Andrii Muravsky

Russian authorities aim to seize the shipbuilding assets located in the Crimea. The peninsula hosts, among others, shipyard More in Feodosia, shipyard Zaliv in Kerch, and Sevastopol Naval Plant (Sevmorzavod). Russia’s minister for Crimea Oleg Savelyev told reporters in April that Russian...

Ukraine lost its last warship in Crimea on March 25, as separatists (or Russian sailors) captured minesweeper Cherkasy. According to the Center for Military and Political Studies, the Russian flag has been raised over 51 Ukrainian ships. Ukrainian navy has 10 ships left, of which only frigate...

The week before last, the Cabinet approved the concept of the State Task Program of Reforming and Developing the Defense Production Complex until 2017. Naturally, the program focuses on procurement of the most up-to-date equipment for the Ukrainian army, speedy development of the research sector,...

The Russians are making it perfectly clear to us: a union with Russia will mean restoration of trade relations, and frozen projects will be unfrozen. This conclusion suggests itself because, on the very first working day after Kyiv had failed to sign the Association Agreement, a Russian delegation...

Total cost of the Somali piracy for the world economy is 18 billion dollars a year, the Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated recently, and warships are still in the Gulf of Aden. The NATO anti-piracy operation Ocean Shield is being conducted there. The Ukrainian frigate Hetman...

Iran intends to purchase 20 An-148 jet planes and as many An-140 turboprops. This is reported by Iranian media with a reference to one of the leaders of the Republic’s air traffic. There is no official confirmation or any details yet, but the chances that it will be confirmed are quite high....

Ukrainian airlines do not so far operate flights to the destinations that used to be Aerosvit’s preserve (New York, Toronto, Delhi, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai, and Bangkok). But they have long been preparing for this by receiving appointments, acquiring the necessary aircraft,...

The staff of Ukraine’s National Academy recently picketed the Verkhovna Rada building. Their demand was to increase spending for science in the draft national budget for 2013: the total sum provided in the draft was only around 2.57 billion hryvnias, which is 29 million less than labor costs...

Since the beginning of their existence, Ukrainian airline carriers were forced to use outdated airplanes. The main reason for that was their lack of money for new planes. After all, this led to a situation in which the air fleet of one of the biggest Ukrainian airline companies consists of planes...

Ukrainian air companies may be able in the foreseeable future to make more flights over the US, following the existing and the new routes. For this purpose, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should shift Ukraine from Category 2 to Category 1 in its safety ratings. This country was...