The United States blocked a proposal by Russia in the UN Security Council that was connected with the attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus, Interfax reports.

The press secretary of Russia’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Fyodor Strzhalkhovsky, said that the draft of the UN Security Council press statement proposed by Russia, condemning the attack by terrorists on the Russian embassy in Damascus on November 20, was again blocked by the American delegation.

“This is yet another …

On Monday, November 20, the Russian embassy in Damascus (Syria) came under mortar fire. 

Diplomats report that 122mm shells hit the territory of the embassy and caused some damage. Specifically, the fence, the building’s wall, power lines and the water supply system were damaged. No one was hurt.

“We hope that our Western colleagues who are active in the Syrian issue on the UN Security Council will not keep silent, but have the courage to make an appropriate public assessment of the incident …

Ukraine will need 10-15 years to clean the territory of the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces of mines, as reported by Zerkalo Nedeli with reference to estimates made by experts from international organizations, as well as domestic ministries and departments, who discussed this matter on November 9 at the round table in Sievierodonetsk.

“According to the Defense Ministry’s information, today roughly seven thousand square kilometers of the Ukrainian-controlled territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk …

The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, promised to request that Congress adopt the resolution recognizing the Holodomor as the genocide of the Ukrainian people, as he wrote on Facebook.

"Now we know that it was Ukrainians who rose up against this crime in defense of their families - and were deliberately destroyed. Today, in my speech before the witnesses of those tragic events, I stressed: it's time to officially recognize the Holodomor against the Ukrainian people as …

European Council President Donald Tusk criticized Poland for a number of disagreements with the EU. He believes that some controversial decisions by the country’s leadership may be related to the “Kremlin’s plan”, he wrote on his Twitter.

“Strident dispute with Ukraine, isolation in the European Union, walking away from rule of law and judicial independence, attack on non-governmental sector and free media. Law & Justice strategy or Kremlin plan? Too similar to sleep well.,” Tusk wrote. …

Russia believes that if the United States decides to supply arms to Ukraine, it will seriously destabilize the situation in the Donbas as stated by Head of the State Duma Defense Committee Vladimir Shamanov , reports RIA Novosti.

Shamanov, commenting on a statement by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin that Ukraine would receive lethal weapons in the future, said that such an event would "blow up" the situation in the Donbas.

According to Klimkin, in addition to Javelin anti-tank …

Ukraine has no doubt that it will receive access to modern defense weapons, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin during a visit to Canada, reports Ukrinform.

"I am convinced that in the future we will definitely receive more defense and military equipment. I cannot say the exact date, but we are working on it," Klimkin said when asked about potential arms shipments from the United States. He stressed that it would include not just anti-tank systems, but also drones, counter-battery …

The former President of Georgia and leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl (Movement of New Forces), Mikheil Saakashvili, has declared that Ukraine needs a new authority and a new government, which he is ready to lead, as he announced during the meeting, which was held on November 19th at Constitution Square near the Verkhovna Rada.

"Ukraine needs new power and the creation of a new government, we must create them together, I am ready to do it with you. We must find new people for the new government ... …