• Ukrainian court released one of the founders of the LPR

    According to Hromadske, the Trinity District Court of Luhansk has exempted Serhiy Korsunsky of any criminal liability in the creation of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). He was subsequently released.

    Korsunsky’s lawyers had previously petitioned that he be exempted. The prosecutor also requested that he be released due to his cooperation with the investigation and his assistance to law enforcement authorities.

    “During the pre-trial investigation, and according to the prosecutor, …

  • Ukraine and Poland agree to expand military cooperation

    The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (RNBO) of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, and the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) of Poland, Paul Solokh, agreed that the two countries will continue to expand cooperation between their military departments and intelligence agencies, as stated at the end of their talks in Kyiv, the Press Service of the RNBO reported.

    "The leaders of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and the National Security Bureau of Poland …

  • Ukrainian Defense Ministry: Armed Forces of Ukraine will not unilaterally withdraw troops from Donbas

    Ukraine will not unilaterally withdraw troops from the demarcation line in accordance with the framework agreement. This was said on the 112 Ukraine TV channel by the Deputy Head of the Department of Information Technology of the Ministry of Defense, Serhiy Halushko.

    "It is not just unilateral actions on our part. There is a control mechanism, and our intelligence sees what the enemy is doing. If we see that their party does not do something, or is trying to deceive us, then our units will not …

  • The EU puts forth two requirements for Ukraine to receive 600 million euro aid tranche

    The European Union expects Ukraine to fulfill a number of conditions before granting a regular financial aid tranche of EUR 600 million, stated Hugues Mingarelli, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, in Kyiv on October 10.

    The key conditions are a lifting of the 10-year moratorium on the export of timber imposed by Ukraine in 2015 and the organization of social security for internally displaced persons. Other conditions, according to a European official, have already been fulfilled by Kyiv. …

  • LPR separatists to conduct large-scale military exercises

    Separatists of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic will hold "tactical exercises" next week according to separatist commander Andrey Sevastyanov. Information about the exercises was disseminated by the separatists’ media.

    According to Sevastyanov, they are now holding “preparations for tactical exercises.” According to the exercise plan, yesterday, separatist units were brought to the highest degree of combat readiness, moved "from places of permanent deployment" and "converge in the …