The commander of the separatist battalion Vostok, Aleksandr Khodakovsky, has been denied entry to Russia.

"I, myself am under certain pressure to some degree. I already have two pieces of paper forbidding the entry to Russia," Khodakovsky said on his YouTube channel. According to him, he does not understand the reasons for this ban.

Earlier, the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) reported that Russian special services could possibly target the separatist field commanders Bezler and Khodakovsky. …

Russia's ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, described his relationship with Jared Kushner, son-in-law of White House chief Donald Trump, as "daily contact." Kislyak said this in New York, in response to a request by journalists to explain the allegations about his possible ties with Kushner.

"I do not comment on my daily contacts; and this is our policy, which applies not only to conversations with Kushner, but to all of our daily conversations," Kislyak said.

He also added that …

Russian Iskander-M tactical missile systems made their first launches outside of Russia during military exercises held in Tajikistan. A ballistic missile destroyed a cluster of imaginary militants during maneuvers in Tajikistan. This was reported by TASS news agency, citing Colonel Yaroslav Roshchupkin, Assistant Commander of the Central Military District.

“For the first time, Iskander-M tactical missile systems destroyed a cluster of ‘fighters’ during exercises outside of Russia. The …

In the Donetsk region, from the city of Chasiv Yar, broadcasting of the First Channel of the Ukrainian Radio National Television Company (National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine) to the separatist-held territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions has begun on the frequency 873 kHz, as reported by the Press Service of the Donetsk Military Civil Administration.

Pavlo Zhebrivskyi, the head of the Donetsk Regional State Aviation Administration, assured that the signal for the Ukrainian radio …

President Vladimir Putin said that he suggested to former US President Bill Clinton that he consider the possibility of Russia joining the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). This was reported by Politico, citing excerpts from an interview of Putin with film director Oliver Stone which was published on Vimeo.

“I remember one of our last meetings with President Clinton, when Clinton was still in office. He visited Moscow, and during a discussion I said, ‘We would consider an option, that Russia …

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy wrote on his Facebook page that Ukraine’s accession to NATO should be put in its legislation.

"After visiting the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Tbilisi this week and following the results of a very fruitful communication with our allies and partners from the North Atlantic alliance, it was decided that Ukraine's membership in NATO as a priority of the state foreign policy should be determined at the legislative level," Parubiy said.

According to …

Services Yandex.Maps, Yandex.Taxi and Yandex.Traffic are accessible again in Ukraine through different internet service providers, as reported by Strana.ua news website citing internet users  as well as  Olexandr Fedienko, the Chairman of the Management Board of the Internet Association of Ukraine.

“Access has been available for two days. But this is not because operators stopped blocking it. This is rather due to Yandex services moving to other cloud network and being hosted there now. Now …

Russia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Vladimir Safronkov, said at a meeting of the Security Council of the UN that was held on Friday, June 2, that the Russian authorities expect to receive an explanation from the U.S. regarding sanctions imposed against Russians and some Russian companies suspected by Washington of cooperating with North Korea, as reported by Novosti.

"We would like to hear explanations from the American side regarding the June 1 expansion of U.S. sanctions …