The occupation authorities of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” allowed their militants to open “warning” fire on Ukrainian servicepersons and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As the Ostrov media outlet reports, such instructions…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepted the application lodged by 67-year-old Nina Panfilova from Shakhtarsk town, Donetsk region, who became homeless overnight. Her apartment and all her property were completely destroyed with a…
Predatory Peacekeeping. Instead of Settling Conflicts, Russia Freezes Them in Its Own Interests
March 3, 2021
The armed conflicts in the post-Soviet space may have different causes and different durations but almost always they share the same “depth of freezing”. In Transnistria, fighting ceased in 1992. In Abkhazia, South Ossetia or…
The leadership of the Ukrainian delegation to the Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) sent a note to the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine concerning the provocative actions of Russian…
Over the past day, 28 February, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated the ceasefire regime in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area seven times. The Russian-occupation troops opened aimed fire from 120mm mortars,…
Navalny Taken from Russian Pre-Trial Detention Centre
February 26, 2021
A lawyer of the convicted opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that his client had been taken from the pre-trial detention centre and suggested that he could have been transferred to a penal colony. “Today, when…
Microsoft claims the involvement of Russian foreign intelligence in a massive cyber attack on at least nine US government agencies and dozens of private companies. “We have seen substantial evidence that points to the Russian…
Dmytro Kuleba: Russia's Hybrid Aggression against Ukraine Undermines Architecture of Global Security
February 24, 2021
On 23 February, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba took part in the high-level segment of the Conference on Disarmament 2021. He assured of Ukraine’s readiness to assist in resuming the effective work…
Ukraine to Conduct Paratrooper Exercises near Crimea in Response to Russian Actions
February 23, 2021
The Ukrainian military command plans to hold paratrooper exercises near the administrative border with the temporarily occupied Crimea in March. The main goal of the maneuvers is to improve the ability to timely and adequately…
Ukrainian Military Link Escalation in Donbas with Latest Decisions of National Security and Defence Council
February 21, 2021
Over the past day, February 20, seven ceasefire violations by the Russian occupation forces were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area. As the JFO Headquarters reports, 122mm artillery systems, 120mm mortars, sniping weapons…
NATO Offers Ukraine New Opportunities under EOP Programme
February 18, 2021
In 2021, Ukraine and NATO will develop additional measures and practical steps to improve the interoperability of armed forces under the Enhanced Opportunities Partnership (EOP) programme, Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre in…
Ukrainian Government Preparing to Make Tough Decisions to Eliminate Threats to National Security
February 13, 2021
The Office of the President of Ukraine states that the issues related to threats to the national security of the state require tough decisions. That is why President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed to begin preparations for…
Two Ukrainian Servicemen Killed in Enemy Attacks in Donbas
February 12, 2021
Russian invaders opened fire on Ukrainian positions in the Donetsk region. A Ukrainian serviceman was killed as a result of the enemy shelling, the operational and tactical group has reported. The shelling occurred at about…
Ukraine to Hold Joint Military Exercises with NATO
February 10, 2021
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced plans to hold joint Coherent Resilience command and staff exercises with NATO in 2021, he said at a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “Today…
Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) exposed and shut down the spy network of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) operating in Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions. The network’s members were…
Ukrainian special services plan to initiate the imposition of individual sanctions against some members of parliament in the near future. Some MPs involved in supplying weapons to terrorists will be prosecuted, Secretary of the National…
War in Donbas: Ukraine at OSCE Shows Evidence of Use of Grad Rocket System by Pro-Russian Militants on 31 Jan
February 4, 2021
On 31 January 2021, the Russian occupation forces used the Grad-P portable rocket system to shell the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the town of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region. The Permanent Mission of…
SBU Checks Possible Link Between Suspect in Contract Killing of Its Officer and Russian Special Services
February 2, 2021
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) will study in detail the possible link between former first deputy chief of the SBU Dmytro Neskoromny, who is suspected of organising the contract murder of Andriy Naumov, and…
Fifty Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Donbas in 2020
January 28, 2021
In 2020, 50 Ukrainian servicepersons were killed and 339 were wounded on the contact line in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as a result of Russian aggression, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to International Organisations…
During a plenary session in Brussels, the European Parliament adopted two resolutions on the foreign and security policy priorities of the European Union that mention the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The annual…
