Deutsche Welle has reported that Ukraine has moved up from 23rd place to 15th place in the Global Militarization Index.

The document also stated that the militarization of Eastern Europe continued to proceed at an especially rapid pace during 2016. “The security situation in Europe has changed as a result of Russia’s annexation of the Crimea, and the long-running conflict in eastern Ukraine,” the report noted.

Russia has taken fifth place. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Greece and Cyprus are all in the …

Frankfurter Allgemeine, a German newspaper, published an article about the salaries of Channel 5 employees, indicating that they were partially received off the books. Channel 5 is owned by the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko.

Seven employees of Channel 5 are allegedly paid in two parts. The first part of the salary is official; it is often equal to the statutory minimum wage. But most of the salary was paid to them informally. The German newspaper failed to get any comments on this …

The first short notice exercise of reservists in Estonia’s history, Okas ("Quill"), began on Friday, Interfax reported.

A decision about holding the exercises was adopted by the government on Thursday. 303 reservists have been called up for the exercise. The goal of this is to work out the chain of command of national defense, starting with the decision making process of the government and ending with the call up of reservists.

All reservists who are taking part in the exercise were  …

While speaking at the Mediterranean Dialogues forum on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that Moscow is ready to cooperate with US President-elect Donald Trump in countering terrorism in Syria, TASS reported.

"I cannot make guesses [about cooperating with the Trump administration in Syria]. I rely on facts only," Lavrov stated. "And the fact is that during his election campaign Donald Trump repeatedly said that one of his priorities would be combatting the Islamic State and …

The facts provided during the criminal proceedings regarding the events near Ilovaisk in August 2014, do not exclude possible mistakes by Ukrainian military leadership, as was stated by the Prosecutor General, Yuriy Lutsenko, on the Channel 1+1 on Thursday, 1 December.

"The investigation regarding the events at the Battle of Ilovaisk has been conducted, and indicates that the main and only factor that led to the deaths of Ukrainian servicemen, were the attacks mostly carried out by Russian …

On 28 November, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified the U.S. Congress on the pending sale of 70 Lockheed Martin AGM-158B JASSM-ERs (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles Extended Range) missiles to Poland. The estimated cost of delivery is $200 million. The delivery will also include several training missiles, as well as training missile guidance and training systems.

The JASSM-ER missiles will be integrated into the Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 52+ aircraft of the …

The Russian Federation plans to replace the paratroopers from Stavropol, who have served in the north of the annexed Crimea since August, with paratroopers from Tula, as stated by the Assistant to the Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Oleh Slobodyan, at a briefing on Thursday.

"Preparation for an immediate rotation of the Russian Armed Forces’ airborne troops, deployed on the front line in the north of the annexed Crimean peninsula, is being completed,” he said.

"The …

The US House of Representatives passed a bill that restricts the movement of Russian diplomats in the country.

The author of the initiative is the chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Devin Nunes. It has been reported that 371 congressmen voted in favor of this bill, and 35 voted against it.

According to the bill, "Accredited diplomatic and consular personnel of the Russian Federation in the United States will not be allowed to travel further than 25 …