Ukraine needs more defensive and high-tech weapons, as well as significant cooperation with the US and NATO, stated Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin in an interview with ZN.ua news web site.

“We definitely need it. I have always said I do not like this division, between lethal and non-lethal. There is a clear concept of defensive weapons. We need it," Klimkin said, stressing that "we definitely need more high-tech weapons. “

Replying to the question of whether it was …

The matter of the liberation of the Crimea and the libaration of the Donbas must not be separated from each other; a single formula for recovering the territorial integrity of Ukraine is needed, as stated by MP Refat Chubarov, Leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, while speaking at the international forum “Crimea under occupation: consequences for Ukraine and the world”.

“Unfortunately, another direction has been imposed on us, and we – I mean Ukraine – have gone in this direction: …

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin told ZN.UA during an interview that currently, various options for future meetings between the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, and U.S. President Donald Trump are under discussion.

"We are considering various options now. I cannot say any more." Klimkin said.

The Foreign Minister said that his department will also select the dates of the meetings with new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and several other representatives of the …

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has approved an information security doctrine, whose main goal is "opposition to Russian influence." The new doctrine was reported via the website of the Ukrainian president's administration.

"The need for the doctrine is due to the occurrence of actual threats in the sphere of information to the national security of Ukraine, and the need to develop strategies to protect against cyber attacks during the free and globalized circulation of information," …

Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Roman Washchuk said that the annexation of the Crimea threatens the territorial world order. Washchuk made the assertion at the international forum "The Crimea under occupation: consequences for Ukraine and the world,” as reported by Krym.Realii.

"We've learned from history. Twice, the violation of international laws in the 20th century had led to world wars, in which both Canada and Ukraine fought. The illegal annexation of the Crimea is a step towards the …

The Ukrainian Volunteer Army, formerly known as the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps Right Sector with no official affiliation with the Ukrainian military, captured the Donetsk filtration plant, which supplies drinking water to cities and towns located on both sides of the demarcation line.

Donetsk separatists were the first to break the news. "Tonight the Ukrainian side, in violation of all agreements and commitments, captured the Donetsk filtration plant to use as a launch point for their attacks. …

Linas Linkevičius, head of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, said that the country considers the constant presence of American troops in their territory necessary, and that this request has already been expressed to the US authorities.

“We are advocating the constant presence of American troops, on account of the fact that our own possibilities are extremely limited,” Linkevičius stated, as cited by Delfi.

He also added that he made this request to the US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) made a statement that Russia is financing the self-proclaimed LPR (Luhasnk Peple's Republic) and DPR (Donetsk People's Republic), and that the extent of the aid is calculated to be billions of rubles.

So far the SBU has inspected channels of such financing within a number of previously opened criminal proceedings. According to authorities, the LNR alone is anticipating revenues of more than 11 billion rubles ($190 mln USD) in the first quarter of 2017, …