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Ukraine: Russia’s sentencing of journalist Sushchenko unprecedented and inhumane
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman have commented on the 12 year prison sentence given by Russia to Ukrainian citizen Roman Sushchenko on charges of espionage.
“The unprecedented obscenity of the Russian ‘court’, which sentenced Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko based on spurious charges, proves that the Kremlin regime will stop at nothing in its attempt to crush the spirit of Ukrainians. However, I am confident that Russia will inevitably be …
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Ukraine at the bottom of the list in road quality
According to the World Economic Forum, the quality of Ukrainian roads – ranked 130th among the 137 countries on the list – is among the worst in the world.
This information appeared in the Global Competitiveness Index 2017-2018 from the World Economic Forum (WEF), which includes road quality as one of the indicators.
On a point scale of 1 to 7 (7 being the highest road quality), international experts rate Ukrainian roads at 2.4 points. Paraguay received the same rating.
According to WEF …
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Ukraine calls on Austrian media to raise Sentsov issue during Putin's visit
The Ukrainian Embassy in Austria has appealed to local media to "raise the issue" of political prisoner Crimean Oleg Sentsov ahead of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Austria Oleksandr Scherba wrote on Facebook.
"Numerous cinematographers from around the world, including Agnieszka Holland, Krzysztof Zanussi, Johnny Depp and Alexander Sokurov called on Vladimir Putin to release Oleg Sentsov. The Austrian Film Academy also …
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Demonstrations in support of Sentsov held in 78 cities worldwide
#SaveOlegSentsov demonstrations were held in Germany, Italy, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, France, Belgium, Israel, Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Kuwait and other countries.
"I wrote an appeal to hold demonstrations in support of Oleg [and] sent them to friends; they sent them to their own, and it quickly appeared that people from 30 countries around the world, from Canada to Australia, were ready to write a manifesto for the demonstration, translate it into different languages, …
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LPR militants capture two Ukrainian soldiers
A sabotage group of the pro-Russian forces captured two soldiers from the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a military assignment, reported the press service of the 14th Mechanized Brigade on Facebook.
“On May 26, two of our soldiers were treacherously captured by a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the enemy while they were advancing to a forward observation post. For a week, nothing was known about the fate of our soldiers. The enemy did not make such a …