• Russian Special Services accused of attempting to give fake interview on behalf of the Ukrainian President

    The Press Secretary of the President of Ukraine, Svyatoslav Tsegalko, has accused Russian Secret Services of an attempt to fabricate a fake interview with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to The New York Times.

    On his page in Facebook Tsegalko reported that the editors of the American newspaper were directed to "the phone numbers and email addresses of the agents,” who then held talks and answered journalists’ questions on the phone, pretending to speak on behalf of the President. …

  • UNESCO to implement monitoring mechanisms in the Crimea

    The Programme and External Relations Commission of the 199th session of the UNESCO Executive Board considered the report and made a decision on "Monitoring the situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine)," the Ukrainian delegation to UNESCO reported on Facebook.

    "The decision assumes that during the next (200th) session of the UNESCO Executive Board, the Director-General should submit a progress report on the implementation of previous decisions. In particular, on establishing the …

  • White House: The incident with Russian planes buzzing a US Navy ship is 'beyond legal norms'

    The White House has responded to the media reports regarding the incident between Russian military aircraft a U.S. Navy warship in the Baltic Sea, noting that such actions of the Russians are not in compliance with professional military standards. “The White House is aware of the incident you are talking about,” the White House Press Secretary, Josh Earnest, stated, responding to the journalist’s request to comment on the media reports.

    “This incident is far from being in accordance with …

  • Ukraine and Israeli company Orbit discuss upgrading Ukrainian military aircraft

    The work group for the Ukrainian Air Forces Command discussed the modernization of military aircraft and helicopters with representatives of the Israeli company, Orbit, according to the Ministry of Defense.

    As reported on Tuesday by the Press Service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, at the meeting with the Ukrainian Air Forces Command, the representatives of Orbit spoke about the company's activities, their developments and also introduced a new communications system, Orion, which is now …

  • US calls on Ukraine to form a new cabinet as soon as possible

    According to the Voice of America, US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said at a briefing in Washington that the United States called upon the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to promptly approve a new Government which will support political and economic reforms, especially credit programs approved by International Monetary Fund.

    "In our view, it is important that the Verkhovna Rada forms the new Cabinet of Ministers committed to necessary reforms, especially those recommended by the IMF as soon …