Russian military advisor Nikolay Afanasov was killed during militants’ mortar shelling of the Syrian city of Hama, reporters at the Russian Ministry of Defense announced, as reported by RIA Novosti.

“As a result of militants’ sudden mortar shelling of the Syrian state forces’ city in the province of Hama, Russian military advisor Captain Nikolay Afanasov was killed,” the department reported, explaining that the deceased was one of the Russian military advisors.

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President Petro Poroshenko has proposed the construction of an ammunition factory in Ukraine. To do so, there will need to be 1.4 billion hryvnia ($53.8 million) allocated for the project, as he explained during a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, according to the Presidential website.

According to the President, a significant part of the funds from the budget surplus will be spent on strengthening the defense and security sector.

"I made a proposal to build an ammunition …

In the event that Russia halts gas supplies through Ukraine, Bulgaria is ready to accept all of the gas intended for Europe through a second TurkStream pipeline,  stated by the country's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. “If Russia stops pumping 3 billion cubic meters through Ukraine, then we will buy this amount through TurkStream.”

The Bulgarian Prime Minister noted that a few weeks ago he signed an agreement for the supply of 15.7 billion cubic meters of gas. “And tomorrow we will sign a …

The Ministry of Defense of Georgia announced the beginning of a phased replacement of Soviet-made and Russian-made automatic weapons with their American equivalents, reported News Georgia.

According to the Ministry, as part of the transition of the Georgian army to NATO standards and the GDRP defense program, the Ministry of Defense will purchase from the US a number of M-240 machine guns and M4 assault rifles. The exact number of purchased products is not indicated.

“The US Government will …

Since 2014, in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, 84 foreigners have participated in illegally armed groups with 64 of them being citizens of the Russian Federation, as reported on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office.

It was established that the foreigners were registered as part of Prizrak (Ghost) battalion of the separatist LPR.

"These foreigners are mercenaries under the auspices of the organization, United Continentale, which professes, among other things, a pro-Russian policy. …

The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine instructed the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), and the National Bank to make proposals on expanding the list of persons subject to sanctions in connection with aggression by the Russian Federation, as stated by NSDC Secretary, Oleksandr Turchynov, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

"The United States and the EU have decided to impose new sanctions against the Russian Federation, and we cannot ignore …

The largest low-cost airline in Europe, Ryanair Airline cancelled its planned entry into the Ukrainian air transportation market, reports the airline’s press service.

Ryanair noted that they could not come to an agreement with the Ukrainian airport Boryspil in meeting the conditions that were previously discussed with the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine.

“Unfortunately, Kyiv airport decided to maintain highly priced air tickets instead and deprived Ukrainian consumers of access to the …

The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) postponed consideration of the draft bill on the restoration of sovereignty in the Donbas because of the necessity for additional consultations, reported the Deputy Chairman of the People's Front faction in the Verkhovna Rada, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, Serhiy Pashynsky.

"The consideration of the draft bill has been postponed. It requires additional consultations," he said. NSDC Secretary …