A commentary in response to Russian media reports regarding the Presidential Administration’s request for officials to have their children studying abroad returned to Russia was published on behalf of Elizaveta Peskova (daughter of Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary for the President of Russia) on her Instagram page. Peskova believes the initiative to be harmful and noted that her training abroad doesn’t contradict the idea of patriotism.

“We must strive to ensure that people want to live in …

Task Force Tomahawk, the 2nd Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group that will be a part of a multinational combat brigade group to NATO, may soon arrive in Latvia, as reported by the portal of the Defense Ministry of Latvia, sargs.lv.

It was reported that Canada is currently discussing with NATO partners the deployment of a combat group in Latvia in 2017 in the framework of the decisions taken at the NATO Summit in Warsaw. 455 Canadian soldiers will become the nucleus of a multinational battalion …

Ukrainian hackers have gained access to the mobile devices of the deceased separatists commander Arsen Pavlov, known by his call sign “Motorola,” and his wife, Elena Pavlova. Among the intercepted data included Viber correspondence between Motorola and his wife on the day before his murder, reports the InformNapalm project.

“A cursory analysis of the information indicates that Motorola was concerned over his safety in the last weeks before his death. It seemed to him that he was unnecessary,” …

The air forces of NATO countries based in Estonia at the Amari air base will conduct low altitude flights over the country’s territory this week. The press service of the Estonian Defense Forces said that the German Air Force is currently based at Amari and that they took over the mission of protecting the Baltic State airspace on the 31st of August.

German Air Force Eurofighter aircraft will fly in pairs at altitudes not lower than 500 feet (152 meters) and away from the settlements during …

The First Deputy Commander of the Sparta Battalion, call sign Vokha, stated in his commentary to RIA Novosti that he will serve as the Commander of the battalion after the death of Arsen Pavlov, known as Motorola. Vokha noted that the Sparta battalion will continue to perform combat missions.

“It will be me, his First Deputy Commander. Motorola always introduced me as his Deputy that is why we unanimously decided to continue his work together, but under my leadership,” Vokha said in response …

The Turkish Andalu news agency reported that on October 24, Russian aircraft conducted air strikes on the areas controlled by the Syrian opposition near the towns of Khan Shaykhun and Qefr Teharim in the Syrian province of Idlib.

According to the news agency, which cited a representative of the Syrian Civil Defense in Idlib, 8 people were killed and 80 injured as a result of the air strikes.

Three people were reportedly killed when the local municipality building was hit in Qefr Teharim. Five …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated that before the local elections in the Donbas, the OSCE armed mission should gain control over the border area with the Russian Federation in the eastern part of Ukraine that is currently not under Kyiv’s control.

“I noted that a number of weapons and military equipment which Russia continues to supply through the uncontrolled area of the Russian-Ukrainian border reached the limit today when the number of tanks, artillery systems, armored personnel …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko believes that Kyiv currently has "every reason" to extend sanctions against Moscow, since it does not fulfill its obligations under the Minsk agreements.

According to him, Ukraine behaves responsibly with regard to safety issues and demonstrates the fulfillment of its obligations "in contrast to Russia." He also stressed that Kyiv is always ready for negotiations in the Normandy format.

"Back at the beginning of August, I already clearly stated that we are …