Contents tagged with Ukraine

  • Ukrainian Intelligence: 15 bodies of Russian soldiers were sent from Donetsk to Russia

    The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the bodies of 15 Russian servicemen who were killed in the Donbas were delivered from Donetsk to Russia.

    Ukrayinska Pravda cited the Directorate on March 6th as claiming that the bodies were removed from the morgue of the Donetsk Regional Hospital on March 4th. Ukrainian intelligence also reported that in the occupied Donbas, the Commander of the 3rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (Horlivka) is actually …

  • Ukraine responds to Belarus' refusal to accept Ukrainian biometric ID cards at border crossings

    The Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that it didn’t receive reservations from Belarus concerning the use of the new plastic card passports during the development of the visa-free regime between the two countries, as stated in the report of the Ministry, published on the 5th of March on Facebook. On the same day, Belarus announced that it doesn’t see a Ukrainian citizen’s plastic ID card passport as a valid document for border crossings.

    “The corresponding …

  • Savchenko supporters threw eggs at Russian Embassy in Kiev

    Supporters of Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot who is being charged with the murder of two Russian journalists, threw eggs at the Russian Embassy in Kiev on Sunday in protest of what many in Ukraine and the West view to be a show trial.

    According to the TV channel 112 Ukraine, during a demonstration in front of the Russian Embassy in support of Savchenko, protestors threw eggs at the building and chanted “freedom for Nadiya”.

    Authorities in Kiev provided additional security for the …

  • Ukraine to take part in the creation of new transport corridor from the Baltic to the Aegean Sea

    Ukraine joined the Polish initiative on the creation of an international transport corridor through the Carpathians from the Baltic to the Aegean Sea, which will allow for the strengthening of cooperation with the countries of the Middle East, the website of the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction said, as reported by UNIAN.

    According to the statement, a declaration on the construction of an international transport corridor from north to south Europe with a branch towards …

  • Ukrainian Intelligence: More Russian servicemen have arrived in the Donbas

    The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that Russian servicemen arrived in the the self-proclaimed republics of the Donbas.

    The Ministry asserts that a subdivision of the 22nd Separate Special Mission Brigade of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces has been redeployed to the Southeast of Ukraine from the Rostov region.

    In addition, the Main Directorate of Intelligence reports that on the 3rd of March, …

  • Marinka checkpoint in eastern Ukraine closed due to sniper fire

    The Marinka checkpoint was temporarily shut down on the 5th March due to a sniper attack at a Ukrainian roadblock on Saturday morning, the Ukrainian Armed Force’s press center stated.

    The leaders of the Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region declared that the attack was a “reckless violation of the Minsk Agreements by fighters of the so-called DPR”.

    Separatists attacked a roadblock of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at about 9:45 am.  The defense borderline of the Marinka checkpoint was also …

  • European Parliament MPs, British government call for immediate release of Savchenko

    Deputies of the European Parliament and the city of London have called for the release of Ukrainian pilot, Nadiya Savchenko.  In a letter addressed to Savchenko, 26 deputies announced their intention to “continue their struggle” for her release.  This letter was posted by Savchenko’s lawyer, Mark Freygin, on his Facebook page.  The Ukrainian pilot is seen to be a victim of the unjust regime of the Kremlin.  European parliamentarians have called Savchenko’s behavior “an example of strong …

  • Russia continues to build its military presence in the Black Sea

    The Russian Navy plans to bolster its presence in the Crimea by transferring several Sukhoi Su-30sm jets and other pieces of military equipment to the annexed peninsula, as reported by TASS.

    According to a representative of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF), Vyacheslav Trukhachev, 8 Su-30s were recently deployed to the Crimea, and several more aircraft of this type will be sent to the peninsula this year.

    As stated by Trukhachev, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, the …

  • Belarus will not allow Ukrainians to enter the country using new biometric ID cards

    Ukrainian citizens will not be able to enter Belarus with their new plastic ID-cards, as stated on the website of the State Border Committee of Belarus. These cards have been issued to Ukrainians since the 1st of January 2016, as reported by Evropeyskaya Pravda.

    “According to the 2009 bilateral agreement on visa-free travel between the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine, the new Ukrainian ID-card passport cannot be used when crossing the state border,” the statement said.

    The Belarusian Ministry …

  • Ukraine sends group of doctors to examine Nadiya Savchenko

    According to the Consul of Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don, Vitaliy Moskalenko, a group of three Ukrainian doctors have been sent to Russia in order to examine the condition of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, as reported by Glavnoe.

    “Urgent measures have been carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the President, a group of doctors who examined her before has been identified. I think they will arrive tomorrow in Rostov,” censor.net quoted him as saying.

    Moskalenko said that the doctors …