The Ukrainian Armed Forces are gradually moving deeper into the uncontrolled territory of the Donbas, driving separatists out of the so-called “gray zone.”, as reported by the Deputy Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons, George Tuka, in an interview with the site 112 Ukraine TV channel.

He stressed that the territories occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces belong to Ukraine in accordance with the Minsk agreements.

“We talking are about the …

Yandex has decided to close its offices in Kyiv and Odessa because of the sanctions imposed by Ukraine, as reported by Interfax."Yandex.is included on the sanctions list and in fact is unable to conduct business in Ukraine. In particular, all accounts of the company are frozen so we cannot pay salaries to our employees. Therefore we decided to close offices in Kyiv and Odessa," the representative of the company, Ochir Mandzhikov said. He noted that the staff will be offered positions in other …

An anti-corruption initiative of the European Union (EUACI) was launched in Ukraine. It has a total budget of 15.84 million euros and is designed to work for three years.

The launch of “the most ambitious, anti-corruption initiative" was announced by the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy, Johannes Hahn on Thursday, June 1 in Kyiv.

Ukrainian anti-corruption bodies will be provided with expert and IT support. A consultative council composed of international …

The Deputy Head of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation, Gleb Pokatovich, was detained at the Chisinau airport and deported from Moldova as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the unrecognized Transnistrian Republic.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pokatovich arrived in Chisinau as part of an intergovernmental cooperation agreement between Transnistria and Russia for financial and economic audit purposes. He arrived in …

Russian Ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko said in Brussels on June 1 that Moscow is concerned by the North Atlantic Alliance deploying forces in the Baltic states and in Poland. He noted that Russia will respond to these actions.

“NATO is creating a new situation in military security which we cannot ignore, thus we must think how to use our own military resources,” Grushko said.

He did not specify which measures Russia might take, saying only that “NATO’s movements will not remain without …