Iryna Herashchenko, the representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group reported to UN representatives on violations of children’s and women’s rights in the Donbas.

She stated on Facebook that she met with the Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who is also the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. They had discussions in the offices of the special representative of the UN Secretary-General on …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russian leaders do not require permission to visit the Crimea, commenting on Ukraine’s protest over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the annexed peninsula, TASS reported.   

On Wednesday, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry issued a note of protest over Putin’s visit to the Crimea, where he was participating in “Forum for Action” in Yalta.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong protest to the Ministry of Foreign …

German Leopard 2 tanks will be deployed to Lithuania along with German soldiers as part of NATO’s plans to create multi-national battalions in the Baltic States and Poland, TASS reported, citing a representative of the German Defense Ministry, Thomas Frueh.

"Indeed, the decision was made to dispatch tanks, but we cannot say what their numerical strength will be," Freuh said.

He also added that the tanks will participate in military exercises, and that their “main aim is to demonstrate their …

Russian President Vladimir Putin, while answering questions during a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, said Russia and Ukraine will find a way to end the current crisis, TASS reported.

"First we were separated and then set against each other. We are partially to blame for that ourselves. Now we are to find a way out of this situation on our own. I am certain that common sense will prevail and we will find a way out,” Putin.

The Russian President also noted that he is not opposed …

BNS reported that according to Dylan White, Press Secretary of NATO, the Alliance has confirmed the entry of two Russian warships into the Baltic Sea. He said the ships may be carrying Kalibr long-range missile systems that are allegedly armed with nuclear warheads. The effective attack range of those missiles is 2,600 kilometers.

The NATO representative noted that Russia is “allowed to act in international waters” but such actions “show yet again Moscow’s military activities near NATO borders. …

The director of national intelligence of the United States, James Clapper, suggested on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin could give the order to shoot down US aircraft to ensure the no-fly zone over Syria if the United States and its allies decide to establish such zones for the protection of civilians.

“I don’t think that they rule out the option of destruction of US aircraft if they think that it poses a threat to their ground forces,” James Clapper said during his speech at the meeting of the …

During a Trilateral Contact Group meeting in Minsk, the aim of which was to find a peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbas, Ukraine raised the question about the possibility of abolition of the “quasi-state structures” of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO). This was said by Daria Olifer, who is the press secretary of the Group’s Ukrainian representative, Leonid Kuchma.

“It is impossible to hold elections on a territory that is not controlled by the Ukrainian …

The U.S. presidential candidate from the Republican Party, Donald Trump, supports Ukraine and does not approve of Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, according to his representative and former Governor of Maryland, Robert Elrich, Ukrinform news agency reported.

"With respect to Ukraine, he [Trump] has officially declared that he is in support of Ukraine," the representative of the candidate said. He cited Trump, stating that the alliance between Ukraine and the U.S.A. is "very strong." "As …