• Head of DPR Pushilin claims that 5,000 residents of Donbas received Russian passports

    In an interview with the Parliamentary newspaper, the head of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, stated that more than five thousand residents of the Donetsk region which is not controlled by Ukraine received Russian passports.

    He claims that the "migration service" received about 80,000 applications. Among those are applications for Russian and DPR passports and applications for consultations.

    According to him, 33 migration offices are accepting the documents.

    On …

  • Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Putin won't agree to peace in Donbas

    Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin considers it impossible to reach an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Donbas, reports Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

    "I believe that it is impossible to conclude an agreement with Putin on a conflict settlement in the Donbas. At the same time, I say that we need situational agreement on a ceasefire, on ending the war. But it is impossible to make an agreement because Putin doesn't want Ukraine …

  • Latvia blocks Kremlin-linked website because of threat to Ukraine's sovereignty

    Latvian domain administrator blocked the bestnews.lv website that is associated with the Russia Today news agency, reports RIA Novosti news outlet.

    Latvian national domain registrar explained its decision referring to the requirement of the Latvian Foreign Ministry, which said that baltnews.lv news outlet violates the decision of the European Union of March 17, 2014, on sanctions against Russia because of the annexation of Crimea.

    "Registration of baltnews.lv is a violation of the provisions …

  • Kyiv tests new high-precision Vilkha-M missile system

    In the morning of July 25, the next stage of testing of the multiple rocket launcher system  Vilha took place in the Odessa region, reports the press service of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC).

    Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Sergey Krivonos, who participated in the assessment of the testing, called the test a success.

    According to him, NSDC made several decisions for the early adoption and supply of new missiles for multiple launch rocket …

  • Ukraine releases sailors from captured Russian tanker

    Russian Embassy in Kyiv stated that crew members of the Russian ship NEYMA that were detained by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in the port of Izmail have been released, reports RIA Novosti news agency. At the same time, the tanker remains under arrest.

    The sailors were released with obligation to appear for questioning. They are currently considered to be witnesses in the case, reports strana.ua news outlet.

    As previously reported, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) together with …