Separatists have begun a new offensive on Ukrainian positions at Avdiivka industrial zone using 152 mm artillery and 120 mm mortars, as reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Military command on the Facebook page.

“At around 17:30 pm (Kyiv time) the occupiers began the offensive on our positions at Avdiivka industrial zone using 152 mm artillery and 120 mm mortars, “ the statement reads.

The Ukrainian military command also noted that ”in spite of the previously reached agreements to …

Canada is not ready to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, but is still a key partner in the Defense arena, as stated by the Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, Roman Waschuk, in his interview with UNIAN.

"The supply of lethal weapons is not considered at the moment. We are in the process of making a political decision on the next phase of Canadian-Ukrainian military and technical cooperation, in particular, military exercises, so I am not going to offer any theories. However, I would say that I …

Hacker attacks on nine email addresses belonging to state service employees have been recorded in Norway. According to law enforcement officials, the hacking attempts were made by hackers of the APT29 group allegedly related to Russian military and civil intelligence.

In particular, the email of Norwegian security employees, members of the Labor party, employees of the Foreign Ministry, and Military Academy employees were attacked.

A Representative of the police service of Norway, Martin …

During a telephone conversation with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, stressed the need to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine immediately, the European External Action Service reported.

"Mogherini and Lavrov discussed the escalation of violence in the east of Ukraine in detail. The High Representative – Vice-President of the European Commission stressed the need to stop the fighting …

The Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Alexander Hug, said that the aggravation of the situation in the Donbas region near Avdiivka was not spontaneous.

"This escalation did not happen spontaneously. Somewhere, certain people consciously decided to start it. Before it's completely out of control, before even more people are involved, more lives get lost, more homes are destroyed, before a real humanitarian and ecological catastrophe starts, these …

The head of the so-called ‘People’s Militia’ of the LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), Oleg Anashchenko, was killed in a car explosion in Luhansk.

His Toyota SUV exploded on Saturday morning in the center of Luhansk killing him and the driver of the car.

This was reported by the separatist media source citing the press service of the People’s Militia of the LPR.

“On February 4, at 7:70 am, on Krasnoznamennaya street, as a result of a terrorist act – car explosion- the head of the directorate …

The Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko, stated that, when submitting evidence to the International Court of Justice, Kyiv plans on highlighting the situation in Avdiivka as evidence of Russia's violation of international law, Krym.Realii reported.

“This is the first but important step in bringing Russia to justice for its violation of the UN Charter and international law,” Yelchenko stated.

Despite calls for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy …

Ukraine will resume a state sponsored defense program on the creation of a new corvette for the Navy. This was announced by Deputy Defense Minister Igor Pavlovsky, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

According to the Deputy Minister, in 2017, government funding for the ''Corvette'' program should amount to more than 1 billion hryvnia or $37 million.

According to Pavlovsky, currently the Defense Ministry is negotiating the re-assigning of the contract which was signed with the Chernomorsky Shipbuilding …