At a conference in Brussels, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman called Nord Stream-2 pipeline "a new hybrid weapon" directed against the European Union.

"I categorically deny that it is a commercial project. It is a new hybrid weapon, targeting the EU. We should simply stop it," he said.

Groysman added that the Ukrainian gas transit system "can ensure 100% the supply", so there is no need to build new capacities.

In early April, Ukraine’s Naftogaz claimed that Nord Stream-2 gas …

In a letter to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Russia admitted responsibility for systematic doping violations. “The serious crisis that hit Russian sport is due to unacceptable manipulations with the anti-doping system, which were disclosed by the leadership of WADA and the International Olympic Committee,” the letter reads, as quoted by the French sports newspaper L’Equipe.  

“On behalf of the organizations that we represent, we sincerely regret the manipulations and practices that have …

During the first meeting of the National Investment Council, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he is confident that Ukraine will manage to get payments from the Russian company Gazprom granted by the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court.

"Now Gazprom does not pay us, but so that you have no doubts: every last penny [that Ukraine will receive from Gazprom] will go to the state budget," Poroshenko said.

In February 2018, the Stockholm Arbitration Court obliged Gazprom to pay the …

Russia has tested next generation cruise missiles in Syria from the fifth generation Su-57 fighter in February, Interfax reports, citing Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu.

“Practical launches of next generation cruise missiles of operational-tactical designation were carried out from the fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft in February of this year to assess the combat performance of the military equipment being developed," he reported.

On February 22, Syrian sources reported that two fifth- …

Yevropeiska Pravda reports that Hungary has submitted an official request to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg regarding an initiative to review support programs for Ukraine. This was confirmed by NATO headquarters.

According to the information, a document entitled "Memorandum: Initiative for the Establishment of a New NATO Policy towards Ukraine" was approved at a solemn meeting of the renewed Hungarian government headed by Viktor Orban.

The document was sent from Budapest to the NATO …

In a comment to BBC, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov said that Russia could begin a large-scale offensive in the Donbas in July, after the World Cup.  

Turchynov stated that this was evidenced by the increase in the number of attacks in the Donbas and the concentration of Russian troops on the border of Ukraine. "They use artillery, tanks and multiple rocket launcher systems prohibited by the Minsk agreements. The shelling on Ukrainian …

Interfax reports that Aleksandr Zharov, the head of Roskomnadzor (The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media), has announced that Microsoft and Google will stop providing the messaging service Telegram with opportunities to bypass Russia’s blocking service.

"Microsoft has stopped providing Telegram with the opportunity to use the Microsoft Download configuration file service; [additionally] Google has informed us that, at present, it has …

Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine for European Integration Olena Zerkal wrote on her Facebook page that Ukraine plans to submit a memorandum on Russia's violation of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism to the International Court of Justice.

“The fact that everybody knew why Russia used its veto at the UN Security Council in 2015 and blocked the creation of a tribunal to investigate the circumstances of the crash of the MH17 flight has been proven …