• Ukrainian diaspora intends to seek more stringent sanctions against Russia

    The head of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), Eugene Czolij, has said that his organization plans to seek more stringent sanctions against Russia.

    "I want to assure you that we will continue to take all possible measures to ensure that the sanctions are more stringent, including the shutdown of the SWIFT system in the Russian Federation," he said during a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman in Kyiv on Friday, writes Interfax-Ukraine.

    In addition, the UWC aims to obtain …

  • Ukraine to introduce biometric control at the border beginning January 1

    The system for recording of biometric data of citizens on the Ukrainian border will take effect beginning January 1, 2018, as announced by President Petro Poroshenko announced in Kharkiv during the opening of a regional administrative services center.

    "The system for recording biometric data is being created at an accelerated pace. I want to emphasize that, according to the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), which was announced a few days ago, the system …

  • Ukraine considering several options for introduction of peacekeepers in Donbas

    Kyiv is considering three options for the introduction of a UN peacekeeping mission in the Donbas, as stated by Arthur Gerasimov, chairman of the faction Bloc of Petro Poroshenko (BPP), in a radio broadcast on Era.

    “The discussion currently includes several options [for the introduction of the peacekeeping mission]. For example, the first is the format proposed by the President of Ukraine, voiced during a session of the General Assembly. Also under discussion is the format for introducing …

  • Russian convicted for social network post about Ukrainian Crimea moves to Kyiv

    Resident of the Russian city of Tver Andrey Bubeev, convicted for two years and three months for posting a recording about the annexation of Ukraine on the social network VKontakte, has left Russia with his family, activist Anna Borko reported. According to another activist, Ekaterina Bashilova, Bubeev’s family has left for Kyiv.

    Andrey Bubeev was recently released from prison. The man was accused of public exhortations to carry out extremist activity (section 2 article 280 of the Russian …

  • Official from the separatist DPR accused Russia of betrayal

    In his Facebook post, the former leader of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Roman Lyagin said that Russia had betrayed the separatists in the Donbas.  

    "I am the organizer of the referendum and responsible for the failure of the Ukrainian elections in 2014. I did what I did according to my beliefs, sincerely and with full dedication! Because I believed in Russia, which will not leave us. But it [Russia] left us to the mercy of fate! …