Ukrainian MP and official delegate to the Parliamentary Council of Europe Nadiya Savchenko expects that Ukraine will move in the same direction as Europe, UNIAN reported.

"First of all, I returned, and I just started to work. That’s my job.  On the other hand, I expect movement in the same direction as Europe; agreements, understanding and clear action,” Savchenko said before the PACE session in Strasbourg.

Savchenko was held in a Russian prison for nearly two years, and on May 25th was freed …

The Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Administration, Sergei Ivanov, said that the deployment of rotational NATO battalions close to Russia's borders is a violation of the agreement between NATO and the Russian Federation.

"It makes no difference whether a unit is permanent or it changes, say, every six months. For example, first there were Spaniards and then Portuguese arrived in their stead. In fact they came the day after the Spaniards left so combat readiness does not change. If …

Ukraine insists that the OSCE is given control over the contact line in eastern Ukraine as well as the sites of the withdrawal of weaponry and the stretch of the Ukrainian border which is currently not under Kiev's control.

However, the Russian side agrees to allow the armed OSCE observers only on the contact line in eastern Ukraine, stated the Ukrainian representative in the political subgroup in Minsk, Evgeny Marchuk, in his interview with the Ukrainian Hromadske.TV.

According to Marchuk …

Moldova's neutrality is an illusion and this has a negative impact on security, the Defense Minister of Moldova, Anatol Şalaru said on Friday, June 17th. According to him, neutrality is bad for Moldova, which should take care of its safety, given the challenges that exist in the region.

"While Russian Forces are illegally located in Moldova, we cannot speak of neutrality. The neutrality of Moldova is an imaginary notion that is promoted by socialists paid by the KGB of Transnistria," Şalaru …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will travel to France to meet with his French counterpart François Hollande, where the two leaders plan to discuss bilateral relations, sanctions against Russia, ending the war in the Donbas, and restoring the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, Ukrinform reported citing diplomatic sources.

Poroshenko will meet with Hollande on Tuesday, June 21st.

The Ukrainian President is also scheduled to meet with the Chairmen of both chambers of the …

On Saturday, three Ukrainian soldiers were killed in action and one was injured in the Donbas region, RBC-Ukraine reported.

Alexander Motuzyanik, the head of the press center staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the conflict zone, said that the casualties occurred in the course of two separate incidents.

"Over the past day three Ukrainian soldiers were killed. One soldier received fatal injuries during the shelling of positions near Talakovki. Two defenders were killed by an enemy mine …

A Russian Marine from the Kaliningrad region, Andrey Timoshenkov, has been killed in action in Syria, bringing the official number of Russian soldiers killed in Syria to eleven, Korrespondent.net reported.

The Russian Defense Ministry made the announcement on Sunday, though the soldier was killed on Thursday.

According to authorities, the sergeant was killed by a suicide car bomb. Timoshenkov reportedly opened fire on the car as it tried to reach a humanitarian aid distribution point. The …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko believes that representatives of the Vatican could join the negotiations on the release of illegally detained Ukrainians. He discussed this issue with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

"We have agreed to coordinate our actions on the involvement of the Holy See in the humanitarian missions to free the hostages," Poroshenko said during a joint briefing with Parolin in Kyiv on Friday. Poroshenko also asked the Vatican to assist in …