Baltic NATO allies Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia can now transfer American-made lethal weapons such as anti-armor and ground-to-air missiles to Ukraine

Prosecutor claims Petro Poroshenko was involved in financing of Russian-backed separatists in 2014-15

In a third round of diplomacy on Eastern European security this week, Kremlin officials sounded an increasingly pessimistic note, though they did not close the door on future talks

Russia said on Sunday it would not make concessions under U.S. pressure and warned that this week's talks on the Ukraine crisis might end early, while Washington said no breakthroughs were expected and progress depended on de-escalation from Moscow

House intelligence chair: invasion might draw Nato closer Sanctions must be ‘at level Russia has never seen’ to deter Putin

Russian president’s attention-seeking diplomatic demands speak to long-held grievances

If confirmed, talks would begin a contentious effort to avert a Russian offensive in Ukraine this winter

When the US intelligence community first picked up signs in the fall that Russia could be preparing a new attack on Ukraine, President Joe Biden directed his administration to act - and fast.

The US says it is preparing "robust responses" over fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, after President Biden's rare talks with Vladimir Putin

Would Putin get away with invading Ukraine again?

Tensions have been rising again along the Russian-Ukrainian border, with Kyiv and Washington raising the alarm at what they say is an unusual build-up of Russian troops

The Kremlin said it was "not exactly polite" of the US to accuse Russia of unusual military activity near Ukraine after Washington brought in American soldiers from overseas

The head of Nato has urged Russia to be transparent about its military plans after an increase in the numbers of troops on its border with Ukraine

The buildup of Russian troops on the country’s border with Ukraine over the past week has raised concerns among officials in the U.S. and Europe

Ukrainian government forces have used a Turkish-supplied armed drone for the first time against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, in a development condemned by the Kremlin

Over the past day, October 10, ten ceasefire violations by Russian-occupation troops were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in eastern Ukraine

The press service of the community adds that law enforcement agencies are currently working at the scene

The Ukrainian army is locked in a conflict with breakaway fighters in Donetsk and Lugansk that erupted after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014

Over the past day, six ceasefire violations by the armed formations of the Russian Federation were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in eastern Ukraine

Should we trust the main Russian opposition?

Ukraine’s president is claiming that Russia has maintained a massive military presence near his country’s borders

The Ukrainian side shared its lists in the winter

Vilnius will never recognize Russia’s occupation of part of Ukraine’s territory and will make efforts to de-occupy these territories

Russian Defense Minister Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on April 22 that Russian troops would begin pulling back from positions close to the Ukrainian border and returning to their bases

Russia on Saturday said it would expel a Ukrainian diplomat, prompting an immediate pledge of retaliation from Kyiv, further escalating tensions over Moscow's troop build-up on Ukraine's eastern flank.

He called on Russia to "deescalate tensions," the White House said in a summary of the conversation

Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit came after reports of increased clashes with separatist forces and rising tensions with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Moscow of building up troops on his country's border as the United States warned Russia against "intimidating" Ukraine

Near the village of Shumy, Toretsk City Council of Donetsk region on Friday

Pro-Russian separatists have deployed more troops near the demarcation line defined in the Minsk agreement in eastern Ukraine

How Russia is turning occupied Crimea into a military base

The Moscow City Court on December 7 found Vasyl Vasylenko guilty of spying and sentenced him the same day.

Ukraine also cites facts that may indicate the control of the aggressor country over the occupied territory

The ceasefire regime had lasted for 42 days

Perceptions of weakness drive the Kremlin’s hybrid aggression against America and Ukraine to new heights

Thus, Russians will try to let water from the Dnipro flow into the North Crimean Canal

Putin has forced Ukrainians to make a choice. Will they finally take a stand?

Ukraine has also recalled Russia must implement its obligations under the Minsk Agreements

Ukraine's memorandum in the case of the seizure of Ukrainian sailors and ships in the Black Sea in November 2018 has been signed and will be submitted to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on Friday, May 22

Despite many official pronouncements, industry in the liberated Donbas is in its death throes

Russian-Ukrainian relations, increasingly tense since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, plummeted to a new low after Russia’s forcible absorption of the Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and subsequent invasion of Donbas

What crimes Russia has committed during the occupation of Crimea and is still committing on the peninsula

What is Ukraine’s place in the rhetoric of Russian media and how to decipher their hidden messages?

Western media often repeats propaganda from Russia. Why is this?

The self-proclaimed republics in occupied Donbas are changing their rhetoric about returning to Ukraine and are more actively imposing the attributes of a statelet...

The strategic winners and losers at Normandy

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian chargé d’affaires ad interim in Kyiv on Monday and expressed protest over the detention of four Ukrainian fishermen

Surviving at the helm of Russia while making its international crimes legal

During the 3rd Lviv Security Forum The Ukrainian Week met with Kari Liuhto, professor and director of the Pan-European Institute at Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku (Finland) to discuss Russian economic war against Europe, toxic investments and nature of Russian oligarchs

As Zelensky mentions pact that carved up Poland and started World War II, Putin’s spokesperson claims that is ‘erroneous and offensive’

What can Ukraine offer for the release of the remaining prisoners

What the Russian authorities can do to preserve the current regime

Ukraine president says exchange should take place on Sunday but details of the planned swap are scarce

During the 29th Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój (Poland) The Ukrainian Week talked with Robert Brinkley, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Ukraine Forum, Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House about perspectives of Ukrainian relations with West and Russia

Russian and Ukrainian representatives have met in Berlin for "very intense negotiations" on the current 10-year gas agreement due to expire in two weeks. However, the terms of the deal are not yet clear

The EU confirms its support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity

What kinds of security eventualities is Ukraine prepared for?

A Ukrainian journalist convicted in Russia of spying and jailed for three years has described how he created paintings of cathedrals, lighthouses and soothing landscapes as a form of psychological therapy during his imprisonment

What criteria should be used to evaluate strategies for the reintegration of the Donbas

Russia has returned three navy boats to Ukraine almost a year after they were seized in the Black Sea off the Crimean Peninsula, officials say

A court hearing in Poland on whether to extradite a Ukrainian veteran of the ongoing Donbas conflict and member of a Ukrainian nationalist group is expected to begin by Nov. 12

Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed rebels began withdrawing from a village in the disputed Donbas region on Saturday, one of a series of measures that could pave the way for a summit between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany

In international relations, Ukraine keeps reacting to foreign initiatives rather than coming up with its own

OSCE monitors used drones to verify the disengagement

State department aide makes revelation in testimony, while Russia envoy nominee John Sullivan grilled at confirmation hearing

What was overlooked during the return of Ukraine’s kidnapped sailors and political hostages from Russia

About Ukraine’s prisoners who left jail early and ended up in Moscow

Hundreds of Ukrainians have protested after President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had backed an agreement that would bring elections to territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists.

Adventures of signing the Ukrainian-Russian Treaty of friendship, cooperation and partnership

U.S. special envoy to Ukraine resigns a day after whistleblower complaint was released

Open supporters of integration with Russia are being persecuted on the occupied Donbas

Roots of Moscow’s imperialist policy in Ukraine and Ukrainians’ participation in the creation of imperial Russia

82 mm mines hit Novotoshkivske and Mayorske

Since midnight, Russian mercenaries have already opened fire once

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said the United States will continue to support Ukraine in the country's conflict with Russia and its right to full territorial integrity

The Ukrainian Week talked with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations on prospects for the release of Ukrainian prisoners, the specifics of negotiations with the Russia and options for resolving the conflict in the Donbas

Illegal armed groups recently violated the ceasefire in the Azov area, shelling the positions of Ukrainian marines

Why it is dangerous to neglect the topic of war and what the mission of the media community should be

For participation in illegal armed formation, assisting Russia's occupation of Crimea

The press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported

On pacifism as a servant of the aggressor

Initiatives to return to Ukraine as autonomy have intensified in the occupied Donbas

The Russian destroyer Smetlivy has reportedly entered the area closed for navigation

The Ukraine-Russia union treaty of 1920

Canadian official dismisses claim by Ukrainian president that Canada will supply armoured vehicles

The Russian side already tried to gather a council meeting on the law on Volodymyr Zelenskiy's inauguration day on May 20

The inquiry into the case of 24 Ukrainian sailors arrested following the Kerch Strait incident in fall 2018 has been practically concluded

Russian occupants attacked positions of Ukraine's government troops 15 times

Russia refuses to comply with the ITLOS ruling, insisting the international rules do not apply to the sailors' case

Russia-backed separatists from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region have released four Ukrainian citizens, who have been flown to the Belarusian capital, Minsk

The Ukrainian Week talked again with an attorney representing the families of those killed in the disaster of the Malaysian MH17 flight in a lawsuit against the Russian Federation in the European Court of Human Rights, on the evidence in this case, and on the possible consequences of the verdict for Russia

What likelihood of the pro-Russian forces returning to power is and where to expect the first strike from

Russian authorities have given out the first passports to residents of Ukraine's separatist regions, shrugging off international criticism. Kyiv said it would never recognize documents issued by the "aggressor country"

The distance between Joint Forces' positions and those of Russian occupation forces in certain areas is only a few hundred meters

The "grey zone" has shifted toward the village of Trudivske

Russian-led forces have continued to violate the ceasefire in Donbas since midnight until 12.00 on Tuesday

Ukraine says fresh clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the country's east have claimed the lives of two of its soldiers, raising to six the number of Ukrainian troops reported killed this week

The role of social networks in the events of 2014 and nowadays

During the 12th Kyiv Security Forum The Ukrainian Week met with the British historian and political scientist to discuss the electoral situation in Ukraine as well as the policy of deterring Russia

Russian authorities must release the 24 Ukrainian sailors who were captured last year after entering the Kerch Strait, a United Nations maritime tribunal has ruled