• Ukrainian diplomat Lubkivskiy said Ukraine should have a clear strategy to return the temporarily occupied territories

    The Ukrainian leadership has no clear plan or strategy on what to do with the occupied territories, said the coordinator of the "Spravedlyvist" movement, the diplomat Markiyan Lubkivskiy on ZIK TV.

    He stressed that the public should be given a clear answer on how the Donbas will be returned and in which way: political, economic, military, and humanitarian or whichever combination of all of these factors.

    "A process of conflict settlement in the Donbass should be carried out more dynamically …

  • Czech Senate stresses need to return control of Ukraine's borders to Kyiv

    On Thursday, October 20, 2016, the Upper House of the Czech Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Ukraine, which expressed concern about the intensification of attacks in Donbass. The Parliament stressed the need to end support for separatists by the Russian Federation as well as the restoration of the control over the border by Ukrainian.

    45 of 63 senators present voted for the resolution, the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Iryna Herashchenko, wrote on her Facebook …

  • A group of Chinese entrepreneurs visited the Crimea

    A group of Chinese entrepreneurs visited the Crimea, as reported by Crimean Tatar TV Channel, ATR. According to the source, the purpose of their visit is to find out what projects they can implement on the peninsula and learn how Crimeans live.

    “There are no limits to trade. We are confident that the more the Crimea and China can help each other the better. Tourism is a very promising area of cooperation,” Krym Realii reported, quoting Chinese entrepreneurs.

    ATR added that the Chinese guests …

  • Ukraine accused the Soviet Union of starting WWII

    The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Polish Sejm have adopted a joint declaration of memory and solidarity. According to information on the parliament’s website, 243 deputies voted in favor, including one representative from the “opposition bloc.” The only deputy who voted against it was a member of the “Radical Party.”

    Introducing the document, the chairman of the parliament, Andriy Parubiy, stated that the Polish Sejm will vote for the same document at the same time as the Ukrainian …

  • The Russian Federation says they will return to PACE only when all their rights are restored

    The delegation of the Russian Federation will only return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) if their rights are restored, including their right to vote. According to TASS, this was said by the chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Volodin.

    “Our delegation can of course return but only if our rights are not violated and if we have a right to our own position. We also want the right to express our point of view and, of course, the right to …