"The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax, which is hopefully nearing an end, is doing very well. Unfortunately, it probably does undermine our relationship with Russia. However, the reason for our canceled meeting is Ukraine," says @PressSec.
2 year agoG7 foreign ministers' statement on recent events near Kerch Strait
Russia says Kerch strait closed from Nov 28 due to storm
MFA Pavlo Klimkin: Russian representatives confirmed that all captured sailors are in Moscow
U.S. Senate Resolution: Condemning Russia's provocative actions in the Kerch Strait against the Ukrainian navy
Hungary's Orban says stands behind Ukraine in crisis with Russia
It's propaganda
DNR group claims that Ukrainian army prepares for offensive near Novoazovs'k, say there will be provocation with shelling of Ukrainian territories with chemical substances
2 year agoRussian MFA spokeswoman Zakharova on recent protests near Russian Embassy and consulates in Ukraine: there no need to move these facilities, it could change status as it did in Simferopol
Head of parliamentary inquiry into murder of activist Kateryna Handziuk warns that Ukraine risks losing control of her city of Kherson. He says it's riddled with corruption, smuggling, separatism and collaboration with Russian officials in Crimea.
2 year agoSecurity Service of Ukraine searched the home of head of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Pavel
Russian ombudsman for Crimea confirms that all 24 Ukrainian sailors have been transferred to Moscow
President Poroshenko had phone call with Canada PM Trudeau
2 year agoVideo: Moscow Orthodox church priests blessed newly deployed S-400
Ukraine's intelligence agency is searching the home of a senior Russian Orthodox cleric in Kyiv for "inciting hatred."
Security Service of Ukraine searches the home of head of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
2 year agoPoroshenko says Ukraine is banning entry to Russian men aged between 16 and 60.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister @PavloKlimkin says he supports suspension of diplomatic relations with Russia and that Ukraine has already terminated 48 bilateral agreements with Russia, with about 40 more to be terminated soon.
Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 14 times. 1 soldier wounded, 1 MIA
2 year agoGeorgia's President-Elect Salome Zurabishvili has been accused by opponents of being 'owned' Russia; in @i24NEWS_EN interview today she tells Georgia stands with Ukraine, and that Russia must 'stop behaving like the old Soviet imperialist power.'
2 year agoRussian Southern Military District puts combined emergency response teams (composed of sappers and logistics troops) on alert in Rostov, Stavropol and Kuban regions due severe weather forecast. Here's 10d forecasts from Yandex of listed areas.
2 year agoYesterday, F16 @beairforce, currently deployed in the Baltic Region to safeguard the integrity of @NATO airspace, intercepted Russian Flanker Jets flying without flight plan
Trump made the decision to cancel the meeting with Putin after talking with Pompeo, Bolton and Kelly - Reuters referring to the press secretary of the White House
Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters on AF1 that Trump decided to cancel a planned meeting with Putin after reviewing a report that detailed Russia's recent actions in Crimea related to Ukraine, per @SalehaMohsin, who is on this 10-hour flight to Buenos Aires.
2 year agoIn the context of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s previously-made decision to grant autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine, and in anticipation of the issuance of the Patriarchal and Synodal Tomos, the Holy and Sacred Synod drafted the Ukrainian Church’s Constitutional Charter.
Trump decides to cancel the meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina because of the developments of the Ukrainian crisis
[email protected]: Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine from Russia, I have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously scheduled meeting.
2 year agoAll Ukrainian sailors are being held in Simferopol, no one moved as previously reported
Clashes south to Lysychnask reported - at Zolote
Foreign Affairs Minister Heiko Maas: Russia has to free the marines immediately and let the boats pass through Kerch strait. The Crimea annexation has become not only the violation of international law but a threat for further international development
Politologist Vladimir Petrov was detained in Kyiv on suspicion of organizing a sex scandal aimed at discrediting Alexander Varchenko, deputy head of the department of National Police'
Arrested Ukrainian sailors are being transferred out of Crimea
Security Service of Ukraine published interception of Russian Su-30 and Ka-52 pilots talks during Kerch Strait attack