Russia has never sought a no-obligation kind of relationship with Europe, and has always called for a serious partnership, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview that touched on EU sanctions, energy disputes and severed business ties with Ukraine.

The head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Zakharchenko calls the Ukrainian citizens not to take Poroshenko’s statements about the Russian army’s presence in Donbass seriously.

Economic growth, climate and security policy will be the key items on the G7 agenda

OSCE monitors reported numerous explosions at and around the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, pointing to violations of the existing ceasefire between the army and militias.

Washington allies with the world’s most despotic regimes. Ukraine is one of the worst.

The march of members of gay society finished in Kiev. It was stopped by the police as safety measures.

Crowds of protesters clashed with police ahead of a G7 summit in Germany, as thousands gathered to decry the group’s policies on “capitalism and globalization.”

Canada is ready to impose new sanctions against Russia if the situation in the crisis-hit regions in southeastern Ukraine deteriorates, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturday.

The leader of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovskiy is ready to be the head of Novorossia or to be the president of the republic subject to the range of conditions. Primarily, the Pskov airportable brigade has to arrive there, and the Donetsk and Lugansk regions are to be included into Russian regions.

The Minsk agreements were violated by Ukrainian part again. Telmanovo as shelled by heavy artillery again on 4th June. As a result of the shelling, 3 people were wounded and one child died.

Artillery shells have hit a local market in the north-western district of Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. At least one person has been wounded, according to the head of the district’s administration aligned with Donbass rebels.