Section: Belarus
Explosion hits moving freight train on Odesa railway
An explosion occurred near a passing freight train in Odesa region on Wednesday, leaving a meter-wide crater beside the tracks. …read more Source:...
Activists try to storm Kharkiv city council (Video)
Around 150 activists in Kharkiv who are picketing a session of the city council on Wednesday have attempted to break into the building of the Kharkiv city council. …read more Source:...
Naftogaz pays off debts to Russia’s Gazprom in full
State oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy has transferred to Russia’s Gazprom $1.65 billion in payments for gas that was earlier delivered and not paid for. …read more Source:...
Contact group on Ukraine starts negotiations in Minsk
The Dipservice Hall in Minsk’s downtown has been chosen for the meeting on 24 December. It had been decided that mass media will not be able to access the negotiations. There are four items on the agenda: the special status of the Donbass region, the withdrawal of heavy weapons, exchange of prisoners of war and the delivery of humanitarian...
Participants of Ukraine-Russia-OSCE contact group arrive in Minsk
The first meeting of the contact group involving representatives of the OSCE, Ukraine, Russia, and the self-declared people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk took place near Minsk on 31 July after Ukraine President Piotr Poroshenko contacted Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko with the relevant request. …read more Source:...
Putin’s crony to visit Minsk for Donbas talks
Viktor Medvedchuk takes part in the talks over releasing Ukrainian hostages who are held captive by militants. …read more Source:...
Polish PM tells about EU’s plans to respond to Russia’s convoys
The European Union will send humanitarian aid to Ukraine in response to Putin’s convoys. …read more Source:...
US Department of State: NATO doors open for Ukraine
It is up to the people of Ukraine to decide whether the country should join NATO. …read more Source:...
Stepan Poltorak: There are 8,000 Russian military in Ukraine
Actions of Russia in its aggression against Ukraine are hardly predictable. …read more Source:...
Contact group on Ukraine to hold talks in Minsk on December 24, 26
After a series of postponements, the contact group on resolving the Ukrainian crisis has agreed to meet in Minsk on Wednesday and Friday. …read more Source:...
