Russian Ekaterina Vologzheninova, who is being convicted for making reposts of materials in support of Ukraine on her personal page on VKontakte, testified in court in her defense. The single mother tried to prove that she cannot finance terrorists as she only receives 500 rubles (about 8 dollars) of child benefits.

Video from the courtroom has been released by the Russian independent online publication Grani.ru.

"Ekaterina Vologzheninova who was convicted for making statements against the …

According to the Ukrainian Intelligence, 38 bodies of the Russian military were transported from the Donbas to the Russian Federation overnight. The Russian Defense Ministry called this information "nonsense."

According to the website of the Main Intelligence Directorate (MID) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, 38 dead Russian soldiers were transported from the territory of Ukraine to Russia during the night on Saturday, April 16th. As stated by the Intelligence, the bodies were transported …

According to the head of the newly created Ministry, an economic blockade of the Donbas is not appropriate because it distances people from Ukraine.  

The head of the newly created Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territory Issues, Vadim Chernysh, supports the full payment of pensions and other social assistance for Ukrainian citizens that live in the Donbas."All Ukrainian citizens have equal rights. This is the key message. It is a priority. My position is clear and uncompromising – we will …

The  spokesman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces noted a record number of ceasefire violations in recent days.

Half of all the ceasefire violations are taking place in Avdiivka, northwest of Donetsk.

The situation remains very tense near Horlivka and Zaitseve, as well as in the area around Svetlodarsk.

Despite the difficult situation along the contact line, the Ukrainian forces seem to be slowly pushing ahead  into separatist-held territory.

According to reports emerging on social media, the 54 …

Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko will become the owner of the largest telecommunications company in Ukraine- Datagroup. She is going to acquire Datagroup through Horizon Capital, the company which she co-founded.

This was reported by the Economic Policy Journal.

Datagroup, which controls 85% of the Ukrainian market of telecommunications, is owned by businessman Olexandr Kardakov. He went bankrupt due to the fall of the hryvnia exchange rate to the US dollar. As he was unable to …

According to a report by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Ukraine and Lithuania will sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of a joint military training exercise for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

As it was noted in the statement, the agreement will be signed on the 18th of April during a meeting between the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Stepan Poltorak, and the Lithuanian Minister of National Defense, Juozas Olekas.

“Following the talks, the parties are planning to sign a …

The West may turn its back to Ukraine if the country does not carry out the reforms. This was said by Steven Pifer, a former US Ambassador to Ukraine and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, at the IX Kyiv Security Forum on Friday, April 15th, Deutsche Welle reported.

"If you engage in political games instead of reform, you may find yourselves in a situation where the West has turned its back to you. We hope that the new government will work, and it must do so quickly, otherwise there …

The Ministry of Economic Development of Russian-Crimea has signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Abkhazia, Krym.Realii reported.

According to the press service of the Russian-Crimean authorities, the memorandum was signed in the framework of the International Economic Forum in Yalta in order to strengthen the partnership between the two disputed territories in socio-economic, scientific-technical, and cultural spheres.

The …