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PM Denys Shmyhal / REUTERS Talks between Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which were scheduled for Monday, April 20, have been indefinitely postponed. “A video conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been postponed. Unfortunately,…

Ukraine’s MFA in Kyiv / REUTERS On April 20, 2020

The SBU doesn’t confirm preparations for an attempt on Avakov’s life / Photo form UNIAN Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine Vitaliy Mayakov says there is no evidence that an assassination attempt was…

REUTERS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says talks on a new swap of prisoners with the Russian Federation are under way. “The next step is: We want to exchange the people who are either in [Russia-occupied] Crimea or in the Russian…

Shaitanov was detained on April 14 / Photo from ssu.gov.ua Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko says that Major General of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine Valeriy Shaitanov, who has recently been detained on suspicion of high treason, was…

REUTERS The European Union has described the latest exchange of detainees between Ukraine and Russia-occupied Donbas as a welcome next step towards the implementation of measures agreed at the Normandy Four summit in Paris. “On April 16, following an agreement reached…

MFA Ukraine / Photo from UNIAN The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on the Russian Federation to provide emergency medical care to the population of the occupied Crimea and Donbas, as well as illegally detained Ukrainians, against…

The exchange took place on April 16 / Photo from the Ukrainian President’s Office The United States has called on the Russian Federation to immediately release all unjustly imprisoned Ukrainians. “Despite today’s progress, many Ukrainians remain unjustly imprisoned by Russia…

president.gov.ua Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has started a working trip to Zakarpattia region. The president will examine the progress of construction of a military camp for the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade’s units, the press service of the President’s Office…

Oleh Sentsov / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian film director and the Kremlin’s former political prisoner Oleh Sentsov has commented on the latest stage of prisoner swap that kicked off in Donbas this morning. “Another swap. Today, 19 of our guys will finally…