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Yatsenyuk sought for understanding and support while visiting the leading Western states on both sides of the Atlantic. US and European diplomats were closely watching the parliament’s efforts on constitutional amendments regarding decentralization. The world marked the anniversary of the MH17 tragedy over Donbas.

The official results of the international investigation into the MH17 incident in Donbas are due to be published in October, but even today, the global community is actively discussing the need to set up an international tribunal to put to justice those responsible for shooting down the plane. 

The Mukacheve incident leaves more questions than answers. One thing is clear – it’s impossible to soft-pedal on the issue. The government will have to make decisions that may not be easy.

3.5% of Ukraine's population is under poverty line in terms of absolute criteria, nine people were injured in a shootout in Mukachevo, 350 out of 400 Ukrainian language classes in Crimean schools have been closed up, 7,062 Ukrainian military were awarded orders and medals during the Anti-terrorist operation.

Valeriy Chaly was appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States. The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has recognized Russian military aggression in the Donbas. Sergei Lavrov believes that the subject of Crimea in international relations is closed.

It’s already a tradition to leave most of the important issues to be addressed during the last plenary session of the week. Despite the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groysman promising to make deputies work without a break, it is rather difficult to believe.

The Verkhovna Rada approved a new Head of SBU, dismissed the Minister of Ecology, and issued a "black mark" to Georgia-born Health Minister. Changes at the faction leadership level seem to be very exemplary. Flirting with foreign currency borrowers may end up poorly for the Parliament’s eighth convocation. The constitutional amendments on decentralization became a reality.

The Greeks passed a 'no' vote to harsh economic reforms offered by foreign creditors to assist the country drowning in crisis. What are the consequences of the poll for Greece, Ukraine, and the whole world?

Two Ukrainian ministers resigned, 14 Russian companies, including Gazprom, were included in a broadened sanctions list by Canada, 2,000 officers of the brand new police forces began patrolling the Kyiv streets, UAH 40 million is the cost of capital repairs of one kilometer of Ukraine’s roads.

Andriy Ryzhenko, deputy chief of staff of the Ukrainian Navy tells UNIAN, whether Ukraine will remain a submarine power, what our Navy will be like, how much it will cost and where to get the money.

Russian authorities were prudent in showing Viktor Yanukovych to the world. The government has proposed to Parliament to dismiss the Minister of Ecology. Initiatives regarding the decentralization of power provoked diverse information flow.

1 Ukrainian was injured in a terrorist attack in Tunisia, 19 years have passed since the adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine, 270 people are being held captive by militants in the Donbas, another 1200 have been missing; 900,300 Ukrainians are seeking a refugee status abroad.

Upcoming holidays for politicans in both the Old World and the New prompt a search for new ways to resolve the Donbas conflict. The latest PACE session can be seen as quite successful for the Ukrainian delegation, and NATO continues to support Ukraine in the country’s conflict with Russia.

By its 19th anniversary, the Constitution of the independent Ukraine is seeing its sixth round of amendments. There are dozens of examples of more long-lasting and non-amended fundamental laws in the world. But if one looks more closely, there are also many other Constitutions in the world with even a more dramatic story.

The Russian president is in search of himself as a leader of a superpower. The EU and NATO are considering the Russian threat more realistically. And Ukraine gets into difficult negotiations on the restructuring of its national debt. 

The Russian Parliament questions the legitimacy of recognizing the independence of the Baltic states, Latvia witnesses an unusually active Russian military near its borders,  and most of the public in NATO member states don’t think it’s necessary to help their allies if they’re attacked. 

On June 10, the European Parliament passed a resolution stating that Russia is no longer considered the EU’s strategic partner. Meanwhile, Ukraine still has not scrapped its Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership with Russia.

The G7 States have reaffirmed their readiness to strengthen sanctions against Russia if there is escalation of the Donbas crisis. Ukraine’s PM and minister of finance saw some success while visiting the United States. And Putin isn’t fighting his addiction to top level manipulation.

The G7 Summit is being held without RPutin, and this impacts Russia's foreign policy. The Kremlin is striving to impose on the global community its own view  of events in the Donbas. And Ukraine is ever more vocal about its Euro-Atlantic choice.

The Kremlin once again is using gas to blackmail Ukraine - Gazprom has announced $29 billion in claims to Ukraine’s Naftogaz and threatened to submit this claim to Stockholm arbitration. Mykhaylo Honchar, president of the Strategy XXI Center tells UNIAN why Russia is so hysterical, and how Ukraine should deal with it.