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Ukrainian Azov and Donbas National Guard regiments will return to the front line
The Adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, Zorian Shkiriak, stated that the National Guard regiments Azov and Donbas will soon return to the frontline in eastern Ukraine.
“First of all, it is about operative rapid brigades of the National Guard and the special-task regiments Azov and Donbas. They will return to the frontline and fulfill their functions of direct contact with the enemy,” the Ministry’s press service reported.
According to Shkiriak, these regiments have repeatedly proved …
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Ukraine expels JCCC officer for giving intel to separatists
Colonel Vladimir Cheban informed separatists about the routes of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission
The Security Service of Ukraine expelled the head of the Russian office of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of Cease-fire, Colonel Vladimir Cheban.As was reported on the website of the agency, Russian Colonel supplied the deputy staff commander of the so-called first army corps of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Pepublic called "Yakub" with the monthly schedules and routes …
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Zakharchenko gives Kiev an ultimatum on election law in the Donbas
Ukrainian authorities have until the 14th of July to adopt a law on local elections in the Donbas. This law must, however, be agreed to by representatives of the Donbas. If not, the date of the election process will be determined unilaterally. This was said by the head of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Alexander Zakharchenko, on the 21st of June.
“Ukraine has to adopt a law on elections, which will also satisfy us, before the 14th of July. This law must be agreed to by …
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Nuland met with Poroshenko and Klimkin in Kiev
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland and National Security Council Senior Directors Charles Kupchan and Celeste Wallander met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, and other senior Ukrainian officials on Wednesday, June 22 in Kiev, as stated in a press release issued by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.
According to the Embassy, the diplomats met “to discuss Ukraine's reform agenda and implementation of the Minsk …
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NATO and Ukraine to develop framework to counter hybrid war
NATO together with Ukraine will work on creating a new framework to counter hybrid warfare. This was reported by Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defense, Igor Dolgov, at the press briefing on Wednesday, June 22 as reported by RBC-Ukraine.
“A new mutual framework to counter the hybrid war will be a practically a new undertaking. This is unlike anything we have had before. We hope that after the specific political approvals are made Kiev will become the center of this mutual operation,” Dolgov …