During the Kiev-led military operation in Donbass, craftsmen and entire companies have created a number of hilarious armored vehicles for the Ukrainian army which is severely lacking reliable military hardware.

Roundup of the day for July 16-17, 2015
1. The tragedy in the skies.
2. The situation over the past day in the DPR and LPR.
3. Nuland: Ukraine has fulfilled the obligations under Minsk Agreement.
4. Australian authorities are going to check the authenticity of the militias’ recording after the "Boeing" had fell.

Rosaviation's federal agency deputy head said it's a possible explanation

A year has passed since the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, but are we a step closer to finding out the truth about the hideous tragedy?

The minister admitted that there are difficulties with transit

Earlier on Thursday, Russian daily Moskovsky Komsomolets quoted US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft as saying that Washington knew who had shot down the plane, killing all 298 people on board.

The Constitution is added by a provision that "the peculiarities of local self-government in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are defined by a separate law"

Representatives from the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency will go to Ukraine for an exchange program to share their experience with Ukrainian colleagues, news portal Ruposters.ru reported, citing Roman Nasirov, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier claims that proposed amendments to the Ukrainian constitution will be an important prerequisite for holding local elections in the Donbass region.

During her visit to Kiev this week, Nuland urged Ukraine’s parliament to pass the draft law and said that granting special status to two eastern regions was one of the points of the Minsk deal