During the Normandy Format talks in Minsk in February 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to “crush” the Ukrainian troops. This is mentioned in a memoir by former French president François Hollande titled “Lessons of Power”.

“Poroshenko and Putin constantly raised their voices with each other. The Russian president was so worked up, that he started threatening to decisively crush his counterpart’s forces. This showed that there are Russian troops in eastern Ukraine. Putin …

The demand among Russians for property in European offshore havens with the consequent acquisition of citizenship is growing, finanz.ru reports.

Between January and August 2018, the number of applications by Russian citizens to purchase residential and commercial property in order to acquire Maltese or Cypriot citizenship rose by 40%, according to the consulting company Knight Frank.

Cyprus’s passport program requires applicants to invest at least €2 million in the economy, of which €500,000 …

Successor to Zakharchenko has been quickly chosen in Donetsk. Dmitry Trapeznikov, who until now has been deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the DPR became the head of the DPR, as announced at an emergency briefing in the press center of the Donetsk news agency.

The Chairman of the National Council of DPR, Denis Pushilin presented Trapeznikov to journalists. Trapeznikov read a statement after Pushilin’s presentation.

"The Territorial Defense command has made a decision. In …

In addition to the leader of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, there are 11 injured and killed people in the explosion in the restaurant Separ in Donetsk, , including the head of the youth movement "the stronghold of the Donbass" Natalia Volkova, Russian Interfax news agency reports. She received severe burns and was taken to Donetsk Trauma Center.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee of Russia, which began investigation into the murder of the DPR Leader, reported that in the the explosion that …

Ukraine started negotiations with the Canadian Delegation on extending the UNIFIER operation training mission, said Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

"The UNIFIER mission started in 2015, was extended in 2017 and now it's officially set to continue up to March 31, 2019. We started working with the Canadian government on the extension of the period of the stay of this mission in Ukraine and I think we have good chances,” the Ambassador said. …

The leader of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has been killed in Donetsk.

 According to the media reports, Zakharchenko was killed by an explosion during his visit to the restaurant Separ in the center of Donetsk.

 The information about Zakharchenko's death has been confirmed by Russian Interfax news agency.

According to Interfax, the head of the DPR Ministry of Finance, Alexander Timofeev, was also wounded in the explosion.

The death of the DPR leader was confirmed by the " …

The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine expects the Cabinet of Ministers to approve the information reintegration strategy of the Crimea by November, stated the Deputy Minister of the Information Policy, Emine Dzhaparova at a press briefing.

“Crimea will be on our agenda soon. A month or two are required to make the decision and then it will also be adopted by the government. In the end, we will work on the plan,” Dzhaparova said.

The Deputy Minister emphasized that the reintegration …

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is preparing to sign the Agreement between NATO and the Ukrainian Government on the creation of the NATO Trust Fund on explosive ordnance disposal and countering improvised explosive devices. The Cabinet of Ministers has already agreed to the project.

"Yesterday, we decided on Ukraine’s signing the Agreement. We have only to sign it with NATO,” Maxim Komissarov, the head of the Department of Ecological Safety and Mine Action of the Ministry of Defense of …