Survey: 78 percents of Ukrainians support joining NATO

A hypothetical referendum on NATO membership for Ukraine shows that almost 78% of Ukrainians support membership in the Alliance.

This information was obtained from a survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiative Foundation and the Razumkov Centre Sociological Service in May.

Among those who declared their willingness to participate in the hypothetical referendum in May 2016, 77.7% of respondents would support NATO membership, 17.4% would be against, the rest are undecided.

The …


Experts: NATO needs to deepen cooperation with Ukraine

American Heritage Foundation experts called on the leadership of NATO to deepen cooperation with Ukraine.

“The upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw represents an opportunity to provide a real and substantial support for Ukraine,” Luke Coffey and Daniel Kochis of the Heritage Foundation wrote.

According to experts, the fact that Ukraine will not become a NATO member in the near future shouldn't mean the isolation of the country.

“It's in the interests of NATO to help Ukraine to withstand Russian …


Survey shows there is a shortage of food and medicine in the Donbas

Sociologists have investigated the social well-being of the population of the Donetsk region.

Two years after the beginning of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, a quarter of the residents of the Donetsk region are still suffering from a shortage of medicines, one in five residents are in need of food products, and one in ten suffers from a lack of essential non-food items.

These shortages are reflected in the results of sociological research conducted in May-June 2016 in the Donetsk …


Stoltenberg: NATO's practical cooperation with Russia is still pending

The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, announced the issues that will be discussed during the Russia-NATO Council meeting that will take place in Brussels on the 13th of July. The meeting, which will be held for the second time since 2014, will be devoted to the discussion of the crisis in and around Ukraine and the need for full implementation of the Minsk Agreements.

“We will also consider military activity, putting special focus on …


Ukranian Intelligence: Eight Russian servicemen were killed and nine were wounded in the Donbas

Russian troops, waging war against Ukraine in the Donbas, continue to bear significant losses. According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, eight Russian servicemen were killed earlier this week.

“On the 5th of July, eight Russian servicemen of the 3rd Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade (Horlivka), the 11th Independent Motorized Rifle Regiment (Makiivka), the 9th Independent Assault Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Naval Infantry (Novoazovsk) and the …