Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree introducing sanctions against several Russian organizations. Decree No. 176/2018, which enacted the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), was published on the website of the President. The document came into force on the date of its publication.

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council emphasized that the sanctions were imposed against 30 legal entities and 14 individuals, resulting in an updated …

The servicemen of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a former militant of the Luhansk People’s Republic who confirmed the presence of Russian troops in the separatist-held territories of the Donbas, as reported on the SBU website.

The operatives of the SBU have determined that the unnamed man from Kharkiv joined illegal armed groups in April 2017. He served in one of the separatist battalions in the occupied Alchevsk as a driver-mechanic for a BMP infantry fighting vehicle. He …

Ukrainian MP Mustafa Nayyem wrote on his Facebook page that President Petro Poroshenko may see a new stage in the fight against contraband schemes at the federal customs office, announced earlier by Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, as a “declaration of war”.

He noted that since the Cabinet of Ministers has provided the National Police with the right to round-the-clock access to customs control zones at checkpoints across the state border, contraband in the country will be monitored …