On Tuesday, 7 February, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, signed a law that decriminalizes domestic violence. The Federal law "on amendments to Article 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation" excludes criminal responsibility for "beatings or other violent acts causing physical pain, but without causing damage to health against family members," the website of the Administration of the Russian President says. Beatings of persons (spouses, parents, children, …

The Polish Foreign Ministry asked the Russian Federation which investigative actions over the past year have led to Russia’s refusal to return the debris of flight Tu-154 that crashed in 2010 near Smolensk, as was stated by Polish Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, on the air of the radio RMF FM, according to the statement by the Polish Foreign Ministry.  

According to him, over the last year, the Polish Government has tried to get the debris from the aircraft from Russia by "normal and …

On Tuesday, February 7th, a strategic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the U.S. Air Force RQ-4A Global Hawk with the call sign UAVGH000 conducted another reconnaissance flight along the demarcation line in the Donbas, as stated by Western websites that track the movement of military aircraft.

According to their data, the drone was flying from the north to the south along the boundery line of Ukraine with the so-called DPR and LPR, but without crossing it. The reconnaissance vehicle was flying …

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, ordered a sudden inspection of the Russian Aerospace Forces which began on Tuesday, February 7th. This was announced by the Russian Defense Minister General, Sergey Shoygu.

"Today, in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to assess the readiness of the military command bodies and of the armed forces to carry out combat training tasks, snap inspections of the Aerospace Forces have begun," Shoygu said.

According …

There was a negative reaction in Ukraine to the opinion which German Ambassador to Ukraine Ernst Reichel expressed in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, saying that elections could take place in the parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts not controlled by Ukraine even with the Russian army present there. This coincided with the reception at the embassy in celebration of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Germany and Ukraine. During the reception, with journalists present, the …

Russian businessmen continue to make millions off of Ukrainians in Kyiv. Afterwards, they invest this money in the war in the Donbas, according to an investigation by Groshi (“Money”) TV program of 1+1 TV Channel. Russian oligarch Igor Rotenberg purchased 46% of the shares of Tula Arms Plant, one of the largest weapons manufacturers in the Russian Federation. Separatists of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics use Tula Arms munitions to wage war in Donbas.

Rotenberg profits from one of …

According to the Ministry of Defense of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, field commander and leader of the Somalia battalion, Mikhail Tolstykh, known by the call sign ‘Givi,’ was killed by an explosion in his office on Wednesday morning. There were reportedly two other people in his office at the time of explosion, both of whom were killed. Subsequently, reports emerged that RPO-A Shmel flamethrower was used in the killing.

The Ministry of Defense of the so-called DPR accused Ukraine …

The Ambassador of Ukraine to Azerbaijan, Alexander Mishchenko, stated that Ukraine and Azerbaijan agreed to disallow the import of goods from the Donbas and Nagorno-Karabakh without formal approval, Nova Epoha reported.

“During the visit of Petro Poroshenko to Baku, the Presidents of both countries gave instructions to the Heads of customs agencies of Ukraine and Azerbaijan to meet and discuss the issue of passage of goods imported from the occupied territories of both countries,” Mishchenko …