At the checkpoint near Volnovakha, Ukrainian policemen of the Donetsk region detained the so-called Major General of the separatists, who led the Cossack regiment of the self-proclaimed DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), reported the press service of the main directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in the Donetsk region.

The detainee was a 66-year-old man carrying a certificate of the chieftain of the DPR and a permit for carrying Cossack weapons, namely sabers, daggers and whips.

"It was …

Dmitry Peskov, press secretary for the Russian President stated that Russia's patience is running out regarding Washington's delay in resolving the situation surrounding seized Russian diplomatic property, in response to the question as to whether a reciprocal response would be expected before the meeting of the Russian and US presidents, or after.

He also noted that the question of when the reciprocal measures can be applied is up to the Foreign Ministry.

"As for the response, we talked …

Interfax-Ukraine, citing a source in diplomatic circles, reports that the adoption of a joint statement on the results of the Ukraine-EU summit, which will be held in Kyiv on July 12-13, is at risk of breakdown due to the position of the Netherlands. "The reason for this was the blocking by the Netherlands of a possible capturing in the joint statement of the provision on recognition by the European Union of Ukraine's European aspirations " the source said.

According to him, this position is …

On the evening of July 1st, at one of the checkpoints on the border of Ukraine and Russia, a Russian family asked for refugee status in Ukraine, according to a press report from the State Border Service of Ukraine.

It is reported that while passing through border control, a 32-year-old Russian citizen and his 33-year-old wife, also a Russian citizen, spoke to employees of the State Border Service of Ukraine and applied for refugee status. They came from a neighboring country, on foot, and with …

Damascus has threatened Washington with a "retaliatory strike by its allies" if the US attacks Syria again, reported the FARS agency, citing Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad.

"We would not be surprised if the United States launched new attacks against Syria," Mekdad said, and warned that the Americans should know that "the response of Syria and its allies will not be the same as after the first act of aggression on April 7 on Syria's Shayrat Air Force base following the alleged  …