Ukraine has given the U.S. a list of the most urgent needs of its Armed Forces and expects to receive this assistance, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in an interview with Deutsche Welle.

"We gave the U.S. a list of the most urgent needs of the Ukrainian army. Some items on this list are easier to accomplish, others are harder. We don't expect to get everything at once, but we are making progress on these items, which can be obtained at the moment. I have no doubt that we will …

Ukraine can exchange the head of of the party "Opposition Platform - For Life" Viktor Medvedchuk, arrested on suspicion of treason, for Ukrainians imprisoned in Russia, said the Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, Oleksii Danilov.

"The decision on the exchange is made by the President of Ukraine. I think if we can do that, we'll be happy to do it," Danilov said.

Medvedchuk is currently under house arrest. His house and the office of the "Opposition Platform" were …

Russia has no plans to absorb anyone, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, RBC reports.

"Russia has no plans to absorb anyone. It has never done that," he said.

Bloomberg news agency wrote the European Union fears that Moscow is preparing to annex the Donbas. The agency referred to an internal EU memo saying that organizing elections in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and issuing passports to local residents "are aimed at actual integration of these …