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Obama calls on NATO to increase its support for Ukraine
In an article written for the Financial Times, US President Barack Obama called on NATO and the EU to increase support for Ukraine and to be consistent in confronting Russian aggression.
“We need to bolster the defense of our allies in central and eastern Europe, strengthen deterrence and boost our resilience against new threats, including cyber-attacks. We need to deepen security co-operation between NATO and the EU and increase our support for Ukraine as it defends its sovereignty and …
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Ukraine is developing mechanisms to mobilize all military-eligible citizens in the event of an invasion
The General Staff is working on a process to arm all Ukrainians eligible for military service in case of a large-scale invasion, as reported by the press service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The General Staff stated that all soldiers who leave the ranks of the military are transferred to the operational reserve of the first order and the training of reservists started at the beginning of the year.
"The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is working out a mechanism to supply …
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Survey: 78 percents of Ukrainians support joining NATO
A hypothetical referendum on NATO membership for Ukraine shows that almost 78% of Ukrainians support membership in the Alliance.
This information was obtained from a survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiative Foundation and the Razumkov Centre Sociological Service in May.
Among those who declared their willingness to participate in the hypothetical referendum in May 2016, 77.7% of respondents would support NATO membership, 17.4% would be against, the rest are undecided.
The …
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Experts: NATO needs to deepen cooperation with Ukraine
American Heritage Foundation experts called on the leadership of NATO to deepen cooperation with Ukraine.
“The upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw represents an opportunity to provide a real and substantial support for Ukraine,” Luke Coffey and Daniel Kochis of the Heritage Foundation wrote.
According to experts, the fact that Ukraine will not become a NATO member in the near future shouldn't mean the isolation of the country.
“It's in the interests of NATO to help Ukraine to withstand Russian …
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Survey shows there is a shortage of food and medicine in the Donbas
Sociologists have investigated the social well-being of the population of the Donetsk region.
Two years after the beginning of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, a quarter of the residents of the Donetsk region are still suffering from a shortage of medicines, one in five residents are in need of food products, and one in ten suffers from a lack of essential non-food items.
These shortages are reflected in the results of sociological research conducted in May-June 2016 in the Donetsk …