A number of employees that were part of the organizing committee of Eurovision 2017 of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine, responsible for the preparation and holding of the song contest in Kyiv said that they stopped their work on the project, Deutsche Welle reported.

In a statement posted on Facebook on Monday, February 13, team members explained that their decision was a result of the new head of the competition in Ukraine blocking their work. The document was signed by 21 …

Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia with the World Trade Organisation due to the restrictions on the transit of Ukrainian goods.

This was reported on the website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

“On the 9th of February, Ukraine filed a request with the WTO to create a group of experts on the matter of the numerous restrictions on transit from Ukrainian territory through Russian territory and also that of other countries: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan” the report …

Two U.S military aircraft performed reconnaissance flights near the Russian border in the southern Baltic and near the Crimea, Interfax reported with a reference to Western websites that track the movement of military aircraft.

It is reported that an RC-135W strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the U.S. Air Force that took off from Mildenhall airbase in the United Kingdom circled along the southern border of the Kaliningrad region, in Polish airspace. In addition, a U.S. spy satellite flew …

According to Le Parisien, French Presidential Candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team is concerned that their candidate has become the target of fake news and misinformation by the Russian Federation, which is interfering with their election campaign."Today we have to look at the facts. The main mass media of Russia, Russia Today and Sputnik, which are state-operated, have been disseminating false information [about Macron]. Then, the news is being repeated and quoted and it affects our …

The Investigative Committee of Russia stated that it had received “irrefutable evidence that the Armed Forces of Ukraine used weapons of mass destruction” in the Donbas.

“Within the framework of a criminal investigation of the developments in southeastern Ukraine, undeniable evidence has been received and procedurally documented that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have used weapons of mass destruction, namely “Tochka-U” tactical missile systems, against the civilian population during the armed …

The Russian Ministry of Defense has deployed a military police battalion to Syria from Ingushetia, the head of the Republic, Yunus-bek Yevkurov, stated, RIA Novosti reported.

The battalion will ensure the safety of the Russian air wing and the Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, Yevkurov said.

“We have sent to Syria a military police battalion, whose numbers include citizens from the Republic, for work in those settlements and cities where the separate sides signed a …

On the 12th of February, the Minister of Defense of Serbia, Zoran Đorđević, stated that Belgrade will soon receive a batch of Russian military aircraft. According to him, six Russian MiG-29 fighter jets will arrive in Serbia in the near future. The Russian Federation will also send its experts to modernize the Serbian Air Forces, whose aircrafts were mostly purchased from the reserves of the Russian Air Force.

“The MiG-29 fighter jets will be equipped with modern weapons, radars, optics, and …

Kyiv is confident it will win the dispute with Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), as stated by the Ukrainian Commissioner for the EHCR, Ivan Lishchyna, channel ZIK reported.

"In order to win, you need to work. And the interstate disputes team works almost around the clock. Our task is to win, and we will win in this dispute", he said.

At the same time, Lishchyna stressed that the EHCR has no solutions regarding Ukraine's relationship with Russia in Eastern Ukraine. "The …