French President François Hollande warned about the possibility of the conflict in the Donbas turning “frozen” if the Minsk agreements are not implemented. He made this assertion when answering questions at the plenary meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Hollande stressed that he believes the implementation of the Minsk agreements is the only way to solve the conflict. He also noted that the priority is to hold local elections, rather than return control of the …

The Ukrainian delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is preparing to question the power of the president of the Assembly, Pedro Agramunt. This was reported by the first deputy speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament), Iryna Herashchenko, to a correspondent from Evropeyskaya Pravda in Strasbourg.

Herashchenko noted that recently Agramunt has made public statements that are fully in accordance with Russia’s position, including lifting the political …

According to Hromadske, the Trinity District Court of Luhansk has exempted Serhiy Korsunsky of any criminal liability in the creation of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). He was subsequently released.

Korsunsky’s lawyers had previously petitioned that he be exempted. The prosecutor also requested that he be released due to his cooperation with the investigation and his assistance to law enforcement authorities.

“During the pre-trial investigation, and according to the prosecutor, …