• Shoygu orders Russian aircraft to fly over the Baltic with transponders turned on

    The Head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergey Shoygu, ordered that the Russian Air Force ensure air traffic security of its fighting aircraft over international waters. 

    “A number of relevant organizational and technical measures are being developed, including the Russian Air Force flying missions with their transponders activated,” the Russia Defense Ministry press and information office reports. Thus, flight control services in the Baltic States will be able to identify Russian …

  • Stoltenberg: Russia is an unpredictable danger

    NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia is an “unpredictable” danger because “it is ready to use force to change its borders.”

    Stoltenberg made these remarks during an interview with Bild, RBC-Ukraine reported.

    “We face unpredictable risks and complex issues, including Russia, which is ready to use force to change its borders,” the Secretary General said.

    He also stressed that NATO does need seek a confrontation with Russia.

    The Alliance’s summit will be held in Warsaw next …

  • Poroshenko: NATO will agree on security package for Ukraine at Warsaw summit

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that an aid package for the Ukrainian sector of security and defense will be approved during the NATO summit in Warsaw.

    “A special participation of our country in the NATO summit this year will be the fact that Ukraine is the only partner country of the Alliance that will have a separate meeting at the highest level: the Ukraine-NATO Commission. This shows the high attention paid by the Alliance countries to our country, loyal support of our country by …

  • Separatists seize electrical facility in Horlivka

    Buildings used for electric facilities in Horlivka have been seized by armed men.

    Members of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic stormed the premises of the Ukrainian state-owned power grid company Ukrenergo in Horlivka, which is not controlled by the Ukrainian government, the company’s press service reported.

    The capture of the buildings happened on June 30, Korrespondent.net reported.

    “According to unofficial information, these actions were carried out as a result of the execution of …

  • US gives Ukraine AN/TPQ Firefinder Radar System

    The United States handed over a new batch of counter-battery AN/TPQ Firefinder radar systems to Ukraine. The radars can locate enemy weapons, following the trajectories of projectiles, missiles and mines. Ukraine received four AN/TPQ-36 systems and ten AN/TPQ-49 systems.

    The handover ceremony took place at the Boryspil airport on Saturday. It was attended by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the US Ambassador to Ukraine, Jeffrey Pyatt.

    Last year, the first batch of US counter-battery …

  • Russian citizen convicted for reposting article about Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939

    A resident of Perm has been ordered to pay a fine of 200,000 rubles for the "rehabilitation of Nazism."

    In Russia, the court found a resident of Perm guilty of publically denying the decisions of the Nuremberg trials and the dissemination of false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War, Kommersant reports.

    The court ordered a resident of Perm, Vladimir Luzgin, to pay a fine of 200,000 rubles on charges of rehabilitation of Nazism.

    The grounds for the …

  • Macierewicz hopes Russia will deoccupy all Ukrainian territory after NATO Summit

    The Polish Minister of Defense, Anthony Macierewicz, expressed hope that the decisions made at the NATO summit will force Russia to withdraw from Ukrainian territories.

    "During the NATO summit in Warsaw, a landmark decision will be made. Russia has for a long time thought that it has the right to challenge this decision. We have no reason to discuss something before it is adopted. Once the decision is made, we can start talking about how to keep peace in the world," Anthony Macierewicz said a …

  • Ukraine proposes creating transport corridor from the Baltic to the Caspian Sea

    Ukraine has initiated the creation of a Baltic Sea-Black Sea-Caspian Sea transport corridor, as stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services, Gennady Zubko, at the 11th meeting of the Ukrainian-Azerbaijani Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation in Baku.

    "Ukraine has handed a draft agreement on the establishment of the international Baltic Sea-Black Sea-Caspian Sea transport corridor to Azerbaijan," Zubko …

  • Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The EU's extension of sanctions is 'short-sightedness'

    The extension of economic sanctions against Russia by the European Union is a short-sighted policy, as stated by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    "The extension of the anti-Russian economic sanctions by the European Union until January 31, 2017, which are illegitimate from the standpoint of international law, is seen as a continuation of a short-sighted policy by Brussels," the Ministry’s statement reads.

    The Ministry also stated that binding the sanctions to the implementation of the …

  • Polish Ministry of Development funds project to support Ukrainian businesses

    The Polish Ministry of Development is funding a project in Kiev to support small and medium businesses in Ukraine,  Radio Polsha reported.

    “The project, which aims to improve the attractiveness of Ukraine’s investments and competitiveness in the regions, funded under Polish development aid from the Polish Ministry of Development, has begun,” a statement issued by the Ministry read.

    The Polish Ministry has allocated €800,000 for the program.

    The project provides training and advice on …