On Wednesday, 20 January, Ukraine honours the memory of the defenders of the Donetsk airport – one of the symbols of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Ukrainian military, who held the line at this strategic…
EU’s Eastern Partnership Deliverables: Recommendations from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
January 20, 2021
What should be the post-2020 Eastern Partnership deliverables, especially for the development of relations with Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine? A group of 37 EU, Georgian, Moldovan and Ukrainian researchers and think tank experts…
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office: One of Our Priorities is Peaceful Settlement of Russian-Ukrainian Armed Conflict
January 20, 2021
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba held talks with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Ann Linde during her working visit to Ukraine. The Minister and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office discussed the…
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry Wants to Hold Yandex Accountable for Activities in Occupied Crimea
January 19, 2021
Ukrainian diplomats are looking for opportunities to bring Russian company Yandex to justice for its activities in the occupied Crimea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said in response to an inquiry from the…
Ukraine Sets Date for Crimean Platform Summit
January 18, 2021
The Crimean Platform summit with the participation of foreign leaders is scheduled for 23 August 2021, the press service of the Office of the President of Ukraine reported citing a statement by Deputy Head of…
Food Crisis: $400B Worth of Food Wasted Globally Each Year
January 18, 2021
Impressive numbers show that people around the world throw away kilograms of food totalling USD 400 billion annually. In the EU, up to 30% of food goes to waste, causing global economic losses worth about…
Opposition Leader Navalny detained in Russia. Video
January 18, 2021
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at the passport control zone at Sheremetyevo International Airport immediately after arriving in Moscow. On Sunday, he flew back to Russia from Berlin, where he was treated for…
Militants from Occupied Donbas Announce Unilateral Transfer of Detainees to Ukrainian Authorities
January 17, 2021
Representatives of the occupation authorities of the non-government controlled territories of Donbas have announced the unilateral transfer of a group of detainees to the Ukrainian side. According to Russian media outlets, citing a statement made…
Grand Chessboard Update: Chance and Challenge
January 16, 2021
Ukraine vainly fears the termination of the US sanctions policy on Russia Ukrainian and Russian media outlets reacted sharply to the news that a new US administration is likely to lift sanctions that now block…
In 2020, 16 political prisoners from Crimea were given varying prison sentences (the highest of 19 years), 424 people were deprived of the right to a fair trial and 77 persons were illegally transferred outside…
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba took part in a video meeting in the format of the “Trio of Associated Partners of the EU” along with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered the first judgement in the case Ukraine v. Russia regarding the occupation of Crimea, declaring Kyiv’s allegations of human rights violations on the occupied peninsula admissible. Thus,…
Larysa came to the Forpost HELP Mental Health and Trauma Therapy Centre to seek help. The woman is undergoing long-term treatment in one of the hospitals in Dnipro city. She visited a psychotherapist after experiencing…
Ukraine Solved 536 Corruption Offences in 2020
January 14, 2021
In 2020, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) solved 536 corruption offences, including demanding and taking a bribe, embezzlement, abuse of influence, power or official position, and others. A total of 90 criminal proceedings were instituted…
Ukrainian President’s Office Briefs on Normandy Format Meeting
January 13, 2021
A meeting of political advisers to the leaders of the Normandy format countries took place in Germany. The Ukrainian delegation was led by Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak. The consultations lasted more than…
Interpol has issued wanted notices for two Russians and a Portuguese man over the explosion at the port of the Lebanese city of Beirut, which occurred on 4 August 2020, destroying almost half of the…
A Russian court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced three Crimean Tatar Muslims in the case of the Bilohirsk group of Hizb ut-Tahrir. All three men were sentenced to terms in a high-security prison on religious terrorism charges….
The 6 January events in Washington, D.C., when right-wing extremists who support Donald Trump’s stormed the US Capitol building, shocked the United States and the whole world. The Democratic Party is initiating the impeachment process,…
The Kremlin was actively forming Ukraine’s image as an enemy during 2013-2014 when they began to understand that it would not be able to control the situation in Ukraine. So, it needed to intervene, but…
President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan signed agreements on the further development of Nagorno-Karabakh during talks in Moscow. It came almost two months after…
