• Media: About 1 billion USD is required to organize industrial production of Ukrainian MSB-2 helicopter

    Around 1 billion USD is required for the creation and organization of mass production of Ukrainian helicopters. The MSB-2 light helicopter, which was first created as part of experimental development work by Korolek, is currently being tested by the factory. The aircraft company is planning to raise 600 million UAH of the whole amount independently.

    In an article on ZN.ua by Dmitri Mendeleev, the expert states that according to the most conservative estimates, implementation of such a project …

  • Poroshenko: most difficult tests are behind Ukraine

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko noted in his celebratory Easter message that the most difficult tests for Ukraine are in the past.

    "Resurrection is the victory of life over death, the victory of truth over lies; the victory of light over darkness; the victory of good over evil. This is our victory... This year Easter is a special day, because along with it, there is a certainty that the heaviest tests [for Ukraine] are now behind [us]," Poroshenko said.

    The President also spoke about the …

  • Ukrainian National Police: Seven pro-Russian militants detained in Ukraine last week

    Seven pro-Russian militants detained in Ukraine last week

    Since the start of the war in Donbas, Ukrainian law enforcers have laid criminal charges against 1,200 members of the illegal armed forces (IAF). Since the beginning of the year, 74 militants have been indicted, and in the last week, seven more pro-Russian militants voluntarily surrendered.

    A press service of the National Police reports: “A total of nine militants have voluntarily surrendered since the start of the year, seven of them …

  • Ukrainian State Border Guard Service: Crew members of Nord fishing boat seized by Ukraine tried to flee to Russia

    The crew of the Nord ship, which was detained by Ukrainian border guards on March 25 in the Sea of Azov, tried to leave the territory of Ukraine through the Hoptivka automobile border checkpoint in the Kharkiv region, the press service of the State Border Service of Ukraine reported. Representatives of the General Consulate of the Russian Federation tried to smuggle the members of the crew out of Ukraine using their diplomatic immunity.

    On April 7, at about 9PM, two Volkswagen cars with …

  • Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs condemns the chemical attack in Syria

    Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin stated on Twitter that Russia would be potentially accountable for another crime against humanity as he referred to the Syrian Army’s chemical weapons attack on the city of Douma on April 7.

    "If the information against the chemical attack in Syria is confirmed, it is another crime against humanity. Both criminals themselves and their supporters must be held accountable for this.  Another United Nations Security Council resolution vetoed by Russia …