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Russians point weapons at Ukrainian ship as it inspects Ukraine’s marine economic zone
The marine protection ship Grigory Kuropyatnikov conducted a planned survey of Ukraine’s exclusive (marine) economic zone in the gas deposit region, during which it documented further violations by Russia, the Ukrainian State Border Services reported. The survey was done at all the active deposits in the northwest part of the Black Sea – Shtormove, Arkhangelsk, Golitsynsk and Odessa.
“The goal of the interdepartmental group was to verify the received information concerning the initiation of …
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First stage of NATO Rapid Trident-2017 exercises begins in Ukraine
The first phase of the international military exercises, Rapid Trident 2017, began at the 7th Petro Franko Tactical Aviation Brigade’s aviation field, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported.
It was noted that as part of the Ukrainian-American command staff exercises, military from US air bases arrived in Ukraine to teach Ukrainian pilots how to interact with other types of forces in different conditions.
American specialists will hold a series of theoretical and practical exercises in …
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Polish Foreign Ministry: UN peacekeepers in Donbas need to be deployed on the border with Russia
The deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in the Donbas is possible only with the consent of and close cooperation with the Ukrainian authorities, as stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, reports Onet.pl.
"The appropriate place for the presentation and preparation of such initiatives is the UN Security Council, and we expect concrete proposals at the Council meeting ... A necessary condition for the success of such a mission would be the preparation of a mandate [of the UN …
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Ukrainian official: Russia will withdraw from Donbas next year
Russia will leave the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions next year as plans for this have already been made, as explained by the Deputy Minister on the issues of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine, Yuri Grymchak in an interview with Apostrophe.
"First, we have the so-called Protocol on the Minsk Agreements implementation dated February 12, 2015, where in paragraph 10 it is stated that according to the Minsk Agreements the following should …
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Ukrainian activists publish personal data of workers involved in construction of the Kerch Bridge
Volunteers with the Ukrainian Myrotvorets project have published on Facebook the personal data of 299 people who are participating in the construction of the bridge through the Kerch Strait to the Crimea.
The published information contains the names and surnames, dates of birth, their home addresses, and other identifying information. All of the people are employees of OOO MT-Group.
Myrotvorets noted that the information on the builders of the Kerch Bridge will be placed in "Purgatory" on the …