According to a report by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Ukraine and Lithuania will sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of a joint military training exercise for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

As it was noted in the statement, the agreement will be signed on the 18th of April during a meeting between the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Stepan Poltorak, and the Lithuanian Minister of National Defense, Juozas Olekas.

“Following the talks, the parties are planning to sign a …

The West may turn its back to Ukraine if the country does not carry out the reforms. This was said by Steven Pifer, a former US Ambassador to Ukraine and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, at the IX Kyiv Security Forum on Friday, April 15th, Deutsche Welle reported.

"If you engage in political games instead of reform, you may find yourselves in a situation where the West has turned its back to you. We hope that the new government will work, and it must do so quickly, otherwise there …

The Ministry of Economic Development of Russian-Crimea has signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Abkhazia, Krym.Realii reported.

According to the press service of the Russian-Crimean authorities, the memorandum was signed in the framework of the International Economic Forum in Yalta in order to strengthen the partnership between the two disputed territories in socio-economic, scientific-technical, and cultural spheres.

The …

The US military has accused Russian aircraft of yet another dangerous maneuver over the Baltic Sea, Radio Svoboda reported.

US Navy Captain Danny Hernandez, a spokesman for the US European Command, said that the incident took place on April 14th when a Russian Su-27 fighter jet "performed erratic and aggressive maneuvers" dangerously close to a US RC-135 reconnaissance plane during a routine flight in international airspace.

He added the Russian Su-27 barrel-rolled near the RC-135, coming …

Nadiya Savchenko’s lawyer, Ilya Novikov, reported a sharp deterioration in his client’s health, Current Time reported, with reference to Ukrainskaya Pravda.

Savchenko is on the 12th day of her dry hunger strike, but agreed to have IV fluids administered.

“If yesterday, Nadiya’s sister Verna had not persuaded her to agree to go on a drip, her condition would have been even more complicated,” Novikov stated.

Novikov stated that there was a possibility that Russia would agree to transfer …

Russian-backed separatists opened fire on Ukrainian positions more than 50 times on Saturday, as stated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces press center on Sunday morning, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

The separatists allegedly used rocket-propelled grenades, a variety of machine guns, anti-tank missiles, and 82mm and 120mm caliber artillery against Ukrainian positions, the press center announced on Facebook on Sunday morning.

The epicenter of the fighting remains in the area of Avdiivka, where …

Russia’s new National Guard will now be able to fight outside of Russia. Participation in peacekeeping operations is one of the functions of the new office as stated in the published draft of the presidential decree on the establishment of the Federal Service of the Russian Guard, RBC reported.The Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of Russia (Rosguard) will participate in the peacekeeping operations and employees` training of law enforcement bodies of foreign states. This is stated in …

UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said that one of the key tasks for the Ukrainian government is the total eradication of corruption.

"It is vitally important that Ukraine’s new government build on the progress made by its predecessor and continues to implement reforms and root out corruption," Hammond stated on Friday.

The British Foreign Secretary also welcomed the appointment of the new Ukrainian Prime Minister, Volodymyr Groysman.

"I hope that the new government urgently focuses on …