During the exhumation of the coffin of the youngest victim of the Smolensk plane crash, 23-year-old Natalia Januszko, forensic experts found parts of the bodies of five other people, as repored by Polish tabloid Super Express.

"During the exhumation of the coffin of stewardess Natalia Januszko, fragments of bodies of five other people were found," noted the newspaper.

The investigator in the case said that, specifically, the limbs, fragments of the palm and internal organs of other people …

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in Sydney published the Global Peace Index 2017. According to it, Ukraine's economic losses from the conflict in the Donbas in 2016 amounted to 20.4% of the nation’s GDP. In other words, the economic cost of violence in the country is $66.7 billion according to the index of purchasing power.

As follows from the rating, Iceland is recognized as the most peace-loving country. New Zealand is a close second while Portugal took third place. Austria is …

The Ukrainian enterprise "Southern Machine Building Plant" ("Yuzhmash") has concluded a contract with the Russian company S7 Sea Launch for the production and delivery of 12 Zenit launch vehicles. This was reported on the website of the Ukrainian company.

"The contract stipulates the production of 12 launch vehicles for use in the Sea Launch and Ground Launch programs," the report said. The company explained that rockets are needed "for the exploration and use in outer space for peaceful …

The National Bank of Ukraine approved a procedure for banks to implement the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) on the application of personal special economic sanctions against a number of Russian companies, including Russian social networks VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, and resource sites Yandex, Mail.ru and accounting program 1C, as reported by UNIAN, citing Resolution No. 46 on the website of The National Bank of Ukraine.

As noted, beginning June 3, banks …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he is "aware" that the Americans are drawing up plans to transfer their military to the Kuril Islands. He voiced such considerations at a meeting with the heads of world news agencies, responding to a question from a correspondent of the Japanese news agency Kyodo.

"As for the theoretic possibility that US troops might emerge on the islands, if we assume that the sovereignty over the islands might be transferred to Japan - yes, such a possibility …

The permanent fleet of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean has been increased to 15 ships. The group consists of the frigates Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen, landing ships Nikolay Filchenkov, Caesar Kunikov, and Azov, patrol ship Smetlivy, submarine Krasnodar, a tanker, anti-sabotage ships and support vessels. Before these additions, the group included ten ships, according to Interfax, citing the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.

The addition of the ship Smetlivy was reported on …

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are gradually moving deeper into the uncontrolled territory of the Donbas, driving separatists out of the so-called “gray zone.”, as reported by the Deputy Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons, George Tuka, in an interview with the site 112 Ukraine TV channel.

He stressed that the territories occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces belong to Ukraine in accordance with the Minsk agreements.

“We talking are about the …

Yandex has decided to close its offices in Kyiv and Odessa because of the sanctions imposed by Ukraine, as reported by Interfax."Yandex.is included on the sanctions list and in fact is unable to conduct business in Ukraine. In particular, all accounts of the company are frozen so we cannot pay salaries to our employees. Therefore we decided to close offices in Kyiv and Odessa," the representative of the company, Ochir Mandzhikov said. He noted that the staff will be offered positions in other …