The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reports that its employees have uncovered an agent network in the Donbas that is organized by representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

According to the department's press office, law enforcement officers established that Russian Special Services recruited two residents of Lysychansk and Kostiantynivka through acquaintances located in the separatist-held territories of the Donbas.

They received …

By June 23, Ukrainian authorities intend to appeal the ruling of the High Court of Justice regarding the dispute with Russia over $3 billion of debt, the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance reports.

“At the session which was held in the British court on May 26, 2017, judge William Blair increased the period during which Ukraine can make an appeal by 14 days (from June 9 to June 23, 2017),” the announcement states.

Previously the Ukrainian Finance Ministry noted that at the last …

According to the investigation, the defendants in the case on the explosions in Swedish Gothenburg underwent militarized training at a special camp in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg, as stated by prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist, as reported by DW.

According to him, the suspects, aged 20, 23 and 50, maintained contact with the Scandinavian radical nationalist-socialist organization the “Nordic Resistance Movement”. Furthermore, two of the three accused persons were trained at the ultra-nationalist …

In the near future, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense plans to add four new ranks to its existing non-commissioned officer ranks, based on the model used by the US and several NATO states, as stated by Defense Ministry Spokesperson Oksana Havrylyuk at a briefing.

“The Ministry of Defense is working on legislation with which it will introduce new ranks. In particular, it envisages an expansion of the role of non-commissioned and petty officers in accordance with NATO’s standards,” she said. …

The leader of the Russian opposition, Alexei Navalny said in an interview with Dozhd (Rain) TV that a fair referendum must be held in the annexed Crimea.

“What should any nice person, any president do? They must declare another normal—or rather, not one more, but the first normal fair referendum—which Ukraine, of course, won’t recognize with a high degree of probability. We understand this,” Navalny said.

Navalny said he understands that his words are not liked by many people in Ukraine and …

Ukraine is forced to continue purchasing Russian components for military equipment in circumvention of bans, said Dmytro Tymchuk, People's Deputy of the People's Front in an interview with Apostrophe.

“There is a way out. Either purchase from Russia or nowhere. This means that the equipment that is out of order now due to military actions cannot be repaired, that there is nothing to repair, that no components are available,” he said.

The People's Deputy explained that the Ukrainian industrial …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has banned German politician Willy Wimmer from entering Ukraine for five years, reported SSU Speaker Olena Gitlyanska to Interfax Ukraine. Wimmer is the ex-Deputy of the Bundestag, the former Deputy Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the former Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Germany.

"The decision to ban Willy Wimmer from entering into Ukrainian territory for 5 years has been taken," Gitlyanska said. According to …

The Moldovan parliament overrode the veto of President Igor Dodon and re-ratified the protocol on military cooperation with Romania on Friday, June 9.

The protocol had been ratified as early as March 30 but the head of the state, opposed to expanding the relations of Moldova with NATO and refused to sign it. Deputies from the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova who support Dodon voted against it.

"The protocol directly contradicts the Constitution and the principle of permanent …