At his speech at the UN General Assembly, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Sergiy Kyslytsya, called on the UN member states to vote for the Ukrainian resolution on human rights in the Crimea, Krym.Realii reported.

"Those who suffer at the hands of the occupation regime in the Crimea are scared and helpless. They live without any chance to defend their rights, to protest or to be heard. Ukraine will do anything possible to ensure that the Russian Federation complies with its …

Russian S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia has begun negotiations with the Ukrainian Yuzhnoye Design Bureau regarding the launch of the Angosat-1 satellite for Angola. This was reported by therussianspaceweb.com news portal, citing its own high-ranking sources.

According to the source, Russia wants to launch the Angolan satellite using a Ukrainian carrier rocket, Zenit, and the Sea Launch program.

Sources say that initially the Angosat-1 was supposed to be launched by the …

The Vatican’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, who visited the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, stated that Pope Francis wants to visit the Donbas in order to meet with believers, RIA Novosti reported. “When peace is restored, and the time of brotherhood comes, the Pope will certainly find a way to come here and meet with people, but an invitation from all parties is required,” Gugerotti said.

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti explained that Pope Francis is unable to visit …

NATO aircraft based in Estonia at the Ämari Air Base in Estonia will conduct low-altitude flights over the country's territory this week, as stated by the press service of the Estonian Defense Forces, Interfax reported.

German Air Force Eurofighters will fly in pairs at an altitude below 500 feet (152 meters). The fighters carried out similar exercises in October.

The flights are conducted on the basis of agreements between NATO countries in specifically designated areas, and the governments …

Serbia plans to purchase Russian MiG-29 fighter jets, TASS reported.

During Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s visit to Moscow on Wednesday, he plans to discuss the purchase of six MiG-29s.

“We are in talks to purchase six planes. So, we will have ten MiG-29 planes and it will mean an enhanced level of security for our citizens,” Tanjug quoted Vucic as saying.

The Serbian Prime Minister also plans to discuss the modernization of the country’s existing Russian-made aircraft.

On Monday, …

On the 18th of December, the German President of the Federal Office for Security and Information Technology (BSI), Arne Schoenbohm, stated in an interview with Welt am Sonntag that the security services of European countries exchange information in order to prevent the intervention of hackers into elections that will take place in a number of EU Member States in 2017.

The cyberattack on the IT systems of the Bundestag in Spring 2015, and an attempt to hack party servers, have given rise to a …

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has called the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, cruel and inhumane, TASS reported.

"Right now, we are receiving words of encouragement as well as repulsion against this cruel and inhumane killing from officials as well as from rank-and-file citizens from all over the world," Zakharova said.

"Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makey has just called [Russian Foreign Minister] Sergey Lavrov, expressing his …

The national power company Ukrenergo announced some possible reasons of failure in automation at the Pivnichna electrical substation that caused blackouts in several districts in Kyiv at midnight on December 18, the company’s press service reported.

“Hacker’s attack and equipment failure are among the possible causes for the power failures. Law enforcement agencies responded immediately and a thorough investigation of the causes of the accident is being carried out. The public will be informed …