The representatives of several foreign countries will take part in the military parade on Ukraine Independence Day, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak wrote on Facebook.

“We look forward to the arrival of eighteen foreign delegations from around the world to participate in the parade,” said the Defense Minister, commenting on a parade rehearsal held in the center of Kyiv.

The parade will be held on August 24 and will be one of the largest Independence Day military parades ever held in Ukraine, …

Ukraine has banned the sale, storage and use of 68 medicines, 43 of which were manufactured in Russia, following order Number 7308 published on August 17 by the State Service of Ukraine for Medications and Drug Control.

The main reason for the ban is the continued importation of these medicines to Ukraine in violation of legislative requirements. All drug stores must destroy these medicines or return them to the producer.

Ukrainian, German, Polish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Belgian, French, …

The Austrian Foreign Ministry justifying Russian President Vladimir Putin’s presence at the foreign minister’s, Karin Kneissl’s wedding as a private visit evokes a “sad smile”, wrote the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affaitrs, Pavlo Klimkin on Twitter.

“I do not usually comment on secular life, but if the Austrian Foreign Ministry has to make excuses while assuring that foreign policy is not changing in light of the “private visit,” it is an interesting turn of events that evoke a sad smile,” …