In Russia, the Special Forces division of the Southern Military District has begun the active phase of military exercises which also take place in the annexed Crimea, Interfax-AVN reported, citing Colonel Vadim Astafiev, representative of the Southern Military District.

“According to the plan of the exercises, the combined units of Special Forces (a convoy of Typhoon and Tigr armored vehicles as well as paratroopers landing from military transport planes) have arrived at the task execution …

Before the end of 2017, Russia will deploy two new S-400 Triumph surface-to-air missile systems in the Arctic, announced General-Major Sergey Moskvichev, commander of the first anti-aircraft division.

“Since 2015, an S-400 system has been deployed at the Kola Peninsula. This year the same anti-aircraft missile system will take over the standby duty in the Archangelsk region, and another will go to the Kola Peninsula,” he said in an interview for the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

Moskvichev …

If there is no continuation following the U.S. missile strike at the airbase in Hama, and the regime of Bashar al-Assad retains its influence in Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu claims the military actions of Washington will only have a "cosmetic" character, reports Turkish news agency Anadolu.

"The world, in these recent events, began to understand what we meant by calling for safe zones. The ideal solution is a political solution, and we need to implement a transitional …

A group of influential American senators introduced a bill to prosecute the war crimes committed in Syria (Syrian War Crimes Accountability Act). The bill envisions the possible creation of a hybrid tribunal to judge Assad and his regime, as well as to investigate the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by all sides of the conflict in Syria, including the Jihadist group “Islamic State”.

The “hybrid tribunal” could contain both Syrian and foreign jurists, judges and other …

Author: Dmytro Snegiryov, Head of Prava Sprava public initiative.

On March 27th, the Pavlohrad District Court found Major General Viktor Nazarov guilty of professional negligence in the crash of a military transport aircraft near Luhansk in July 2014 that resulted in the deaths of 49 Ukrainian soldiers.

General-Major Nazarov was sentenced to seven years in prison in accordance with part 3 of Article 425 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – Professional Negligence by a Military Officer which …

The Crimea has become a foothold from which Russia could directly threaten NATO member countries, as was stated on April 7th by the chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, People's Deputy of Ukraine, Refat Chubarov, in an interview with Krym.Realii.

"Today, the annexed Crimea has become a direct threat to the NATO member states on the southern flank. This concerns Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey," Chubarov said.

On April 7th, Refat Chubarov, Mustafa Dzhemilev, Emine Dzhaparova, and …

German state bank KfW will provide a loan amounting to 52 million euros for the plan to construct social housing for migrants in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons and KfW agreed on the terms of the program’s implementation.

The construction of social housing for internally displaced persons according to the “Restoration and Renewal of Municipal Infrastructure in Eastern Ukraine” program is meant to start in 2018, the ministry’s website …

The Russian branch of the fast food chain Burger King sent a letter to the Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, requesting permission for Russian singer, Yuliya Samoylova, to enter Ukraine for the Eurovision Song Contest, reports Lenta.ru.

If the president of Ukraine accepts the offer, the company is ready to transfer up to one billion rubles ($14.5 million USD) to the budget of Ukraine.

The company specifies that the project will be implemented within the framework of the Burger King …