Senator from Arizona John McCain responded to the offer of the leaders of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) to come to the elections in the region. McCain thanked the LPR for such a "unique invitation", but noted that he usually does not take part in observing elections in "imaginary countries". “If the so-called Luhansk People's Republic is interested in democratic elections ...
The conflict in eastern Ukraine led to the fact that hundreds of thousands of Donbass residents became refugees. September 5 marks a year since the signing of the first Minsk Agreement, which provides for a ceasefire in the region, but it is still far from a full-fledged truce and a solution to the territorial issue. ...
The Federal Gazette of the US Government has published a full list of individuals and entities that have come under extended sectoral sanctions against Russia. Thus, the sanctions took effect. Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly announced this on Facebook. To the extended sanctions list ...
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced suspicion to the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov. The head of the Main Investigation Department of the SBU, Grigory Ostafiychuk, and the chief military prosecutor, Antoliy Matios, said this at a briefing. “Individual military personnel, under the leadership of the Chief of the General Staff, Mr. Gerasimov,...
Five Russian generals play key roles in organizing and commanding separatist forces in southeastern Ukraine. This is stated in the dossier of the Ukrainian special services, which Kiev sent to Washington in the administration of US President Barack Obama. It is reported that the document was sent back in June, ...
The self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics recognized Crimea and Sevastopol as an integral part of Ukraine. The corresponding formulations are contained in the draft amendments to the Constitution of the country proposed by the republics, which was sent to the contact group on the settlement of the conflict in Donbass. The document is available for download at ...
The self-proclaimed territorial entities of the DPR and LPR proposed that Kyiv declare them “separate areas with a special status,” while considering them “an integral part of Ukraine.” This is stated in a joint statement by the leaders of the DPR and LPR Denis Pushilin and Vladislav Deinego. At the same time, they...
The self-proclaimed “Lugansk People’s Republic” announces the murder of the leader of the “Ghost” gangster group, Alexei Mozgovoy. As the LPR press service said in a statement, Mozgovoy died as a result of an attack by a sabotage and reconnaissance group on the Perevalsk-Lugansk highway in the Alchevsk region. According to preliminary data, the car in which Mozgovoy was...
Supporters of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) officially announced the freezing of the Novorossiya project - a scenario that involved the unification of several regions seeking independence from Ukraine under this brand - and the closure of the corresponding political technology structures. “The activities of the structures of Novorossiya are frozen, ...
The SBU officers exposed the illegal activities of a group of provocateurs who, through social networks, actively called for the creation of the so-called "Kiev People's Republic". The group created an Internet community with this name, which promoted the criminal activities of militants in the occupied territories, disseminated anti-Ukrainian materials and tried to persuade young people ...