• Ukrainian General Staff: Russia troops continue to strengthen their positions along Crimean administrative border

    The Russian military have been implementing demonstrative and provocative actions on the administrative border of the Crimea. This was reported to ZN.UA by the chief of the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Vladislav Seleznyov.

    According to him, starting on the morning of the 11th of August, Russian troops began strengthening their military positions near several checkpoints of the administrative border. This was particularly evident in the direction of the …

  • Russia has not provided NATO with evidence to support its accusations against Ukraine

    Russia has not provided any evidence of its allegations of Ukrainian sabotage in the Crimea. This was reported to Deutsche Welle on the 11th of August by an official NATO representative in response to comments made by the Federal Security Service.

    “We are closely, and with concern, following the increasing tension between Russia and Ukraine,” the report says. “We are satisfied with the strong condemnation of terrorism by Ukraine in all its manifestations and forms. We note that Ukraine has …

  • Russia condemns Tbilisi and Kiev over their statements made on the anniversary of Russian-Georgian War

    The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticized Tbilisi and Kiev over their statements made on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported.

    “For official Tbilisi, eight years is not enough to comprehend the real cause of the country’s [Georgia’s] territorial disintegration, which at the time was headed by the current Governor of Odessa [Mikheil Saakashvili],” a statement published on the Ministry’s website read.

    The Russian Foreign Ministry …

  • OSCE notes use of artillery in Svitlodarsk-Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine

    At a press briefing on Friday, Alexander Hug, the Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, said that monitors had recorded the use of artillery in the Svitlodarsk-Debaltseve area in the Donetsk region, RBC-Ukraine reported.

    “We have registered that artillery was used in the last week. 48% of violations were in this region [Svitlodarsk],” Hug stated.

    The Principal Deputy Chief Monitor said that the OSCE is concerned about the situation that has …

  • Ukrainian Prosecutor General accused former Party of Regions MP Yefremov of 'opening the doors to the war in the Donbas'

    The Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, accused the former head of the Party of Regions faction in the Verkhovna Rada, Oleksandr Yefremov, of initiating the war in the Donbas. Evidence gathered by the investigation has indicated that Yefremov is directly responsible, Lutsenko said at a press conference.

    "According to the evidence, not emotions, not the past, but the evidence, this man opened the door to war in our country. I am convinced of this, and it's not my emotions. This is …