Section: Crimea Crisis

      Prosecutor General`s Office gets evidence of Russia using Ukraine`s drilling platforms in Black Sea
      Dec04

      Prosecutor General`s Office gets evidence of Russia using Ukraine`s drilling platforms in Black Sea

      Violations against Ukrainian drilling platforms in the Black Sea, seized by the Russian Federation, may strengthen Ukraine`s position in lawsuits against Russia, according to a statement published on the website of the Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine. Military prosecutors recorded the fact of changing the navigation data of drilling...

      RFE/RL Crimea journalists win Burke Award
      Dec04

      RFE/RL Crimea journalists win Burke Award

      The Broadcasting Board of Governors has recognized the professionalism and courage of the RFE/RL Ukrainian Service`s Crimea desk by presenting it with the 2016 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award. RFE/RL President Thomas Kent accepted the prize on behalf of the journalists in a ceremony today presided over by BBG Chief Executive Officer...

      Ukraine asks Interpol to launch international search for ”Scythian gold”
      Dec03

      Ukraine asks Interpol to launch international search for ”Scythian gold”

      Pechersk District Court of Kyiv ordered to seize the ”Scythian gold”, which was exhibited at the expo in the Netherlands titled Crimea – the golden island in the Black Sea, as reported by the press service of the Prosecutor`s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. In addition, a copy of the court order was forwarded to Interpol with a...

      Ukraine informs NATO on signs of possible transporting chemical weapons from Syria to Crimea
      Dec03

      Ukraine informs NATO on signs of possible transporting chemical weapons from Syria to Crimea

      During their visit to NATO Headquarters, the Ukrainian delegation handed over the Allies information, which indicates possible transportation of chemical weapons from Syria to the occupied Crimea, head of Ukraine`s Permanent Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, MP Iryna Friz (BPP) has told UNIAN. ”We handed over an analytical report on...

      Putin on revision of Sentsov verdict: ”Appropriate conditions should ripen”
      Dec02

      Putin on revision of Sentsov verdict: ”Appropriate conditions should ripen”

      During the meeting of the Council for Culture and Arts and of the Council on the Russian language of the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg, Russian film director Alexander Sokurov appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to reconsider the verdict of Ukrainian citizen Oleh Sentsov. Putin refused, citing the fact that ”in a Russian way and...

      Ukraine should watch out for Russian retaliation over missile drills – analyst
      Dec02

      Ukraine should watch out for Russian retaliation over missile drills – analyst

      Ukrainian political expert Oleksandr Khara spoke with Ukraine Today on missile drills near Crimea and the Russian threats of a harsh response. ”Russia is trying to make a grip over Ukraine, to threaten it by military means and to wage its hybrid war, so it`s a natural reaction of Ukrainian military to improve their ability to defend the country...

      Russia preparing paratroopers rotation in Crimea`s north – border guards
      Dec01

      Russia preparing paratroopers rotation in Crimea`s north – border guards

      Ukrainian Border Guard Service spokesman Oleh Slobodian says the Russian Federation plans to replace paratroopers from Stavropol, who have been serving in the north of occupied Crimea near the administrative border with mainland Ukraine from August, by paratroopers from Tula. ”Preparations for the immediate rotation of airborne units of the...

      Poroshenko explains why Ukraine conducts missile tests near occupied Crimea
      Dec01

      Poroshenko explains why Ukraine conducts missile tests near occupied Crimea

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko explains that the only reason why Ukraine is now conducting missile tests in the country`s south near the Russia-occupied Crimean peninsula is the need to get prepared for a full-scale Russian incursion. ”Let me emphasize once again: the only reason that makes us conduct these exercises [by Ukraine`s Air...

      Ukraine publishes Russia`s letter against missile tests near Crimea
      Dec01

      Ukraine publishes Russia`s letter against missile tests near Crimea

      A letter handed over by the Russian side to Ukraine`s military envoy in protest at missile tests near Crimea has been shared with the public. The letter addressing the military attach? under Ukraine`s Embassy in Russia was published by the Ukrayinska Pravda news outlet. ”The Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation warns that if launched...

      Ukraine kicks off missile tests near occupied Crimea

      Head of the Ukrainian South Air Command`s press center Volodymyr Kryzhanivsky has announced the beginning of Ukrainian military drills with missile launches in the south of the country, according to 112 Ukraine TV Channel. According to him, the drills include checking flight tests of guided medium-range surface-to-air missiles, namely the S-300...