During exercises in Finland, unidentified drones were observed near military facilities, as reported by YLE citing Colonel Vesa Mäntylä from the Defence Forces’ operations division of the General Staff of Finland. He did not say what type of drones or whether they were Russian.

 As reported by YLE, military exercises in Sweden were stopped earlier due to the emergence of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).

In May, Poland reported that in 2015, Russian drones violated the air space of the country …

The Russian Defense Ministry submitted a note of protest to the Ukrainian Defense Attaché over Ukraine’s plans to conduct missile tests near the Crimea.

Moscow claims that such tests would be “a violation of international law and Russian legislation.

"The document, handed to the defense attaché, expresses the Russian Defense Ministry’s protest against… [Ukraine’s use of] the airspace over the Black Sea to the west of the Crimean Peninsula coast for rocket firings", the Russian Defense …

During the next two years, Ukraine will conduct the "de-occupation" of the Donbas, and is currently preparing for this process, as stated by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov, the ministry’s press service reported.

On Friday, the Minister of Interior held an enlarged session of the Military Council of the National Guard of Ukraine, in which the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, participated.

"I am sure that …

Iranian Minister of Defense Hossein Dehghan stated that Teheran may again allow the Russian air force to use the Noje airbase in Hamadan, as reported by the Tasnim News agency.

“If the situation and conditions [in Syria] require our support, we will fulfill it,” stated Dehghan.

The chairman of the Russian Federation Council Defense and Security Committee, Victor Ozerov, said that Russia may need to use the airbase in Iran if the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier is not close enough to Syrian …

Saudi Arabia will not take part in a meeting with non-OPEC countries which will be held on Monday, The Financial Times (FT) reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.

Saudi Arabia, according to the newspaper’s source, believes that there is "no point in being present there [at the meeting] when members of the organization had not reached an agreement with each other yet" and generally even questions the need for such a meeting.

"As OPEC has not reached an agreement yet, there is no …

Russia could aim its nuclear weapons at any NATO facility in response to aggressive actions by the alliance and NATO’s attempts to “draw into its orbit more and more countries,” the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Franz Klintsevich, said to reporters.

“In response to the aggressive actions of NATO, the attempts of the alliance to draw into its orbit more and more countries, Russia will give a harsh and unequivocal answer. We will aim our …

Any Ukrainian living in the territory of Russia or the annexed Crimea may become a bargaining chip for the Kremlin, as expressed by the Russian journalist, Alexander Podrabinek, in the evening broadcast of Krym.Realii radio.

"A Ukrainian in the territory of Russia is subjected to Russian law enforcement agencies’ increased attention, and I generally would not advise Ukrainians to live in Russia; I’d rather advise them to run away like lightning, because they may be at risk of detention or …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov did not rule out Russia’s participation in the meeting of the Normandy Four that will take place on November 29. He noted that this meeting should not be just “a meeting for the sake of meeting.”

“I don’t think that we will be able to agree on all points by November 29 although we will do everything possible for it. However, there is still a serious risk that this meeting will be held again just for the sake of meeting. Anyway, if my colleagues in the …