Residents of the southern coastal city of Alupka are publicly asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring back the local government bodies that operated in the city through 2014. A corresponding video message is posted on YouTube and is being actively distributed via social networks.

The video features several dozen people of different ages, including children.

"Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, the residents of the southern Crimean city of Alupka are turning to you. Our city is dying. Please, …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reports that its employees have uncovered an agent network in the Donbas that is organized by representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

According to the department's press office, law enforcement officers established that Russian Special Services recruited two residents of Lysychansk and Kostiantynivka through acquaintances located in the separatist-held territories of the Donbas.

They received …

By June 23, Ukrainian authorities intend to appeal the ruling of the High Court of Justice regarding the dispute with Russia over $3 billion of debt, the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance reports.

“At the session which was held in the British court on May 26, 2017, judge William Blair increased the period during which Ukraine can make an appeal by 14 days (from June 9 to June 23, 2017),” the announcement states.

Previously the Ukrainian Finance Ministry noted that at the last …

According to the investigation, the defendants in the case on the explosions in Swedish Gothenburg underwent militarized training at a special camp in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg, as stated by prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist, as reported by DW.

According to him, the suspects, aged 20, 23 and 50, maintained contact with the Scandinavian radical nationalist-socialist organization the “Nordic Resistance Movement”. Furthermore, two of the three accused persons were trained at the ultra-nationalist …

In the near future, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense plans to add four new ranks to its existing non-commissioned officer ranks, based on the model used by the US and several NATO states, as stated by Defense Ministry Spokesperson Oksana Havrylyuk at a briefing.

“The Ministry of Defense is working on legislation with which it will introduce new ranks. In particular, it envisages an expansion of the role of non-commissioned and petty officers in accordance with NATO’s standards,” she said. …