• Ukrainian President invites Erdogan to send Turkish troops to Donbas

    During a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked his colleague to include a Turkish military contingent in the peacekeeping mission in the Donbas. The meeting was broadcast by the TV channel 112 Ukraine.

    “I suggested to Mr. President that he make our dialog more active, including support of the decision to deploy peacekeepers in accordance with the UN Security Council mandate. We trust Turkey, and would be happy if Turkey took …

  • Russian-made MiG-29m fighter jet crashes in Egypt

    A Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jet crashed in Egypt during a training exercise , reports RIA Novosti, citing the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation. The aircraft was received by the Egyptian Air Force in 2018.

    "We have operative information about the accident with the MiG-29m of the Egyptian Air Force. Our technicians will go to Egypt soon to help with the investigation of the incident, " the corporation reported.

    Earlier, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported about the crash. …

  • France allocates €24 million and weapons to Central African Republic

    France will allocate €24 million assistance to the Central African Republic (CAR) and will send weapons to the country, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said, Voaafrique reported.

     “France is willing to continue its historical partnership with the Central African Republic,” said Le Drian at a press conference. He said that France would provide CAR with about 1.4 thousand units of automatic weapons. French Foreign Minister did not mention the date when the delivery of the weapons …

  • Media: Russian military headquarters blown up in Syria

    At least seven Russian military personnel died as a result of the explosion at the headquarters of the Russian troops near Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria, reported EBAA news outlet.

    "Seven Russian military, as well as representatives of the Syrian regime, were killed on Friday after an explosive device was detonated at the headquarters of the Russian troops in the Criminal Court building north of the Panorama junction on the Deir ez-Zor-Damascus road," EBAA writes.

    It is noted that the Russians …

  • Belgian airline drops Russian Sukhoi Superjets from its fleet

    The Belgian air company Brussels Airlines expressed its disappointment with their Russian planes. The company leases SSJ-100 Sukhoi Superjets in a contract that expires on March 2019, but they are already replacing them with Canadian CRJ-900 Bombardier, reported the newspaper L’Echo.

    According to L’Echo, the airline cancelled several flights because of operational issues with the Russian planes. The airline also complained about the lack of maintenance manuals properly translated from Russian. …

  • OSCE drone comes under fire in Donbas

    An OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) drone was attacked at in the territory of the Donbas which is not under Ukraine’s control, according to a mission report published on Friday, November 2. The OSCE drone came under small arms fire when flying over the southern outskirts of the town of Zhovte.

    “According to the mission’s assessment, small arms fire was again directed at the SMM unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). While conducting a mini-UAV flight in the southern outskirts of Zhovte, the SMM …

  • Russia plans to create ‘cyber squads’

    Russia considers creating “cyber squads” that should help law enforcement officials to search for extremist materials on the Internet, reported the website Roskomsvoboda.

    The authors of the relevant draft law are deputies of the Russian State Duma from the party United Russia.  According to their idea, "cyber squads" should be volunteer social organizations which would be created by Russians and would be staffed with only Russian citizens who have reached the age of 18.

    The project’s goal is “ …

  • Kremlin: Putin and Trump to conduct ‘substantial meeting’ at the G-20 summit in Argentina

    Yuri Ushakov, advisor to the Russian president, reported that the leaders of Russia and the US would conduct a “substantial meeting” on the sidelines of the G20 summit which will be held from November 30th to December 1st in Argentina.

    Ushakov added that the planned meeting between Trump and Putin on November 11th in Paris would be short. The presidents of Russian and the US will fly to the French capital for the commemoration of the 100-year anniversary from the end of the First World War …

  • Journalist who wrote about Russian private military companies arrested in Moscow

    A court in Moscow arrested Russian military expert Vladimir Neyelov on suspicion of high treason, reports TASS. The expert wrote several articles on the activities of Russian private military companies.

    Neyelov, who is held in the Lefortovo detention facility, worked with the "Center of Strategic Conjunctures” and specialized in the activities of private military companies.

    Russian media have repeatedly reported about the "the private military company the Wagner group", which, according to …

  • Kremlin: Russia to conduct exercises in the Mediterranean on permanent basis

    Large-scale navy and air forces exercises "Ocean Shield" will be held on a permanent basis, said the Russian Defense Minister and General of the Army Sergey Shoygu during the conference call on Friday.

    In 2018, the joint exercises “Ocean Shield” were held in the Mediterranean for the first time in the modern history of Russia.

    "Such exercises will be conducted on a permanent basis," said Shoygu. He stressed that "a large inter-fleet naval group that was created in the Mediterranean is capable …