• SBU: more than 500 Russians who fought in the Donbas have left for Syria

    The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has information on more than half a thousand citizens of Russia who, after participating in military operations in the Donbas, went on to fight in Syria, said department head Vasyl Hrytsak during a briefing.

    "I would like to draw your attention to the fact that this is not about the official Russian military contingent in Syria. These are mercenaries of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, under the guise of a private military company called ' …

  • SBU: Putin gave order to undermine situation in Ukraine

    The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vasyl Hrytsak, has reported details of new attempts by the Russian side to organize provocations in Kyiv.

    "Attempts to undermine Ukraine continue. According to operational information, at a closed meeting of the Russian leadership in May, Putin criticized his aide Surkov for the failure of an operation to destabilize the socio-political situation in Ukraine, and set a new task to achieve the so-called 'resetting' of the ruling regime in …

  • Republicans and Democrats in US Congress agree on broader sanctions against Russia

    Representatives of the US Congress announced on Saturday that a group of Republican and Democratic legislators of both chambers had reached an agreement on new sanctions against the Russian regime.

    According to CNN and the Associated Press, this is a new, much broader package of measures designed to deter Moscow from secret interference in the US electoral system, as well as a US reaction to the continued activity of the Russian government in military conflicts in Ukraine and Syria

    The second- …

  • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine calls on Russia to stop armed provocations in the Donbas

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has issued a protest statement in response to the increase in Russia's military activity in the Donbas and intensive attacks by pro-Russian forces, including the use of tanks, self-propelled artillery systems, rocket artillery, and mortars, as indicated in a statement posted on the agency’s website on Friday evening.

    “We are especially concerned with the damage to an apartment building in the town of Krasnohorivka (Donetsk Oblast), as well as an …

  • Nearly 900 state-owned enterprises to be privatized in Ukraine

    Almost 900 state companies will be privatized in Ukraine before the end of 2020, including large banks, three film studios, Artemsil, and AeroSvit. The list was published by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

    “In 2017-2020, 893 out of 3,444 enterprises will be privatized,” according to the agency’s press release.

    Among the largest assets to be privatized are the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine PJSC, Oschadbank JSC, Privatbank PJSC, the State Export-Import …