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Nadia Savchenko has announced another hunger strike with a certain political pretext. The entourage of “LPR”’s Igor Plotnitskiy accused the Ukrainian security forces of the assassination attempt against their leader. The Ukrainian media sphere is witnessing the events reminding that the hybrid aggression against Ukraine continues.

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the east of Ukraine; 90% of restriction of access of the OSCE monitors in Donbas was on the part of pro-Russian militants; 9,000 IT-specialists have left Ukraine over the past two years.

The presidential race in the United States keeps echoing in world politics. Poroshenko's visit to South-East Asia can see some interesting developments. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reports it has put the question of the arrival of the new Russian ambassador to Kyiv off the agenda of bilateral relations.

The situation in the Ukrainian Orthodoxy has further heated an already elevated temperature in the Ukrainian society. Oleksandr Yefremov’s detention came as a surprise not only to the ex-member of the Party of Regions. With the assistance from Nadia Savchenko, separatist leaders received an opportunity to simulate peacekeeping efforts on the background of the dragging Minsk talks.

Two months of arrest is the preventive measure chosen by the Ukrainian court against ex-member of the Party of Regions Oleksandr Yefremov; 72 new U.S.-made unmanned aerial vehicles have been handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine; UAH 200,000 is the reward for the information which will help the investigation into the murder of a journalist Pavlo Sheremet.

The U.S. presidential campaign has determined the main contenders. The president of Russia abolished the "Crimean Federal District", showing his puppets their real place. The Kremlin has decided to change Mikhail Zurabov, who has been an ambassador to Ukraine for seven years, for someone less annoying to Ukraine. Angela Merkel calls for taking joint anti-terrorism measures at EU level.

The decision of the Russian leadership to disband the "Crimean Federal District" and include the occupied Crimea in the Southern Federal District is an expected operation of the Kremlin, which Moscow hopes to use to bypass part of the international sanctions and to improve control over the distribution of plundered public funds.

The death of Pavlo Sheremet could trigger a social and political crisis. Nadia Savchenko is dancing to someone else’s tune. The anniversary of Volodymyr Groysman’s first 100 days in office was a rather routine affair. Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy appears overly optimistic about Parliament’s performance.

Four main versions of the murder of a prominent journalist Pavlo Sheremet are being verified by law enforcers; 14 countries applied to the International Olympic Committee to ban the entire Russian team from participation in Rio Olympics; there are 30,000 militants across the world, who belong to terrorist organizations, one way or another.

On the eve of the first anniversary of his Government, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman visited Brussels to hold talks with the leaders of the European Union. Donald Trump became the official candidate from the GOP in the U.S. presidential election. Labeling by the Polish Sejm of the Volyn tragedy as “genocide” is unlikely to improve Polish-Ukrainian relations.

Ukrainian legislators appear to have gone on summer vacation with no sense of guilt. By-elections in seven constituencies can hardly be deemed as another victory for the country’s democracy. Meanwhile, the Prosecutor General’s Office is on a tireless hunt for high-ranking corrupt officials, both former and present.

A Ukrainian was killed another one injured in a terrorist attack in Nice, two years have passed since the MH17 crash in Donbas, 265 people were killed during a failed military coup attempt in Turkey, and 2,800 people suspected to be involved in the coup were detained.

A terrorist attack in Nice and an attempted military coup in Turkey have once again demonstrated the challenges of the modern world. Justin Trudeau in Kyiv did not limit himself to numerous selfies with Ukraine’s beau monde. Ukraine continues to fight for its rightful place on the political map of Europe.

The newly-appointed Ambassador of Ukraine in Hungary Liudmyla Nepop has talked in an interview with UNIAN of certain issues in bilateral relations, priorities, and the potential for cooperation between Kyiv and Budapest.

The Ukrainian MPs sacrificed their colleague just to get drawn in another round of confrontation between the coalition and the opposition under the Rada dome. Certain Ukrainian politicians seem to never stop exploiting the topic of energy tariff increase to gain more political points. The Kyiv City Council took an unexpectedly swift political decision to rename Moscow Avenue.

40 directions of assistance to Ukraine on its reform path were supported by NATO leaders; 249 Ukrainian MPs voted to pass the law on SpecOp Forces; UAH 10,200 will be the minimum penalty for driving under influence.

The NATO summit in Warsaw is viewed as the most important event in global foreign policy this summer. U.S. State Secretary John Kerry stopped in Kyiv for an inspection while on his way to Warsaw. Ukrainian-Polish relations are going through another difficult period.

Acting Head of Ukraine's Mission to NATO Yehor Bozhok in an interview with UNIAN has explained in detail the agenda of the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission at the level of heads of state and government, which will be held within the framework of the NATO summit in Warsaw: what Kyiv wants, and what the Allies can offer.

Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy and scholar Volodymyr Gorbulin have different views of Ukraine’s current position in the information war. The issue of utility tariffs will most likely dominate in the new political season. The Ukrainian president’s ally announced Poroshenko’s intentions to seek a second term, launching a covert internal struggle for the right to choose a better timing to start the major political race.

Former Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine William Taylor has told UNIAN of the prospects for Washington’s stance toward Ukraine after the presidential elections, peculiarities of Ukrainian corruption, and mutual benefits of Ukraine-U.S. military cooperation.