• Media: Two Russian spies were detained and deported from Netherlands

    NRC Handelsblad and the Swiss media outlet Tages-Anzeiger report that two Russian spies were detained in the Netherlands at the beginning of the year. They were attempting to obtain data from a radiological and chemical-radiological analysis laboratory that participated in the investigation of chemical attacks in Syria and the Skripal poisoning in Salisbury, London.

    The Russians tried to get into the laboratory in the Swiss city of Spiez. The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service confirmed that …

  • US prepares new round of sanctions against Russia

    The United States is developing a second, more severe package of sanctions against the Russian Federation for November in response to the poisoning incident in Salisbury, said the State Department’s representative, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Manisha Singh. “We plan to impose a very severe second round of sanctions under the [chemical and biological weapons] law.”

    According to Singh, the package will include “banking sanctions and prohibition on procurement  …

  • Ukraine prepares collective lawsuit against Russia because of detention of ships in the Sea of Azov

    Ukraine is working to ensure that other countries, whose vessels Russian border guards detained in the Sea of Azov, joined the lawsuit against Russia, said the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Pavlo Klimkin in a commentary to the Current Time television channel on September 14 during the 15th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv.

    "What we are currently doing in the framework of our legal suits, as part of the consolidation of our partners, is collectively act within the …

  • Poroshenko: We know whom Kremlin wants to see in the second round of the elections in Ukraine

    During the speech at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) meeting in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that he knows whom the Russian Federation wants to see in the second round of Ukraine’s presidential elections.

    “In 4 years we have restored not only the army but also the intelligence. We have an accurate picture of the Kremlin's plans. We know whom they want to see in the second round, and thank God, my name is not there, “said Poroshenko.

    He added that Ukraine's future "in a …

  • Germany calls on Russia to influence Assad

    On Friday, September 14th, at a press conference following talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Russia to stop Bashar Assad from conducting a large-scale military operation in the Syrian province of Idlib.

    “The situation in Idlib is so sensitive that we want to do everything possible to prevent a large-scale attack, to avoid thousands of casualties among the civilian population,” said the German foreign minister. He also …

  • Judge who presides over Maidan cases attacked in Kyiv

    In the evening of September 14, Svyatoshynsky District Court judge Sergey Dyachuk, who presides over the cases of murders at Maidan (Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity) from February 18 to 20, 2014, was attacked in Kyiv.

    The police was not able to detain the attacker. The judge was taken to a hospital in Kyiv.

    The judge was attacked near his house. According to the judge, “the attempt is connected with his professional activities. This is evidenced by threats of reprisal and statements that …

  • Merkel speaks against easing Russian sanctions

    At a meeting with the heads of governments of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in Vilnius, the Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel opposed mitigation of sanctions against Russia.

     While there is no significant progress in implementing the Minsk agreements, we cannot talk about lifting sanctions, Merkel said.

     According to the head of the German government, “there is no significant progress in the Minsk process.” “Peace and restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine are very …

  • Malaysia complains about problems with Russian Su-30 fighters

    Malaysia, which has purchased Russian Su-30MKM fighters for its Royal Air Force, is complaining of a number of issues that have emerged with the planes. For example, the aircraft are difficult to service, and it is more difficult to send them to Russia for servicing than it would be for aircraft purchased from the US. With Russia, cooperation between manufacturer and client has been hampered by bureaucratic delays, a high-ranking official familiar with the situation in the Royal Malaysian Air …

  • Ukraine promises to ‘never supply’ water to Crimea

    Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that Kyiv will never deliver water to the territory of Crimea, despite the air pollution situation in the north of the peninsula, reports UNIAN.

    In his opinion, Russia is trying to use the harmful substances release situation at the Crimean Titan plant in order to "promote" the issue of water supply to the region. "However, we must avoid looking into this issue presented in such a humanitarian wrapper rather than from the point of view of …

  • Denmark considers selling three warships to Ukraine

    The Danish government may sell three minesweepers to Ukraine, as stated in the publication of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on weapons export, reported the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

    The Ukrainian Defense Ministry noted that the ships will cost €102 million.

    “Most likely, the report is about anti-mine ships based on the modernized project of Standard Flex 300– Standard Flex 300 MCM, of which four units were build – Havkatten (P552), Laxen ( …