Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Sergiy Kyslytsya said at a meeting of the UN Security Council on July 19 that the main UN institutions should respond to conflicts in the world in a timely manner, aiming to localize them and prevent the growth of violence and human rights violations, Ukrinform reports.

Kyslytsya recalled that in 1994 the UN was unable to prevent the genocide in Rwanda. "In the issues of preventing conflicts and the increase of the number of human rights violations, …

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko wrote on Facebook that the Ukrainian and Georgian people will jointly fight for de-occupation of their territories.

"It's painful to look into the eyes of people who found themselves behind the barbed wire of the Russian occupation in friendly Georgia. It is important for me that people behind the line of demarcation in the Tskhinvali region feel that they are not alone, that the whole world is with them. The Ukrainian and Georgian people will jointly …

Kyiv is ready to accept lethal weapons from the USA if Washington makes such a decision, said Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak on Wednesday.

Earlier, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Paul Selva said that the US Department of Defense was still considering the issue of supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine.

"Ukraine is ready to accept lethal weapons from the USA if such a decision is made," Poltorak wrote on his Twitter page.

In early May, …