U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland and Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov discussed the Ukrainian question in Moscow. According to the U.S. Embassy, the talks were mainly dedicated to security issues in the Donbas. "The discussions were very detailed, thorough and constructive".

"Negotiators focused on the subject of maintaining security in the framework of the Minsk Agreements, implementation of the ceasefire, withdrawal of the heavy weaponry and ensuring an unimpeded …

The Chairman of Belarus' State Security Committee (KGB), Valery Vakulchik, stated that the KGB is investigating the activities of 138 Belarusian citizens who are thought to have been combatants in Ukraine's eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.

He specified that there are people who are believed to be involved in the conflict in the Donbas and are fighting alongside both Ukrainian military forces and separatists of the self-proclaimed Republics.

According to Vakulchik, they will be charged …

On Friday, the Armed Forces of Lithuania received two 155 mm self-propelled PzH2000 (Panzerhaubitze 2000) howitzers from the German Bundeswehr, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported, citing a statement issued by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense.

“Lithuanian soldiers will soon start training to master the newly received advanced and particularly capable equipment and the first shots are expected to be fired within several months at Exercise Flaming Thunder,” the statement read.

The delivery of the …

US Secretary of State John Kerry stated that the UK’s decision to leave the European Union will not affect the overall common agenda that the US shares in Europe on the issue of Ukraine, according to a press release issued by the State Department.

Following a phone conversation with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Kerry stated “the British are in no way departing from the principles and values that undergird the Transatlantic Partnership or from the important role the U.K. plays in …

Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Defense and ex-commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Komoedov, confirmed Russia’s plans to deploy nuclear-capable Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad, Interfax reported.

"Kaliningrad is our advanced outpost on the western borders, the main base of the Baltic Fleet, which is surrounded by NATO countries on all sides. This is a special area and we must continue to strengthen the air component, [and] increase the amount of modern …

Italy may delay the extension of sanctions against Russia, which had been previously approved by EU ambassadors, wrote Brussels Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak, on Twitter.

According to him, the reason for the delay is Italy’s desire to include a clause allowing the relationship with Russia to be reconsidered later this year into the EU ruling on continued sanctions.

It should be noted that earlier, Wall Street Journal reporter Laurence Norman also wrote about the possibility that …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine demands that the Russian Federation cease provocations against observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM). Russia must also guarantee their access to all occupied territory of separate areas of Donetsk and Lugansk.“We demand that Russia implement its obligations within the Minsk Agreements, that they immediately cease provocations against OSCE observers and that they guarantee full, safe and unhindered access to all occupied territory of …

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine has summoned the prosecutor of Russian-controlled Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, the head of the Russian government of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, and other representatives of the current Crimean government for questioning.

The relevant notices were published in the newspaper of the Ukrainian government, the Uryadovy Courier. According to the subpoenas, the interrogation is scheduled for the 29th of June.

The subpoenas also ordered them to appear before …