The Deputy Speaker of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, Oksana Syroyid, stated that the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline is a “Russian weapon,” 112 Ukraine TV reports.

“Russia will keep winning and we do not know when they will stop,” Syroyid said. “The Nord Stream-2 is a weapon, which Russia has already delivered to Berlin, and the only question is: when will they use it?”

On June 13, George Tuka, the Deputy Minister for the temporarily-occupied territories, called the Nord Stream-2 a “threat to European …

During a broadcast of Channel 5, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that he believes that Kyiv may be able to get Moscow to consent to the release of political prisoners and a hostage exchange while Russia is hosting the 2018 World Cup.

"A gesture is possible, though not a gesture of goodwill, but rather [a gesture] to improve the image of Russia during the championship. We must use the championship, but we must [also] continue to work," Klimkin stated. At the same time, he noted …

Two American planes and an unmanned aerial vehicle undertook reconnaissance flights along the Russian borders in the Black and Baltic Seas.

According to the PlaneRadar service, the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol plane of the US Navy, and an unmanned (UAV) surveillance aircraft RQ-4B Global Hawk, carried out hours-long reconnaissance flights along Russian borders in the Black Sea.  

“RQ-4B-30 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft (UAV) of the US Air Force left Sigonella airbase and ,after …