• Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reports 1700 deaths of those fighting for the separatists in the Donbas

    The Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has collected information about the separatist casualties in the Donbas. According to the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) and the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense, 35,000-40,000 armed separatists of the self-proclaimed "republics" and 4,000-5,000 of the Russian military are members of the DPR (Dontesk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) army corps.

    "We collect data …

  • The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s General Office has demanded that Russia extradite the ex-commander of the Berkut Special Police

    The Prosecutor General's Office (GPU) has asked Russia to detain and extradite Serhiy Kusyuk, the former chief of the Kyiv Special Police Regiment, Berkut, as reported by the head of the GPU Department of Special Investigations, Sergei Gorbatyuk on 112 Ukraine.

    “A request was sent to the Russian Federation to detain and extradite him,” he said.

    So far, there has been no answer from the Russian Federation.  

    Gorbatyuk also noted that Kusyuk was made aware of GPU’s suspicion during seven …

  • Former US Secretary of State stresses importance of providing Ukraine with defensive weapons

    President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with a delegation from the National Democratic Institute of the United States (NDI), which was headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the organization, former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as reported by the Press Service of the President of Ukraine.

    "Madeleine Albright stressed the importance of providing Ukraine with defensive weapons in order to ensure the lawful right of a sovereign state to self-defense in accordance with …

  • Belgian Ambassador in Kyiv: Ukraine is on the front line in defense of European values

    At the 7th National Expert Forum organized by the Gorshenin Institute, the Belgian Ambassador to Ukraine, Luc Jacobs said that Ukraine is on the frontline protecting European values.

    “The European Union is not an economic project, it is not a club, and certainly not a golf club. This is a political project about values, principles, democratization, human rights, and above all, avoiding a situation in which a conflict may arise. We should not take peace for granted, and Ukraine demonstrates …

  • The fifth batch of Ukrainian Oplot tanks was delivered to Thailand

    Ukraine has provided the fifth batch of new Oplot-T battle tanks  consisting of five machines built at the Malyshev Factory as part of the $240 million contract signed in 2011.

    The fifth shipment of Oplots arrived from Ukraine by sea at the Sattahip naval base, according to Interfax-Ukraine. According to the agency, the shipment of armored vehicles was shipped to the Thai customer in March. The next shipment, the sixth is planned for June. The contract is due to be completed by autumn 2017. …