• Ukrainian soldier arrested in Italy on suspicion of 2014 murder of a photographer in the Donbas

    The Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian citizen on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Italian photojournalist Andrea Rockelli in 2014 in Slavyansk, La Repubblica reported.

    The material says that the detainee went to Ukraine in late 2013, where he participated in clashes on Independence Square in Kyiv. After that, he joined one of the volunteer battalions of the National Guard of Ukraine.

    At the same time, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yevgeny Enin wrote on his Facebook page …

  • Kyiv will demand compensation from Russia over Ukraine’s losses due to construction of the Kerch Bridge

    Kyiv intends to demand compensation from Moscow for the losses of Ukrainian ports in Mariupol and Berdyansk due to Russia's plans to limit navigation through the Kerch Strait during construction of an arch of the bridge to the Crimea, Deutsche Welle reported with reference to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s response to the news agency’s request.

    The Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Yuriy Lavrenyuk had announced earlier that Russia’s construction of a bridge across the Kerch …

  • Ukrainian translator in France sentenced for criticizing pro-Russian film on revolution in Ukraine

    A Parisian court has ruled against the Ukrainian translator Anna Chesanovska for criticism directed against the infamous filmmaker Paul Moreira, producer of the film “Ukraine – The Masks of Revolution”. Chesanovska has to pay a fine and compensation which may amount to as much as 13,600 euros, Evropeyskaya Pravda reports.

    At the start of 2016, the film “Ukraine – The Masks of Revolution” came out in France. Numerous viewers characterized the film as propagandist. It incited outrage not only in …

  • Security Service of Ukraine accuses Russia of launching the Petya ransomware attack on Ukraine

    The Security Service of Ukraine has accused Russian Special Services of launching the computer ransomware Petya.A.

    In the opinion of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), this virus was disguised as ransomware, but in fact its goal was a purposeful destabilization of the socio-political situation in Ukraine.

    "The virus is a cover for a large-scale attack aimed at Ukraine, as evidenced by the absence of a real mechanism for seizing money, whose primitiveness only confirms the view that …

  • Ukrainian Defense Ministry: Armed forces’ ammunition supply situation is critical

    The Ministry of Defense considers the armed forces’ ammunition supply situation critical for a number of types of weaponry, writes Dmitry Mendeleev in his article for ZN.UA.

    In his discussion of problems relating to the national defense industry, the author refers specifically to document No. 220/3650, which Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak sent to NSDC (National Security and Defense Council) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov in May this year. According to Mendeleev, until recently, …