On Monday, August 22nd, Lithuania signed an agreement to purchase German “Boxer” combat armored vehicles in the amount of 386 million Euros, Delfi.lt reports. It is supposedly the most expensive purchase in the history of the Armed Forces of Lithuania.

"88 combat wheeled armored vehicles will be bought for 385.6 million Euro and issued in accordance with the requirements of Lithuania,” said the Minister of National Defense of Lithuania, Juozas Olekas. The Minister signed the agreement with the …

Finland plans to sign an agreement on military cooperation with Washington before the presidential elections in the USA. Reuters quoted Finland’s Defense Minister Jussi Niinistö in its report.

According to Niinistö, the framework agreement, carried out against the backdrop of growing discontent in the Nordic countries with the Russian military activity in the region, will not contain obligations for military assistance, which would imply NATO membership.

"It will cover areas in which we …

Separatists in the Donbas continue to violate the Minsk Agreements by using heavy weapons against the Ukrainian military. The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko, said this during an interview with Ukrinform while discussing his trip to the Donbas.

“We had the opportunity to see with our own eyes and hear with our own ears that the Minsk Agreements are really being violated by the enemy, that shots are being fired at our positions from both small and …

The aircraft that bombed terrorist targets in Syria from the Hamadan airbase in Iran have fulfilled their mission and returned to the Russian Federation. Iran is ready to provide further military infrastructure to Russia, Interfax wrote.

The spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, stated on August 22 that the Russian bombers and fighter jets that bombed terrorist targets in Syria and used the Iranian airfield as a base have achieved their objectives …

The director-general of the Directorate General for Policy and Communications, Oleksii Makeiev, explained that the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains diplomatic relations with Russia in order to protect Ukrainian citizens living in Russia and to free political prisoners, Ukrainian News reports.

“Diplomatic institutions and consular offices in the Russian Federation perform the most important tasks: protection of citizens, protection of political prisoners, and we are doing our …

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook reported on Monday that the US and Russia have yet to finalize an agreement on coordination in Syria, Defense News reported.

“Contrary to recent claims, we have not finalized plans with Russia on potential coordinated efforts. Serious issues must first be resolved before we can implement the steps [Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov] discussed in Moscow last month,” Cook said.

Cook also noted that Russia’s recent actions in …

On the 21st of August, Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, who sharply criticized the ban against Russian athletes’ participation in the 2016 Olympics, was appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). However, approximately one third of the votes were against the two-time Olympic champion’s candidacy.

Isinbayeva received 45 votes for her and 23 votes against her. Two IOC members abstained from voting. She was elected as a member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, by …

Konstantin Kilimnik has been linked to Russian Intelligence. Kilimnik is the deputy of Paul Manafort who in turn is the former head of the electoral headquarters of Donald Trump and a consultant of the fugitive former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych. This was reported by the Financial Times.

People who have worked with Kilimnik, who is a Russian citizen, have claimed that while in Manafort’s team, it was known that Kilimnik was a military linguist and had a connection with Russian …