On Tuesday, May 2, President Petro Poroshenko held a telephone conversation with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the 69th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel.

According to his press service, Poroshenko and Netanyahu confirmed their readiness to intensify bilateral cooperation in various fields and discussed issues of cooperation within the framework of international organizations.

"The parties expressed hope for the success of Prime Minister Volodymyr …

On Tuesday, May 2nd, the Constitutional Court of Moldova recognized the stay of Russian soldiers in the Transnistrian region of the republic as unconstitutional.

The court emphasized that Moldova is a neutral country, and the principle of neutrality does not contradict its constitution and legislation. At the same time, the judges noted that "about 11% of Moldova’s territory has been occupied and the Russian army has not withdrawn from the Transnistrian region."

The Constitutional Court also …

Representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic are already visiting Ukrainian prisons to verify convicts and detainees held there for crimes against Ukraine, as reported by Hromadske TV, citing sources in the Ukrainian government.

According to the media, the process of verifying convicts and detainees from the self-proclaimed DPR who are being held in prison for crimes against Ukraine is already under way, and representatives of the "republic" have already visited several …

Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych sent an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights or ECHR claiming "the violation of his right to participate in court hearings in the case, where he is accused by the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office of state treason." This was announced by Yanukovych's lawyer, Vitaly Serdyuk on Espresso TV.

"Viktor Yanukovych has already signed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights, which refers to the violation of the right for access to justice, …

The World Bank has decided to issue a loan of $ 150 million to Ukraine, as reported by TASS citing informed sources in the organization.

As noted, the money was provided to the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine under the sovereign guarantees of Kyiv. The purpose of this project, as noted by Ukreximbank, is to expand the access to long-term financing for "export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises."

Earlier, the project was planned to be approved without consideration, under a …

Three Ukrainian soldiers died in the vicinity of the Svitlodarsk salient in eastern Ukraine, rescuing the wounded friend, reported the Headquarters of the Ukrainian Military Command.

"Three of our guys, while rescuing their wounded friend, died heroically at the Svitlodarsk salient. One of them, while being injured, in order to avoid being captured and in trying to destroy the enemy was trying to detonate a hand grenade. However, he was unable to carry out his plan. He died on the spot from …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that dozens of tons of chemical weapons remain in Syria. He discussed this in an interview with Channel 9.

"Syria still has chemical weapons; albeit a small percentage of its former arsenal, but it's still tens of tons," Netanyahu said.

According to Netanyahu, the world community committed to eliminate chemical weapons on Syrian territory, but this did not happen. He added that "this must be done."

The Israeli prime minister noted that "if …

Russian military adviser Lieutenant-Colonel Alexey Buchelnikov was killed in Syria as a result of sniper fire by militants.  This was reported on Tuesday, May 2nd, by the Ministry of Defense of Russia, according to Interfax.

“Alexey Buchelnikov was in Syria as part of a group of Russian military advisers who are training Syrian artillery unit personnel," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

During a session on combat training, the Syrian unit came under fire from snipers. Buchelnikov will be …