Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin condemned the provocation directed at the Polish bus outside of Lviv, and suggested that someone is trying desperately to disrupt Polish President Andrzej Duda’s visit.

“I strongly condemn the provocation directed at the Polish bus which was parking outside of Lviv. There were no casualties! Someone is desperately trying to cause a quarrel between us and Poland, and disrupt President A. Duda’s visit,” Klimkin said in a tweet.

Klimkin was referring to …

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s Facebook comment that Moscow appropriated victory over the terrorists of the Islamic State.

"The Western partners have been making statements for the last few days that it is not Russia, but they, the coalition, who defeated the ISIL in Syria. The last to do this was the French Foreign Minister, Mr. Le Drian," she wrote.

According to Zakharova, the US-led coalition decided to take …

Ukraine intends to raise the issue of Hungary’s fulfilling its obligations at the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission, which will be held at the ambassadorial level on December 14 in Brussels, Belgium, as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. 

“We plan to draw the attention of NATO member states to the need for Hungary to comply with its obligations to NATO during the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission at the ambassadorial level on December 14, 2017 in Brussels,” the …

Ukraine needs Poland, but Poland will manage without Ukraine, stated the head of the cabinet of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Jan Parys, reports RMF24.

“I would like to say clearly that a strong and independent Ukraine is important for Poland, but it’s not true that the existence of Ukraine is a necessary condition for the existence of a free Poland,” he said.

“After the withdrawal of Britain from the EU, Poland will be the fifth state in the EU. Poland is part of NATO, it is the …

Cyprus, the Netherlands and Russia were ranked among the top three leaders on direct investments in Ukraine's economy, as reported by Inna Meteleva, the Director of the Charterhouse Corporate Partners investment group in Ukraine, UBR.ua reports.

"According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, in 2016, direct investments from Cyprus into the Ukrainian economy amounted to $9.69 billion. $4.35 billion came from the Russian Federation and $5.75 billion came from the Netherlands, which makes …

Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andriy Parubiy stated that no amendments would be added to “The Language of Education,” which is Section 7 of the law on education.

Speaking at a conference on the Day of Local Self-Government in the Lviv region, Parubiy said that he had a conversation with representatives of the Venice Commission. On the parliament’s website, the Chairman was quoted as saying that “it was agreed that the seventh article of the law ‘On Education’ would not be changed.”

On September 5, …

The deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Ryabkov said that if the US adopts new sanctions "in the context of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces [INF] Treaty" the meeting of the Special control commission on this agreement might not happen. His statement was published on the official website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"As for the attempts to frighten us with sanctions again, they are simply ridiculous," Ryabkov said. He noted that pressure on Russia in the …

During the program "Fakty po Faktach" on Polish TV channel TVN24, European Council President Donald Tusk has said that there is no security for Poland if it is in conflict with Ukraine, reports Wiadomosci.dziennik.pl.

According to Tusk, there is no European Poland without independent courts, completely free media, respect for the law and liberal democracy.

"There is no security for Poland if it is in conflict with Ukraine," he added.

In his opinion, Poland should not be a "self-proclaimed …