The Foreign Ministry hereby issues a strong protest against the gross violation of the rules of peaceful passage in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea by

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko expanded the list of Russian individuals and legal entities in respect of which the sanctions. In the “black list” were several Russian media, and social networks “Vkontakte” and “Classmates”.

According to local media, the Ukrainian organisation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 could be at risk due to a delay of procedures.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin discussed Syria, Ukraine and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday.

BBC - Ukraine's SBU security agency has said that a Frenchman detained last month with a large cache of arms was planning mass attacks on the Euro 2016 football tournament, which begins on Friday.

Euronews - Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko said on Friday the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine — the “Normandy Quartet” — have agreed on deploying an OSCE police mission to Ukraine’s eastern region of Donbass.

Euronews - In Ukraine, 17 people have been killed after a fire broke out at a nursing home for the elderly near Kiev.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was flying to Russia on Wednesday to bring home detained Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko, in exchange for the release of two Russians held by Kiev, Russian media and a source close to the swap said.

Euronews - The families of victims of downed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 have launched a lawsuit against Russia and its President Vladimir Putin.

BBC - Ukraine says it has recovered four paintings from a haul of 24 that was stolen from a gallery in the Netherlands more than a decade ago.