• Former PM of separatist LPR found hanged

    One of those arrested for attempting a coup in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, Hennadiy Tsypkalov, has committed suicide. Tsypkalov was an advisor to the head of the LPR (Luhansk People's Republic), the separatist resource Luhansk Information Center reported.

    One of the leaders of the “people’s militia,” named Kiselyov, was previously detained, allegedly after having made a confession and being taken into custody.

    According to the report, Tsypkalov had to be interrogated as a …

  • Ukrainian MoD: Russia has deployed special forces to the Donbas

    The units of the 604th Special Purpose Center Vityaz of the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation arrived from the Moscow region of Balashikha to the area of Yasynuvata.

    This was stated at a briefing in Kyiv by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, Ukrinform reports.

    “According to the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, there was another rotation in the ranks of the enemy. The units of the 604th Special Purpose …

  • Ukraine's Security Service says it found eight 'torture chambers' in the Donbas

    The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) identified the addresses of eight alleged torture chambers in the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, as was reported by the head of the SSU, Vasyl Hrytsak, 112 Ukraine news channel reports.

    Two torture chambers were found in the Luhansk region and six in the Donetsk region.

    "The data was collected gradually. I cannot say, I don’t know how many addresses are still unknown to us. Because we, by defining the legal status  …

  • According to new law, LPR deputies will not be able to leave separatist republic without permission

    The self-proclaimed People’s Council of LPR passed a law on Friday, September 23 “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Luhansk People’s Republic.”Changes have been introduced to the laws “On Martial Law” and “On the Status of People’s Council deputies of Luhansk People’s Republic.” These amendments establish the specifics of the travel of MPs outside the LPR during the martial law period.

    “In a state of war, the uninterrupted operation of the National Council as the legislative …

  • Japan does not recognize results of Russian elections in Crimea

    Japan does not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in March 2014, and, therefore, the legitimacy and results of the "elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation," which were held in the Crimea on September 18, 2016, according to a statement by the Japanese Embassy in Ukraine.

    The Embassy also stressed that Japan “supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and does not recognize the attempts to change the status quo by force.”

    On …