• Right Sector said it will resort to 'civil detention' if participants of Church procession use Russian imperial symbols

    Pravyi Sektor, or “Right Sector” (a far-right Ukrainian nationalist political party), is going to visit the final part of the all-Ukrainian procession of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, to be held in Kiev on July 27, 2016. Members of the organization have promised to resort to “civil detention” if the participants of the procession use the Imperial Symbols or St. George's ribbon.

    “Not only the battalion of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) has the intention to do so. I am aware …

  • Almost 9,000 IT specialists left Ukraine in the last 2 years

    The growth of the Ukrainian IT market to $2.5 billion at the end of 2015 has not led to an increase in the number of the industry experts. On the contrary, there is a serious lack of young IT specialists.

    As the press service of SmartMe University reported, citing its managing partner Oksana Belaya, over the past two years up to 9,000 IT specialists emigrated from Ukraine to Europe and the United States, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

    "Unfortunately, over the past two years, 9,000 IT professionals …

  • Chairman of Verkhovna Rada: 200 Crimean judges were dismissed due to violation of oath

    The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, stated on the 18th of July at the final press conference in Kiev that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine dismissed 193 judges from annexed Crimea for violation of oath. Two hundred and seventy judges were dismissed during the fourth session, including two judges of the Constitutional Court and also 193 judges from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, also for violation of oath.

    The MPs adopted the corresponding resolution on each judge separately …

  • Ukrainian Intelligence: Pro-Russian separatists opened fire on a crowd in the Donbas

    Three civilians in the occupied part of the Donbas region were shot by pro-Russian separatists. The dissatisfaction of the local population with the presence and actions of the separatists is growing within the occupied territories of the Donbas region, as reported by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on Facebook.

    According to Ukrainian Intelligence, three local residents were seriously wounded by gunshots during a spontaneous meeting against the …

  • Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in the Donbas

    Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 14 were wounded on Monday in the deadliest day for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in two months, RBC-Ukraine reported.

    "In the past 24 hours, as a result of military operations, seven Ukrainian servicemen died and 14 were injured," military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters.

    "Things have escalated for the simple reason that this is what [the separatists] want. They do not want to live in peace,” Lysenko added.

    Monday had the highest death toll for …