The US's Permanent Representative to the UN, Samantha Power, has assured that the attitude of her country against Russian aggression in Ukraine will not be exchanged for progress in resolving the issue in Syria. She stated this in an interview with Ukrainian TV channel "112", as reported by Interfax-Ukraine.

"One thing I can definitely assure – we really want to work with Russia constructively on Syria... This was the course that we took in Syria, but this in no way implies, and I know that …

On Saturday, the first monument dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers who died during the hostilities in the Donbas region was unveiled in the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The opening ceremony was attended by the city residents, combatants with their families and authorities.

As reported by the City Council of Kryvyi Rih, the demobilized fighters, relatives of military victims and volunteers initiated a monument to be built for the soldiers in the city.

The sketch of the monument …

The main contenders for the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine are Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko and Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Groisman, as stated by the head of the presidential administration, Borys Lozhkin, in an interview with Ukrainian radio station Vesti.

Lozhkin mentioned that he cannot yet say which of the two contenders will be supported by the parliamentary factions. He acknowledged that many in the Rada do not support the idea of a completely technocratic government, which …

Early parliamentary elections were held on Sunday in Kazakhstan, resulting in to a clear victory of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s ruling party with 81 percent of the votes. The Central Election Commission stated that voters were particularly active this year, with no less than 77 percent of eligible citizens participating.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, on December 1991, no elections in Kazakhstan have been recognized as “fair” and “free” by Western countries or international …

At the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, said that human rights that contradict the bible are “heresy”.

"Today we are [dealing with] a global heresy of worshipping the human, the new idolatry that removes God from human life. Nothing like that had even happened on a global scale before. It is specifically at overcoming this present day's heresy, the consequences of which can become apocalyptic, that the church must aim the …

According to the press center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukrainian servicemen were fired on 32 times by pro-Russian separatists on Saturday, as reported by Krym.Realii.

“After the work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine and its travel to the permanent bases, Russian mercenaries increased their combat activities after 17:00 and continued to attack ATO [Ukrainian Armed Forces] positions. Nearly 32 shooting attacks were recorded, 31 of which were near Donetsk,” the press center …

According to the head of the Main Operations Directorate of the Armed Forces of Russia, Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy, Russia reserves the right to use military force against those who violate the ceasefire in Syria, as published on the Russian Ministry of Defense’s website on Monday, March 21st.

"Military force will be applied only after receiving credible evidence of systematic violations by armed groups of the commitments made in the framework of the Joint US-Russian statement on the …

Ukrainian MP and head of the Center for Military and Political Research, Dmitry Tymchuk, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would be able to free the Donbas from pro-Russian separatists in two weeks.

"The Ukrainian army is a real force, which, if not in a few days, then in a couple of weeks, would be able to free the Donbass. The militants only hope is Russia, that Putin will send in troops," Tymchuk said during the broadcast of the talk show "The Right to Rule" on the 1 + 1 TV channel. …