• Strelkov: Russian media is silent about the losses near Yasynuvata and Avdiivka

    The former military chief of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic Igor Girkin (aka Igor Strelkov), said that Russian military losses in the Donbas far exceed those of the Ukrainian military, and can only be compared to the casualties experienced last year during the battles of Debaltseve and Chernukhino, Tekhno SOTNYA reported.

    On his LiveJournal page, Strelkov posted a comment in which he explained his resentment towards the Russian media, stating that it does not publicize information …

  • Geoffrey Pyatt: The US is disappointed with the results of the Ukraine-EU referendum

    Geoffrey Pyatt, the US Ambassador to Ukraine, expressed his country’s disappointment with the results of the consultative referendum on the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine held in the Netherlands. "Of course, we are disappointed with the result. But we respect democratic practices of the Netherlands,” Pyatt told journalists on Friday in Kiev.

    According to him, the US continues to consider that the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU is "a good thing for Ukraine …

  • Russian Justice Ministry begins preparing documents for the transfer of Sentsov

    According to RIA Novosti, the Russian Ministry of Justice requested that the Federal Service on the Execution of Penalties prepare the documents for the transfer of four convicted persons to Ukraine, including noted Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov.

    On April 7th, the Russian Department of Justice received a request from Ukraine for the transfer of Sentsov and three others into Ukraine’s custody. Sentsov is in a quarantine cell of the Correctional Colony Number 1 in Yakutsk, Russia. He was …

  • Rothschild Investment Company confirms Poroshenko transferred his ROSHEN shares

    The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, transferred his share in ROSHEN Confectionary Corporation under a trust agreement to Rothschild Investment Company. “The agreement for the management of the trust was finalized on January 14, 2016. The agreement took 12-months to prepare,” as stated by Rothschild in response to a request of Interfax-Ukraine.

    “The agreement was drawn up in accordance with the international standards for the transfer of assets by politicians to trusts during their term …

  • Dzhemilev suggests creating Crimean Tatar batallion to strengthen Ukrainian presence along administrative border

    In the Kherson region, near the border of annexed Crimea, the process of creating a battalion of the Crimean Tatars continues. The leader of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, said that it will "strengthen the Ukrainian presence" in the region at a press conference in Kiev on April 6th, as reported by Krym.Realii.

    "We are now forming an armed unit near the border with Crimea. The main goal of this battalion, of course, will not be armed resistance... They will guard the border and …