian lawyer Alexei Shevchuk, who is leading a case against Platon stated on his Facebook page that the law enforcement …

  • Famous Ukrainian musician Vakarchuk calls on Ukrainians to change the current system of power

    Ukrainian rock musician and leader of the Okean Elzy band Svyatoslav Vakarchuk urged Ukrainians to demolish the current system of power. In his opinion, representatives of the people should replace current officials, Radio Liberty reports."You have to become hunters for dishonesty, hunters for irresponsibility, hunters for corruption, and hunters for an archaic desire to hold on to everything that is bad. You have to become hunters and you must feel the fear of this victim, which you hunt. …