• Ukrainian Ambassador promises ‘unpleasant surprises’ for Russia at the UN General Assembly

    The permanent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Vladimir Yelchenko, said that Russia should expect "unpleasant surprises" at the General Assembly September’s session in New York.

    "We are preparing a large number initiatives for the General Assembly. It is not that I do not want to, but I simply cannot disclose them all, because our powerful northern neighbour is waiting for this ... There are some very unpleasant surprises waiting for them, “said the diplomat.

    According to him, …

  • Turkish media: US plans to create no-fly zones in Syria

    The US has built three advanced radar systems in northern regions of Syria, as well as deployed mobile and stationary radar facilities, writes the Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak citing former commander of the Military Assembly of Deir ez-Zor Fayez Esmer. According to him, in the future, the US plans to create an “air defense shield” in the region.

    The publication also says, without specifying a source for the information, that the US “has already started creating a no-fly zone in northern Syria” …

  • Ex-President of Poland nominates Sentsov for Nobel Peace Prize

    Polish ex-President Lech Walesa nominated the Ukrainian political prisoner Oleg Sentsov, currently imprisoned in Russia, for the Nobel Peace Prize, the Polish Film Academy reported.

    Walesa noted that various international human rights organizations have already considered Sentsov's sentence illegal. In addition, according to the former President of Poland, the courage of a political prisoner, who does not require his own liberation, deserves attention.

    In the late 1980s, Lech Walesa led the “ …

  • National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to discuss the situation in the Azov Sea

    President Petro Poroshenko instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to prepare proposals for the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) meeting on securing Ukrainian interests in the Azov Sea in view of Russia's actions in this region.

    “I look forward to proposals regarding promoting our interests in the Azov Sea. I strongly believe that the current situation is absolutely unacceptable and I’m not going to just accept it,” Poroshenko said at a meeting with leaders of foreign …

  • Ukraine to terminate friendship treaty with Russia

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has confirmed that Ukraine intends to end the Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty.

    “Today we have come adequately prepared and legally protected for the next step: terminating the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, which through Moscow’s fault has been anachronistic for a long time already,” Poroshenko said at a meeting with the Ukrainian ambassadors in Kyiv.

    “I am expecting the Ministry of Foreign …