The resignation of National Security Advisor, Michael T. Flynn, raises even more questions about how the administration of President Donald Trump will cooperate with Russia, according to the head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Republican Senator John McCain.

"General Flynn’s resignation also raises further questions about the Trump administration’s intentions toward Vladimir Putin’s Russia," John McCain indicated in a statement released on Tuesday.

In addition, the senator said he …

Russians have considered the dismissal of the U.S. President’s National Security Advisor Michael Flynn to be an act of ‘paranoia’. The dismissal was triggered by Flynn’s contacts with the Russian government, which occurred without the prior knowledge of the U.S. Administration.

Konstantin Kosachev, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of the Russian State Duma, wrote about the occurrence on his Facebook page.

"Either Trump has not found his desired independence and …

Russia is responsibile for the resolution of the crisis in the Donbas, Maltese Parliamentary Secretary for the EU Ian Borg said during a session of the European parliament.

“Two years later we see that the Minsk agreement has not been fully implemented. We are seeing a large number of violations of the ceasefire regime, the use of heavy weapons, including artillery and tanks, and restrictions on the activities of the OSCE monitoring mission,” he said.

“Russia bears full responsibility for the …

Russian writer, Zakhar Prilepin, joined the Donetsk People’s Republic and is the Deputy Commander of one of the armed groups. Zakhar Prilepin stated in his commentary to Dozhd TV that his battalion was formed in the summer of 2016 and is currently stationed at the frontline. The Russian writer claims that he is waging war against the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“If you understand what you are asking, I, as Deputy Commander of the battalion, can’t refuse to participate in anything. The battalion …

At a meeting of staff working on the energy crisis, the Ukrainian Minister of Energy, Ihor Nasalyk, announced that his agency, the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining, has decided to introduce a decree for government consideration that declares the country’s power grid to be in an a state of emergency due to the anthracite coal deficit. The coal deficit has been caused by the commercial blockade of the uncontrolled territories (where anthracite is mined), which war veterans of the …

People's Deputy and Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on the Affairs of Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the eve of "referendum" and Putin was trying to persuade him to cooperate. He revealed this information in an interview with Apostrophe news portal.

Dzhemilev commented on media reports that Russian authorities made an offer to lead the "government of the Crimea" to many well-known Crimean politicians.

"No, there was bribery of a …

The State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, assured the State Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andriy Zayats, that his country supports the continuance of sanctions against Russia until the full implementation of the Minsk Agreements. Andrejs Pildegovičs expressed this position during a visit to Riga by the Ukrainian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The public discussion entitled “25 …

The Appellate Court of Kyiv released $29.6 million in an account in Vontobel Bank (Switzerland) which belongs to a company owned by Victor Bondik, the former general director of the state –run company Ukrhimtransammiak.

The court’s decision, handed down on January 31st, is available in the Common Register of Judgments.

The matter involves the non-resident company Spess Asset Management, of which Bondik is both the owner and ultimate beneficiary.

The funds were frozen by the Holosiivskyi …