• Ukrainian Prosecutor General's office considers trying Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander in absentia

    The Chief Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine received the decision of the Pechersk District Court of Kiev about the possibility of holding a special judicial investigation and the conviction in absentia of the Commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, Vice Admiral Oleksandr Vitko.

    As a correspondent of Interfax-Ukraine reports, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, made the statement during a press conference in Kiev on Monday. However, he stressed that " …

  • Russian billionaire Grygoryshyn to receive Ukrainian citizenship

    Konstantyn Grygoryshyn, a Russian billionaire of Ukrainian origin who is accused of tax evasion in Russia, will receive Ukrainian citizenship. The report of the State Migration Service of Ukraine on the official website of the Migration Service has indicated the possibility.Grygoryshyn Konstantyn Ivanovych, a citizen of the Russian Federation and of the Republic of Cyprus, turned to one of the divisions of the Migration Service with an application for citizenship in Ukraine in a simplified …

  • National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine: Russia is going to forcibly create a land passage to the Crimea

    Russian troops are preparing to resume active offensive operations in eastern Ukraine. This was reported by the Deputy Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine, Mykhailo Koval during a session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Verkhovna Rada, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Senate of Poland.

    According to Koval, offensive operations are being prepared “in order to reach the administrative border of Donetsk and Luhansk, as well as to create a land passage to Crimea”.

    “Ukraine …

  • Ukraine to begin producing combat aircraft

    According to the Deputy Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ General Staff, Colonel Vladislav Shostak, it is expected that Ukrainian companies will begin to produce their own combat aircraft, Ukrinform reported.

    “We have an order for the production of combat aircraft, the executor of the project will be ASTC Antonov. We expect that the engines will be produced by Motor Sich,” Shostak stated.

    The Colonel noted that Ukraine is considering purchasing foreign-made equipment, but gives priority to …

  • Ukrainian naval ship held sea trials after renovations

    The missile boat Pryluky of the Ukrainian Navy conducted its first sea trials in Nikolaev after undergoing repairs and renovations. According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, the boat left the Nikolaev Shipyard with the help of the tug boat Zuid.

    According to the Deputy Chief of the South Naval Base, the vessel was properly tested and has demonstrated readiness for action. The Nikolaev Shipyard claims that the main cycle of repair has been completed and further sea trials lie …