Ukrainian MP

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the arrest of pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who is Vladimir Putin's closest and most influential ally in Ukraine.

Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky published a photo of Medvedchuk handcuffed and wearing a camouflage uniform with the Ukrainian flag sewn on as an applique.

Great Britain is trying to verify information on whether Russian forces used chemical weapons in Mariupol, a city under siege for more than a month, British Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced last night.

The talks, in which Ukrainians are directly involved, are at a very early stage because it is not clear to US, Western and Ukrainian officials that the Russian talks are more than a smokescreen.
But it is unlikely, they noted, that the United States and its allies will eventually offer Ukraine the kind of legally binding protection it seeks.

Britain has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of plotting to install a pro-Russian politician at the head of the Ukrainian government, British media reported.

The British Foreign Office has made an unusual move, pointing to former Ukrainian MP Yevheniy Murayev as a potential Kremlin candidate.

All kinds of embargoes, both covert and overt, against arms sales to Ukraine must fall, because the country must be able to defend itself against the Russian threat.

This was stated in the European Parliament in Strasbourg by Ukrainian MP Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze - former Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration.

A Ukrainian MP is demanding the extradition of a Bulgarian national, Georgi Bliznakov, for joining pro-Russian separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine and killing civilians and soldiers.

The Ukrainian MP and adviser to the Interior Ministry, Anton Gerashchenko, made the announcement on Facebook on Monday.

Some images that political leaders would like to forget, since they are shown in awkward moments. Angela Merkel’s selfie with refugees, Obama’s ice cream and FEMEN protester’s attack to Draghi are among the pictures of 2015.

1. The thong that attacked Draghi

Incidents with flags waving in the central area of Ukraine's capital Kiev sparked much controversy on Tuesday, leaving media outlets divided over whether they were Bulgarian or Russian.

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev is visiting Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet several officials including counterpart Petro Poroshenko.

Ukrainian MP Oleг Tsarev, a presidential candidate, has been brutally beaten by radicals in Kiev and is now in critical condition, a spokesman for the candidate said Tuesday.