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Ukrainian police to begin training in Turkey
On Sunday, the first group of Ukrainian police officers left for training in Turkey, UNIAN reported with reference to the National Police of Ukraine.
Twenty-two police officers will spend a week in Turkey training with Turkish law enforcement agencies.
The exercises will focus on tactics during mass events.
According to one Ukrainian officer, Olesya Emelyanovich, it is very important that Ukrainian police possess such skills.
Approximately 3,000 Ukrainian police officers will be trained in …
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Ukraine's General Prosecutor says case against Yanukovych should be brought to an end
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yury Lutsenko stated during a meeting with representatives of the U.S. Congress on the 4th of June, that he believes that GPU should bring old cases, especially the case of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, to an end, the press service of regulatory agency reports.
It was stated that Lutsenko fully supports the transfer of all investigative functions of the Prosecutor’s Office to the newly-established National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the State …
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Lavrov: OSCE monitors can be allowed to carry personal firearms
Moscow does not mind if OSCE observers carry personal firearms, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
“Russia is ready to offer a compromise and agree that the OSCE observers stationed at the front line in eastern Ukraine carry personal arms,” Lavrov said during an interview with the Russian “Saturday News” TV program.
“We said, as long as this helps the common objective, we are ready to give our consent that the group of observers who will be monitoring the contact line and the …
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Netherlands to present report on weapon used to bring down MH17
According to a press release by the international investigation team, Holland’s Prosecutor’s office, which is heading the joint investigation team determining the cause of the Malaysian passenger plane crash in the Donbas, will present a report on the weapon which was used to attack the airliner.
The report will not constitute the final results of the investigation, Prosecutors said. Despite the noticeable progress in the investigation, they still don’t have enough information to provide a …
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Merkel: Sanctions against Russia will be lifted when Ukraine gains control over its borders
Sanctions against Russia will be lifter only after Ukraine gains full control over its borders, as stated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the Congress of the Christian Democratic Union, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung rerported.
“I am convinced that Russia is slowly moving towards integration into the common European economic zone from Vladivostok to Lisbon,” Merkel said.
“At the same time, despite the aspirations of the EU to accept Russia into the common European economy, we …