Ukrainian President to make visit to Georgia

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will pay a state visit to Georgia on July 17-19, where he will meet with his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili, reported the Ukrainian President's Press Service.

The program of the visit also includes meetings between Petro Poroshenko and the Georgian Prime Minister, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, and the head of the Georgian parliament, Irakli Kobakhidze.

During the visit, a number of bilateral documents aimed at deepening strategic cooperation between …


Ukrainian Prime Minister calls for peacekeepers in the Donbas

In his speech for the Day of Ukrainian Peacekeepers, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman called for a peacekeeping mission to be brought to the Donbas.

“It is already the fourth year of the Russian aggression in Ukrainian territory, from which our soldiers and civilians die on a daily basis, from which the country is bearing unprecedented human, infrastructural and economic losses. Under such circumstances, our state as a reliable partner of the international peacekeeping mission calls …


Kyiv court arrests former Kharkiv governor

The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv arrested former Kharkiv governor Mikhail Dobkin. According to channel 112 Ukraine, the court decided to detain him for two months, and also placed bail at 50 million hryvnia or $1.9 million.

“I don’t understand what it is linked to or where this sum comes from. I understood that I will not be detained immediately, that they will give me 5 days as an alternative, to deposit bail, and if I don’t deposit, I will be arrested,” the MP said. He added that he is …


Kremlin: the US has created extremely difficult work conditions for Russian diplomats

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said on Russia 1 TV that the conditions in which Russian diplomats work in the United States, in particular the Russian extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, is harassment, RIA Novosti reports.

"The conditions in which Russian diplomats work are very difficult, I think that one can understand that these people need moral support from all of us as well ... This is not an information campaign, it's actual …


Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs: Ukraine decided not to introduce visa requirements with Russia

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) decided not to introduce a new visa policy with Russia. This was announced in the Verkhovna Rada by Pavlo Klimkin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

“The plan for the future is the decision approved by the NSDC to create an integrated system. Not a separate step, as some wanted, but a system that provides for the collecting of biometric data from foreigners and stateless persons, effective control of movement through Ukraine, …