The Pope establishes Assistance Committee for Ukrainians affected by the war in the Donbas

Pope Francis established a special committee for distributing funds collected for Ukrainians affected by the war in the Donbas. The fund is called The Pope for Ukraine and is aimed at providing assistance for war victims irrespective of their nationality or religion, Vatican Radio reports.

The committee will distribute funds and consists of four members. It will be chaired by Jan Sobiło, the Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia. The Committee will consider proposals from "interreligious and …


Germany allocates an additional 6 million Euros for humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine

The Federal Government of Germany has earmarked an additional 6 million Euros for humanitarian projects of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in eastern Ukraine for 2016-2017, the German Embassy press service reported. The stated aim of the project is the provision of food products to people affected by the conflict in eastern Ukraine and are in need of assistance.

The project makes an important contribution to ensuring the survival of large numbers of internally …


Dutch PM suggested that the agreement with Ukraine may not be signed

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that there is still a chance that the country will not sign the Association Agreement with Ukraine. This was reported by Dutch broadcaster, NOS.

Rutte did however express hope that the agreement will still be signed.

According to him, the results of April’s referendum in the Netherlands, with regard to the Association Agreement, were terrible.

“I am categorically against the referenda. I am also categorically, absolutely and completely against the …


Security Service of Ukraine: Interpol refused to issue international wanted notice for separatist commander

Interpol has refused to issue a notice for Russian citizen, Arseny Pavlov, who is also known as Motorola. According to witnesses, he killed Ihor Branovytskyi, a soldier defending the Donetsk airport. According to the Human Rights Information Center, this was said by the Deputy Chief of the Main Investigative Department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), Vitaliy Mayakov.

“Interpol has returned the relevant documents to us and have said that the case is of a political nature. We don’t …


NATO to discuss further assistance to Ukraine

One the 15th of June, the defense ministers of NATO’s member countries will discuss providing additional assistance to Ukraine and Georgia.

Evropeyskaya Pravda reported that this was said by NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, at a press conference in Brussels.

“We will discuss providing additional assistance to Ukraine and Georgia. A meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Committee will be held on Wednesday. We are concerned about the escalation of the conflict in Donbas as well as new cases of …