Mikhail Volynets, a Ukrainian MP from the Fatherland party and head of the Independent Union of Miners, called the situation surrounding the country’s coal reserves a “catastrophe”.

“We currently have 54% less coal in storage at the thermal power stations than for the corresponding period last year. Last year we had problems stockpiling coal, and now it’s simply a catastrophe,” Volynets said in a video on the Zik YouTube channel.

In the MP’s opinion, unless Ukraine’s new leaders join forces …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has removed former Chief of General Staff Viktor Muzhenko from the Armed Forces of Ukraine entirely. The general’s dismissal was motivated by “organizational activities”.

“Muzhenko, Viktor Mykolayovych, Army General of Ukraine, is dismissed from reserve military service with the right to wear military uniform in connection with the carrying out of organizational activities,” reads presidential decree No. 645/2019 from September 2.

On May 21, Zelensky …

Russia and Ukraine could use a new approach to criminal cases in their prisoner exchange, the newspaper Kommersant reported, citing a source close to the negotiation process.

According to the initial arrangement, the prisoner swap was meant to take place on September 1. Kommersant notes that the format has been expanded to 35 prisoners from each side. The newspaper’s source explained that problems emerged because the countries could not agree on the legal basis for releasing and transferring …