The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on August 6 that a military equipment convoy from the Russian Armed Forces – tanks, armored combat vehicles, artillery mounts and trucks – was moving through the Ukrainian border in the areas of Kuibysheve(in the Rostov region) and Marinovka (in the Donetsk region). In addition, a supply of weapons, military equipment, ammunition, oil and lubricants from the Russian Federation was recorded.

In particular, 10 …

Ukrainian border guards again reported sightings of Russian helicopters flying over the territory of the Crimea, according to the service’s website.

"Guards from the Berdyansk detachment on the administrative border recorded a flight of Russian Mi-8 helicopters over the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Cooperative units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already been informed," the website noted.

The day before, at administrative border with the …

According to witnesses, the Russian military has been increasing its presence in several areas in the annexed Crimea over the previous day. According to eye witness accounts, military roadblocks reinforced with armed soldiers have been established in the Razdonletsky district.

The soldiers are stopping and inspecting the passing traffic. Similar roadblocks are reportedly set up in Chernomorsky district. When asked about the reasons for the road checks the soldiers state the “breach of the …

The Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia, Mykola Kulinich, noted that the Australian Ministry of Defense and the Antarctic Division are interested in the possibility of using Antonov transport aircraft.

After the debut of the An-225 Mriya strategic airlift cargo aircraft, Australia showed a keen interest in establishing ties with the Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprise Antonov. In an interview with Ukrinform news, Ambassador Kulinich said that "We have already proceeded to the first concrete steps …

OSCE observers continue to detect the military equipment positioned in the residential areas in eastern Ukraine as stated by the by the Deputy Head of the Special OSCE monitoring mission in the Donbas, Alexander Hug. In particular the military equipment of the separatists was detected in Novohryhorivka and Debaltseve. The information on the locations of the equipment was gathered by the OSCE UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).

“Needless to say that where there are weapons there is violence,” said …

The leader of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnitsky, was wounded on Saturday as a result of the explosive device exploding near his car.

According to the report issued by OSCE SMM observers who visited the area shortly after, “the explosion had likely been caused by an improvised explosive device (assessed as approximately 1kg of high explosives) placed next to or in, a lamp post about two meters away from the vehicle, which was damaged and downed, at the side of the …

Three Russia ships were detected near Latvian territorial borders, as stated by the Latvian Armed Forces on Twitter.

“On August 6, three Russian ships, Boikiy Steregushchy-class corvette, Admiral Essen frigate of Admiral Grigorovich-class and Dimitrovrgrad tarantul class corvette, were detected in the Latvian exclusive economic zone about 9 nautical miles from the Latvian border," reads the statement of the Latvian Armed Forces. 

Relations between Moscow and the West have deteriorated …

The President of Ukraine has signed a law transforming the Chernobyl zone into a biosphere reserve. The new document defines the specifics of land-use and town-planning activities.

Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, a law was signed to transform the 30km zone around the emergency reactor. The document defines the specifics of land-use, special water-use, town-planning activities, air protection, mandatory resettlement of people to ecologically safe systems and the recovery of the …