• Media: Russian embassy in Kyiv issues documents to sell real estate property in LPR and DPR

    The Russian embassy in Kyiv issues documents for property in the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces not controlled by Ukraine. The Russians are carrying out the property operations contrary to Ukrainian legislation and international agreements, TSN reports.

    Halina, an immigrant from Luhansk, helped to unveil these machinations. The woman wanted to sell her apartment in the separatist-held territory, and contacted an estate agent several times, but the latter referred her to the …

  • Ukraine to begin ferry cargo traffic to Georgia bypassing Russia

    Ukraine made an agreement with Georgia to transport goods via ferry and bypass Russia, as reported to Hromadske Radio by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade and Trade Representative of Ukraine, Nataliya Mykolska.

    According to her, the Prime Ministers and heads of relevant ministries participated in the talks.

    "It is very important for us to first restore the volume of trade that we had with Georgia up to the moment of military and commercial aggression by the Russian …

  • SBU: Russian special services planning to falsify elections in Ukraine

    Russia is deliberately working to falsify the results of future elections in Ukraine, scheduled for 2019, stated the deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Viktor Kononenko, at the National Expert Forum "Ukraine: Striving for Balance" in Kyiv, Radio Liberty reports.

    "Today, the main threat is the undermining of the domestic situation. What we see is that the main efforts of Russian special services are now directed into the country. Already, no one believes in an early and …

  • Ukrainian Foreign Minister: U.S. prepares new list of Russian companies to be sanctioned

    Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that in January the U.S. Treasury Department will prepare a new list of Russian businessmen and companies that may be subject to restrictive measures, reported news agency UNIAN.

    “At the end of January, the United States Department of the Treasury along with American institutions must have this list prepared. This list will, in itself, be a very important leverage in influencing and putting pressure on Russia,” the Minister said.

    He added that …

  • US Representative for Ukraine Volker: Negotiations with Russia put on pause

    US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker announced that the next meeting with Russian Presidential Advisor Vladislav Surkov on bringing an end to the war in the Donbas will not take place before December. Until this time, the parties are pausing, following the lack of success of the previous negotiations. Volker spoke about this in an interview with LB.ua, recorded for the VIII National Expert Forum.

    “During the first two meetings, I had the feeling that we were …