According to Interfax, the Ministry of State Security (MSS) of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) claims that the road bridge on the 50th kilometer of the Khrustalny-Luhansk route has been blown up by saboteurs.

The press service of the MSS stated that the Ministry of State Security of the LPR, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs is searching for subversive and terrorist groups responsible for the bridge explosion on the night of May 20. The report notes that …

On Monday, May 21, the Lyuboml District Court of Volyn Oblast sentenced French citizen Gregoire Moutaux, who was detained at the Yagodyn auto checkpoint in May 2016 while trying to transport weapons and explosives across the border out of Ukraine.

A Hromadske correspondent reported that Moutaux was found guilty of preparing to carry out a terrorist act and smuggling; as a result, was sentenced to six years in prison. The Ukrainian News Agency specified further that the French citizen was found …

The Ukrainian military advanced more than 2 km into separatist territory and secured new positions, radically changing the situation at one stretch of the front line, volunteer Yuriy Mysyagin wrote on Facebook.

"Within the territory of the Joint Forces Operation, one of the infantry battalions of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces was simply forced to improve and secure its front line positions due to the systematic shelling by the separatists. By moving their footholds, the battalion …

Against the backdrop of the escalating tension in the Donbas, numerous reports have been made detailing the redeployment of the Somali battalion to the Horlivka, which is held by pro-Russian militants. This has occurred amid attacks against Zaytseve (near Horlivka), which have lasted three days, the TSN program reports.

Last weekend, two residential buildings were destroyed in Zaytseve. On Monday afternoon, the settlement can under heavy artillery shelling. Fortunately, no one was injured by …

During a meeting in Washington on Monday with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US condemns the Russian occupation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Voice of America reports.

"The United States unequivocally condemns Russia’s occupation on Georgian soil. Russia’s forcible invasion of Georgia is a clear violation of international peace and security and goes against the basic principles of the Charter of the …

Project 955B, centered around the strategic Borei-B nuclear-powered submarine, was not included in the Russian state armament program for 2018-2027, reported TASS news agency, citing a source in the defense industrial complex.

“After analyzing proposals for the production of the Borei-B nuclear submarine, a decision was made to abandon the project, since building the submarines is not considered ‘cost-effective.’ Instead, the final version of the state armament program, which goes to 2027, …

Representatives of the World Bank have remarked on the high effectiveness of the reforms carried out in Ukraine’s financial sector, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported on Facebook.

“Last week as part of a tour of Eastern Europe, 10 executive directors of the World Bank came to Ukraine. As part of their visit, they had a series of meetings with domestic officials to discuss future collaboration. The World Bank representatives remarked on the high effectiveness of the reforms which have …

In its suit against Russia, Ukraine will add a claim about violating the Convention on the Law of the Sea with regard to illegal construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait by Russia, as stated by the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mariana Betsa, reported Interfax-Ukraine.

“This in no way changes the status of the Crimea as an integral part of the territory of Ukraine, which is temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation. Of course, this issue of the Kerch …