Eastern Ukraine

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Kurt Volker, Executive Director of McCain Institute, Arizona State University. Is there any feasible scenario for Ukraine to regain its territorial integrity and if so, how this can be achieved, we asked Mr. Volker.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Russia is not interested in escalating the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, but the Kremlin finds it difficult to withdraw from the conflict without losing face on the international arena and inside the country.

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Prof. Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. It seems that the Kremlin regime has decided to continue its undercover aggression in the Eastern Ukraine, despite the sanctions against ...

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Mr Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary, from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. It seems that the Kremlin regime has decided to continue its undercover aggression in the Eastern Ukraine, despite the san...

Lithuania's government on Tuesday earmarked 32,000 euros for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send two additional diplomats to the Organization for Security and Cooperation's (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Eastern Ukraine where the country's governmental forces and Russian-supported separati...

While Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was pompously comparing the “victory” of the Crimea annexation to the fall of Berlin Wall and people of the occupied Luhansk region were being told to work for a loaf of bread, Ukraine started off on the tough road of reform that will determine the future...

Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is willing to send two additional diplomats to the Organization for Security and Cooperation's (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Eastern Ukraine where clashes between the country's governmental forces and Russian-supported separatists have been in progress ...

The United Nations (UN) Security Council is Friday holding an extraordinary meeting initiated by Lithuania to discuss the clashes in Ukraine that jeopardize the ceasefire mediated by Europe.

Ukraine is currently on the path of major reforms, and it expects a firm position from the European Union (EU) on Ukraine's future accession to the organization, Ukrainian Supreme Rada Speaker Volodymyr Groisman said in Vilnius.

Lithuania is contributing to the founding of two psychological rehabilitation centres in Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions in Eastern Ukraine to provide services to persons affected by the war there.

Lithuania's new Ambassador in Kiev Marius Janukonis says that Ukraine currently has many economic problems, which might give cause for dissatisfaction among the population. However, he believes that any unrest would most likely be spurred by groups not eager about the country's European future.

The Lithuania Tribune, spoke to Andrei Illarionov, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute's Centre of Global Liberty and Prosperity. We asked Mr. Illarionov what kind of escalation is possible in the Eastern Ukraine by Russia after 9 May.

The Lithuania Tribune, spoke to Andrei Illarionov, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute's Centre of Global Liberty and Prosperity. We asked Mr. Illarionov on a possibility of escalation of situation in the Eastern Ukraine after 9 May.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the Minsk accords on ceasefire in Ukraine no longer hold.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Lamberto Zannier says in Vilnius that now is a good chance to ensure peace in Eastern Ukraine after enforcement of the ceasefire in the strategically important town of Shyrokyne near Mariupol.

Another five Ukrainian soldiers injured in the fighting in Eastern Ukraine have arrived for treatment in hospitals of Lithuania.

The European Union's (EU) Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas says that supplying arms to Ukraine would be a risky step, given the possible response on the Russian part.

Andreas Umland, German political scientist and senior research fellow at Kiev-based Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, speaks about Russian domestic politics, the "Ukraine crisis" and what the European Union can do about it.

At the United Nations - first-hand testimonies on violations of human rights in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. On 19 March, the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations held an informal meeting of members of the Security Council on the situation in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. According to P...

The world is still waiting for measures of the Minsk Agreement to be implemented. Ukraine experiences continual military confrontation, and situation in Debaltseve region has also worsened dramatically. According to the recent information thousands of Ukrainian troops could again be trapped in the D...