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US representative to OSCE: Russia’s ‘humanitarian convoys' to Donbas confirm its involvement in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Last week, Russia brought a convoy of trucks, transporting unknown cargo into Ukraine, providing strong evidence of Moscow's involvement in the ongoing conflict in the Donbas, as stated by the US Chargé d'Affaires at the US Mission to the OSCE, Harry Kamian, on Thursday at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Ukrinform reports.
"Considerable evidence of Russia’s involvement in the conflict remains. On October 26th, a 17-truck convoy crossed the internationally-recognized border …
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Poland threatens to deny entry to Ukrainians for anti-Polish interpretation of history
In a national television broadcast, Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said that the country may deny entry to Ukrainians who have an extremely anti-Polish stance in their interpretation of general history, Polskie Radio reports.
In Waszczykowski’s opinion, Ukraine is exploiting the fact that it is important for Poland in the area of security, and is trying to sideline historical matters.
According to the minister, Poland will never sacrifice historical truth for the sake of …
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Serbia threatens to expel Ukrainian Ambassador
The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the Ambassador of Ukraine Aleksandr Aleksandrovich after his statement that Belgrade is completely subordinate to Moscow, as stated by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Toncev, RTS reports.
Serbia feels that such a statement by an ambassador can be regarded as another attempt by the Ukrainian embassy to worsen relations between Serbia and Russia. Toncev said that the Ukrainian ambassador in Serbia had …
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Ukraine sends request to US to have Manafort questioned
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (GPU) is preparing new requests to question American political technologist Paul Manafort, who was a consultant of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and whose name features in the “black ledger” of the Party of Regions with respect to funds and their use, said Serhiy Horbatyuk, leader of the GPU’s special investigations department, as reported by Radio Liberty.
“Yes, of course, we are preparing requests, we will send a request for …
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Russia accuses Austria of blockade because of refusal to grant visas to journalists from Crimea
Austria has refused to issue visas to journalists from the annexed Crimea, for which Russia accused it of an information blockade.
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, expressed her outrage at Austria’s actions, Tass news agency reports.
“The situation of not granting visas to Crimeans can be called a blockade,” she said.
“Today, unfortunately, we witnessed another unpleasant incident, when journalists from Crimea were not admitted to an event connected with the …