Five Russian soldiers were killed in a car explosion on the road between the cities of Jableh and Baniyas in Latakia province, as reported by Al Jazeera citing a source in the Syrian opposition.

The incident happened on February 4. The source states that the army personal carrier was transporting ammunition and soldiers.

According to Al Jazeera, this was not a terrorist act. The likely cause of the explosion is a technical malfunction in the vehicle.

Al Jazeera reports that the place of the …

According to the head of Avdiivka’s military-civilian administration, Pavlo Malyhin, there is only enough filtered water in the city to last another 3-4 days, Radio Liberty reported.

The residents of the city are subject to water rationing.

Once potable water runs out, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service will provide residents of Avdiivka with drinking water.

The Donetsk filtration station that provides Avdiivka with water has been without power since January 30th. Attempts to resume the …

The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, had a telephone conversation with the U.S. President, Donald Trump, during which the parties expressed their concern over the escalation of the hostilities in the Donbas.

This was announced by the Poroshenko's press secretary, Svyatoslav Tsegolko.

"Special attention was paid to the settlement of the situation in the Donbas, and to achieving peace via political and diplomatic means. The parties expressed their deep concern over the escalation of the …

UATV Channel, which provides Ukraine’s international broadcasting abroad, began broadcasting in the Crimean Tatar language abroad and in the Crimea.

This was reported by a member of the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, Serhiy Kostinsky.

"Ukrainian news in the Crimean Tatar language appeared on UATV for the Crimean Tatar diaspora. It is the first time the state prioritized Crimean Tatar as the language of public broadcasting to foreign countries,” he said. …

The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, believes that it is not practical to build a Russian air base in his country, as he stated during the "Big Conversation with the President", Interfax reported.

"They say, a military base ... Oh, come on, who needs these 10 aircraft, which Russia wanted to station... in Bobruisk. I said to Putin: it is necessary to rebuild the airfield, it's is already half-dismantled. Why 10 aircraft? Give us 20 aircraft, we have great pilots, great school, you …

Belarusian authorities have filed a lawsuit against Russia due to the reduction in oil supplies to the country.

"The controversy was initially on gas only, but they [Russia]  began to cut oil supplies. Of course, we appealed to the court to uphold our agreements," Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday, February 3.

The Belarusian leader has regarded the oil and gas dispute between Moscow and Minsk as a mockery. "Some kind of a foot-dragging has already begun. Yesterday they agreed to work …

Poland plans to begin importing natural gas from Norway as part of their initiative to diversify their gas supply sources. Ukrainian Naftogaz expects to be able to gain access to Norwegian gas as well, as was reported by the Naftogaz press service.

"The Poles will take action. Norwegian gas, which is likely to come to Poland via the Baltic pipe, will help the Poles, through diversification, to obtain agreements to relieve the political pressure based on gas supplies," the message says.

Thus, …

Separatists have begun a new offensive on Ukrainian positions at Avdiivka industrial zone using 152 mm artillery and 120 mm mortars, as reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Military command on the Facebook page.

“At around 17:30 pm (Kyiv time) the occupiers began the offensive on our positions at Avdiivka industrial zone using 152 mm artillery and 120 mm mortars, “ the statement reads.

The Ukrainian military command also noted that ”in spite of the previously reached agreements to …