Oleksandr Turchynov

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, currently on a visit to Ukraine, on Thursday met with Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko whose murder has been recently staged.

Lithuania's Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas is starting on Thursday a two-day official visit to Ukraine.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius is on Thursday going to Ukraine for a two-day visit and is scheduled to meet with the country's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and other officials.

Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas and Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas are leaving for Ukraine on Monday for an official visit.

Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says she has heard requests during her visit in Ukraine to provide assistance in weapons.

The Ukrainian request to deploy peace-keepers in its Eastern districts might be given theoretical consideration, if the situation stabilizes, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says, adding that this would require a change in Russia's negative stance.

Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs, social democrat Gediminas Kirkilas, believes that Russia's policies in relation to Ukraine are in a dead-end, while further military action would not bring victories but only increase tension and bring new sanctions.

Ukraine will never accept the loss of Crimea. Valery Zhovtenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Lithuania, said in the exclusive interview to ELTA news agency that only negotiation measures would be used to solve the issue of Crimea. In case it fails, the issue should be t...

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Withstanding Russia's aggression, Ukraine is not only defending itself but is also defending the whole of Europe, therefore, the West should provide necessary military assistance, Oleksandr Turchynov, chairman of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada, said in Lithuania on Monday.

Ukraine should be ready for full EU membership within five years, Oleksandr Turchynov, chairman of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada, said in Lithuania on Monday.