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RFE/RL: Activist flees Crimea fearing for safety

Ukrainian activist Natalya Kharchenko says she has fled the Russian-annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea, fearing for her safety. Read more here.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Marieluise Beck and others: Strengthening EU-US resolve against Russia

Sir, EU heads of state and government will shortly decide whether to prolong economic sanctions against Russia, in place since its illegal occupation …
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Marieluise Beck
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Mikuláš Dzurinda
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Pat Cox
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Alexander Vershbow
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Toomas Ilves
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Malcolm Rifkind

Source says Macron, Merkel to inform EU leaders about their assessment of Minsk accords implementation

BRUSSELS – On June 22-23 the heads of states and governments of the EU countries will hear the recommendations of their representatives in the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Basil J. Papan: More evidence that smuggled arms from Donbas continue to flood Ukraine’s streets

Kyiv police arrested 3 men for attempting to sell an AK-74 assault rifle for $1,500, which was smuggled out of the conflict zone in Donbas, according …
Basil J. Papan

Defense ministry says about 120 Ukrainian servicemen killed in Donbas in 2017

About 120 servicemen have been killed in the combat area in Ukrainian eastern region of Donbas from the beginning of 2017, the Ukrainian Defense …
Interfax-Ukraine

Halya Coynash: Russia gives imprisoned Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz 10 minutes with his dying mother

Jailed Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Akhtem Chiygoz was allowed a meeting lasting only 10 minutes on June 20 with his mother who is dying of cancer. …
Halya Coynash

Wired: How an entire nation became Russia’s test lab for cyberwar

The clocks read zero when the lights went out. It was a Saturday night last December, and Oleksii Yasinsky was sitting on the couch with his wife and …
Wired

112.ua: Donbas separatist sentenced to eight and a half years in prison

A mercenary fighting for the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR)” has been sentenced to eight and a half years in jail, following a ruling by …
112.ua

Kyiv reports 36 ceasefire violations in Donbas in past 24 hours

Ukrainian army positions have come under 36 attacks in Donbas in the past 24 hours, including five attacks using heavy artillery, the Ukrainian …
Interfax-Ukraine

Poroshenko tells over 40,000 Russian troops in occupied areas of Ukraine

WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that over 40,000 Russian and Russian-backed military forces are now deployed in occupied areas …
Interfax-Ukraine

Fox News: Petro Poroshenko on Ukraine-US relations, Russia tensions (VIDEO)

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s interview with Fox News during his working visit to Washington, D.C.
Fox News

Halya Coynash: Putin critic living in Ukraine seized, tortured and jailed in Russia

Denis Bakholdin, a Moscow activist and opponent of Russia’s war against Ukraine has been found in a Russian SIZO, or remand prison, three months after …
Halya Coynash

New York Times: Trump imposes new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine incursion

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration ratcheted up pressure on Russia on June 20, unveiling sanctions on more than three dozen additional individuals …
New York Times

BBC: Trump has ‘good discussions’ with Poroshenko

US President Donald Trump has said he had “very, very good discussions” with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Washington. Read more …
BBC

Voice of America: US expands sanctions against Russia, Ukraine separatists

The United States Treasury Department announced additional sanctions June 20 against Russia, Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, and …
Voice of America

OSCE SMM: ‘DPR’ militants violently attack OSCE observers

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE SMM) in Donbas has reported that its observers were assaulted by militants of the so-called ‘Donetsk …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: US hits 2 Russian officials, dozens more with sanctions

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on two Russian officials and three dozen other individuals and companies over Russian …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Lawyer says imprisoned Crimean Tatar allowed to see dying mother

Authorities in the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea have allowed a leader of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis to see his dying mother. Read more here.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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