Ukrainan Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko stated that the Russian aggression against Ukraine today is already a legally proven fact and is the main cause of the loss of the Crimea and the southern Donbas.

He said this at the session of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defence on Friday, reporting on the results of the investigation of Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine.

"The experts’ conclusion is that the only causal fact resulting in the loss of territorial …

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are ready to transition to Euro-Atlantic principles and standards, said Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Chernobay, a spokesperson from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, at a briefing on Friday.

“Last year fifteen combat brigades, two regiments and four battalions, as well as one brigade, six regiments and eleven battalions of operational, combat, logistics and technical support, were created,” he said.

According to him, the additional combat units allowed the Armed Forces …

 Russia may pose a threat to Finland in the political, economic and military spheres, as the last report of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) reads.

“The Finnish authorities should realize that Russia may use its economic ties to create a conflict. Moscow’s policy towards Helsinki may be very aggressive and most issues may be politicized and used to increase tensions,” Yle reports.

As a result, experts call on Finland to reconsider its diplomatic relations with Moscow and …

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko stated that Russia is going to increase its presence in the Donbas and establish their "third Army Corps."

"Russia is going to transfer more soldiers to the Donbas. The Russian Ministry of Defense is preparing to increase the number of troops by one third in eastern Ukraine within the framework of its long-term plan to destroy Ukraine. We are not talking about weak and uncontrolled groups of separatists. There is a …

The leader of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, threatened to attack Kiev, as reported by the separatist Donetsk News Agency website.

Zakharchenko asserts that at the forefront of the Donbas, Ukraine has divisions that allow it to "start the offensive." He was not able to give the approximate dates when Ukraine "will start the offensive," but stated that the separatists "are ready for this and have been waiting for it for several months already."

"The military …

On September 1st, a patrol aircraft of the Ukrainian State Border Service identified the Russian FSB Coast Guard patrol ship Izumrud in the Black Sea. The Russian ship was noted in Karkinitsky Bay about 10 miles from the southern part of Dzharylgach Island, as reported on September 2nd at a briefing by a representative of the State Border Guard service, Oleh Slobodian.

“A tactical group comprising of the ship Podilia and motor boat Zlatokrai of the Maritime border guard went to this area …

State Corporation Rostec proposed to implement the Yarovaya package, related to the digital storage of Russian data, at the expense of the Russian Pension Fund. Russian telecommunication operators would see a return on their invested funds in five years.

The Minister of Industry and Trade suggested to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in response to his order, that he entrust the implementation of the law regarding the storage of Russian telephone conversations and emails to the National …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is convinced that granting autonomy to the Donbas may lead to the federalization of Ukraine and to its weakening and separation, and that “this is what Russia strives for.”

Providing autonomy to the part of the Donbas uncontrolled by Kiev is unacceptable for Ukraine because the Russian protectorate over this territory will be legitimized as a result, Pavlo Klimkin stated on Thursday, September 1 in an interview with Deutsche Welle.

“If we grant …