The European Union (EU) wants to find a legal solution that will allow the Netherlands to ratify the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. RIA Novosti reported that this was said by the head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, after the summit of the EU leaders.

“The European Council has discussed the ratification of the EU-Ukraine free trade agreement. We have decided to do everything possible to find a legally binding decision that will enable the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, …

Russia has donated two Mi-17-B5 military transport helicopters to the Serbian Army. The ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade in the presence of the Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, the Minister of Defense of Serbia, Zoran Đorđević and the Minister of Internal Affairs, Nebojša Stefanović.

“For the first time in the past 36 years, the Army of Serbia received new helicopters,” the Prime Minister said. Vučić thanked the Serbian Ministry of Defense for …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated at a briefing on the results of European Council meeting in Brussels that the extension of sanctions against Russia is connected with the implementation of Minsk Agreements, RIA Novosti reported.

“Both the President of France, François Hollande, and I reported once again on the degree of the implementation of the Minsk Agreements. We pointed out that the extension of sanctions is unfortunately necessary in connection with the level of implementation. That …

The American and Russia navies have accused each other of performing unsafe maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea. The incident involved the USS Gravely and a Russian Neustrashimyy-class frigate, the Yaroslav Mudry, Reuters reported.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the commander and crew of the USS Gravely were in “gross violation” of international maritime agreements. The MoD stated that the USS Gravely approached the Yaroslav Mudry at a distance of 60-70 meters on the port side and …

Japanese military jest were scrambled to intercept two Russian Navy anti-submarine IL-38 planes off the Japanese Pacific coast. The incident was reported by the Command of the Self-Defense Force of Japan.

The Russian planes approached the Japanese coast from the direction of Sakhalin Island, flew over the southern coast of the Kuril islands, then they made a detour to the east of the Japanese island of Honshu and followed the same route back. The incident took place on June 27.

The Ilyushin …

Ukrainian authorities denied the reports that the government made emergency purchases of energy from the Russian Federation at high tariff rates. Kiev officials declared that Ukraine does not lack for power sources.

The Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, Igor Nasalik, refuted the claims, explaining that Ukraine’s energy system doesn’t lack the capacity to provide power so it has no need of energy supplied from the Russian Federation.

“Currently, we produce no less than two …

Mariupol’s press officer, Vitaly Kirilov, stated that technical intelligence sources captured and recorded radio transmissions indicating that four Russian KAMAZ trucks carrying Russian servicemen entered Mariupol’s territory as reported by 0629.ua, the news portal of the city of Mariupol.

The Ukrainian military press service also reported that the separatist military forces are also undergoing training to control unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs. Practice launches of UAV flights have been …

There are forces in Europe that wish to lift the sanctions against Russia and continue trading with the country, according to the former President of Latvia, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga.

Replying to the question of whether the UK exit from the European Union could affect the sanctions against Russia, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga noted that the sanctions in themselves have always been “a weapon of despair,” delfi.lv wrote.

“The European Union acknowledged the need for sanctions and extended the term for …