Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 13 times. 1 Ukrainian soldier was wounded
Private aircraft of Ukrainian Tycoon Medvedchuk Dassault Falcon 900EX P4-GEM
IMF board approves new Ukraine loan package, releases $1.4 bn immediately
15 hour agoTaxi driver in eastern Ukraine calls authorities after finding a suspicious package in the back of his cab. The package contained an RPG-22 rocket launcher
17 hour agoSecurity Service of Ukraine foiled an attempt of LNR to blown up a railway in Kharkiv region
21 hour agoPolice in Avdiyivka found a cache with grenades
Government of Ukraine Airbus A319 UR-ABA UKN1120
22 hour agoIn Odesa, parties Narodny Ruh, Democratic Alliance, Sila Lyudey, Ruh Novyh Syl and Hvylya declared union
Russian Federation disagrees with the UN General Assembly resolution on Crimea and regrets its adoption - Peskov
22 hour agoRussian Black Sea fleet aviation started training with Su-30SM, Su-24M, Be-12, An-26, Mi-8 and Ka-27
Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 7 times.
US Air Force RQ-4A Global Hawk UAV
1 day agoUNGA adopted a Ukraine-initiated resolution urging Russia to withdraw its military forces from the occupied Crimea and condemning the increasing Russian military presence in parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. In favor - 66, against - 19. Cosponsors - 40
1 day ago#UNGA has adopted resolution on militarisation of #Crimea
1 day agoUNGA adopts resolution on militarization of Crimea. 66 for, 19 against
1 day agoFreedom of Navigation in the Black Sea: Built by Appledore Shipbuilders in Bideford, Echo class HMS Echo is armed with 20mm, Mk44 7.62mm guns. HMS Echo entered Black Sea at 18:00GMT, escorted by Turkish Coast Guard TCSG29. She can remain for 21 days according to Montreux Treaty.
1 day agoOSCE SMM Report 16 Dec: While conducting a mini-UAV flight west of Khrustalnyi, the SMM heard about 30 shots of small-arms fire at an assessed range of 1km north-west, assessed as aimed at its UAV
Ukraine armed forces cyber security units raised to combat readiness
1 day ago@RoyalNavy multi-role hydrographic survey ship @HMS_Echo passing through Bosphorus late in the evening. She is heading to Ukraine as declared by @GavinWilliamson
1 day agoUkraine's state-run defense industry UkrOboronProm says a new 152mm high precision-guided artillery projectile ''Kvitnyk'' is ready to undergo scheduled testing. Projectile has a range of 20 kilometers and it's precision is said to be within centimeters.
1 day ago50 y.o man has gunwound as result of clashes today near Chermalyk
Ukraine's Vice Premier @IKlympush says she feels a "direct threat" from Russian foreign minister Lavrov's remarks accusing Kyiv of taking aggressive actions against Moscow.
"The West has done absolutely nothing.that would address what Russia has done" to Ukraine in the Azov Sea, says @SpecRepUkraine Kurt Volker, or to stop it from happening again.
"We have to be very clear in how we talk about things," @SpecRepUkraine Kurt Volker at @MartensCentre event. "Ukraine is under attack.there's a war going on." He says Russia still denies direct responsibility for its role in the Donbas.
[email protected] on US/European response to Russia's attack on Ukraine vessels near Kerch Strait: "We have to look at the basket of sanctions.some kind of deployment for instance of a ship visit or 2 to the Black Sea to show presence, the British are having a ship visit today"
1 day agoThe leader of the newly unified Orthodox Church of Ukraine says he believes that all Orthodox clergy in Ukraine "will gradually reach the understanding that there is no other outcome than being part of this united Ukrainian church and building our future together."
Tusk: The EU stands by Ukraine, also in AzovSea. Good discussion with PM @VGroysman today on Ukraine's reform course.
1 day agoUS @SpecRepUkraine Kurt Volker confirms Ukraine's claims that Russia has again built up forces on the border. US and NATO officials have been reluctant to publicly discuss their observations.
1 day agoUS @SpecRepUkraine Kurt Volker calls it "very unfortunate" and "inappropriate" that Hungary continues to block minister-level NATO meetings with Ukraine over Kyiv's language laws. He says such disputes should be worked out bilaterally, not by holding relations "hostage".
US envoy Volker says notion of additional sanctions on Russia seems to be gaining traction
