The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, refused to give an interview to Russian journalists in Helsinki. According to Interfax-Ukraine, journalists from a Russian TV station came up to the Ukrainian President during his visit to the Finnish Parliament and asked him to answer their questions.

“Stop killing Ukrainians and free the territory!” Poroshenko said in response to their questions.

The President of Ukraine reported that seven Ukrainians have died in the Donbas in January alone. In …

An international military inspection was not allowed access to Russian artillery systems in the Rostov region in the area of Novocherkassk, Ukrainski Novyny reported, citing the leader of the inspection team, Oleksiy Vershygora.

"Significant accumulation of artillery systems of various types was visually detected and have been identified. The inspection team was denied access to the facility, and they were also prohibited from taking photographs of the artillery,” he said.

Vershygora noted …

On the 22nd of January, the Deputy Head of Russia’s FSB Border Service, Admiral Gennady Medvedev, accused Ukraine of violating the Russian State border and carrying out provocative actions. According to Medvedev, actions of the Ukrainian Naval Forces in the Black Sea pose a real threat to the security of maritime economic activities of the Russian Federation. Medvedev noted that Russian Security Services jointly with the Russian Navy curb such activities.

According to him, Ukraine allegedly …