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Photo from UNIAN Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal late Friday presented a preliminary version of a strategy of bringing the country out of national quarantine, identifying its main stages. In a message posted on PM’s Telegram channel, he said…

facebook.com The Russian Federation is responsible for the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the occupied territories, while the invaders’ inaction should become the subject of proceedings in international instances. That’s according to a number of deputies with the Servant…

Ivan Bakanov / Photo from UNIAN Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Ivan Bakanov submitted to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine proposals to extend for another three years the ban on the use of Russian social…

REUTERS Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has commented on his possible premiership. “I hope God will have mercy. I like the incumbent prime minister,” Avakov wrote on Facebook under his post on quarantine activities over the coronavirus pandemic, answering a…

REUTERS Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Taran has enacted the expiration of his predecessor Stepan Poltorak’s March 2019 decree on army reform. Read alsoU.S., Ukrainian defense ministers discuss strategic partnership by phone “To recognize Ukrainian Defense Ministry Decree No. 141 dated…

Photo from UNIAN The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) of Ukraine has served former Member of Parliament Tetiana Chornovol with charge papers on intentional homicide. The former lawmaker is suspected of the crime of deliberately killing another person, committed by…

REUTERS Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has outlined possible deadlines for lifting the quarantine restrictions imposed in the country over the coronavirus. “How long should we be cooped up indoors? [People] are running out of money, businesses are crumbling… How…

Photo from UNIAN Coordinator of a group of lawyers working for 24 Ukrainian sailors Nikolay Polozov says Russia has decided to suspend prisoner swap talks with Ukraine on Ukrainians illegally imprisoned in Russian territory and occupied Crimea. Read alsoNext prisoner…

REUTERS Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has expressed confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no other choice but to leave Donbas and Crimea alone. His comments came during an online discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council (USA) on repelling…

Photo from UNIAN U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper spoke by phone on April 8 with Ukrainian Minister of Defense Andriy Taran to strengthen the strategic partnership between the United States and Ukraine and exchange perspectives on the…