Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said recently that Kyiv should have a deal in place with the International Monetary Fund by the end of February of this year to release the next $1.7 billion tranche of the international organization’s $17.5 billion aid package. With renewed violence in Donbass as the…
Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader Mikhail “Givi” Tolstykh was assassinated by a bomb blast in his office said rebel authorities. This is the second rebel commander to be killed this way in recent weeks. Ukrainian rebels blamed the Ukrainian government but Kyiv denied any involvement, reports UPI. “I can’t confirm this…
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, today praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s approach to the conflict in East Ukraine. The war has simmered for several years now in the Donbass region and has killed over 10,000 people since its inception in 2014. The diplomatic world has been on edge waiting…
The newly elected president of the United States finally called Petro Pororshenko, president of Ukraine. Trump has made multiple, very public comments regarding his desire to improve relations with Ukraine’s arch nemesis, the Russian Federation. It is telling that Trump waited almost a week before speaking to Poroshenko after calling…
Ukraine is worried about Russia taking more territory in the east. The Ukrainian government is also worried about the new American policy towards the Ukrainian conflict by the new American president, Donald Trump. Trump has made comments in the past that would lead one to believe he will relieve the…
Nadia Savchenko, Ukraine’s MP and former Air Force pilot, has caused controversy with a suggestion that Ukraine should give up the Crimea in exchange for Russia leaving the Donbass region. On Tuesday, Savchenko stressed that the situation in the east of Ukraine can only be resolved peacefully. “Whatever my fellow…
New Minsk Agreement Falls Apart Already In Donbass.
A humanitarian group affiliated with the Ukrainian government announced their willingness to facilitate a prisoner exchange with the Donbass separatists. The formula for the exchange was stated as 228 for 42. The Donbass separatists have informed the Ukraine that they were holding 42 Ukrainian citizens and that they were interested…
A new mobile artillery system named “Flox” (above) was recently unveiled at an arms trade show. The weapon system consists of a 120 mm cannon capable of firing all forms of artillery, howitzer, and mortar rounds at that caliber. The cannon is mounted on the Ural all-terrain platform and has…