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Israel refuses to warn Russia about air attacks in Syria
Israel rejected Russia’s request to notify Moscow of Tel-Aviv’s operations in Syria in advance.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that the Israel Defense Force “does not intend to limit the freedom of its actions”, Times of Israel reported.
Presently, Israel warns Russia about its military operations in Syria only a few minutes before they begin. Moscow requested Israel to notify of their operations in advance.
Syrian anti-air defense systems shot down a Russian Il-20 …
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Kremlin accuses the US of drone attack on the Russian base in Syria
The Russian Defense Ministry accused the US of carrying the January drone attack on the Russian Khmeimim base in Syria.
"Thirteen drones were moving in a unified assault order and operated by a single crew. At that time the American Poseidon-8 reconnaissance plane was flying over the Mediterranean Sea for eight hours” said the Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin as quoted by TASS.
According to him, the drones switched to manual guidance upon encountering Russia’s electronic …
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NATO concerned over Russia's actions in the Sea of Azov
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the countries members of the Alliance are alarmed by Russia’s "destabilizing" behavior in the Sea of Azov. According to Radio Liberty, Stoltenberg assured that NATO is keeping an eye on this issue.
The NATO Secretary General said that Russia's actions in the Sea of Azov follow a pattern of a behavior model that Moscow has been demonstrating for a long time.
According to Stoltenberg, this model includes Russia’s annexation of the Crimea as well …
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Ukraine: Russia sends Donbas coal to Turkey and Poland
Russia is selling Ukrainian coal, mined in the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces and mixed with coal mined in Russia, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin at a briefing on the Lviv Security Forum. In this way, coal mined in the Donbas can end up in Turkey and even Poland, UNN reports.
“We have information that Russia is manipulating coal from the occupied territories [of Ukraine], which they mix with Russian coal, so that we cannot simply detect it chemically, and then it goes to Turkey,” …
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Sentsov awarded Sakharov Prize
The Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is currently being imprisoned in Russia, has been awarded the “Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought”.
Sentsov is the first Ukrainian ever to receive this award, which is presented by European Parliament for an outstanding contribution to the defense of human rights and basic freedoms. The presentation ceremony is scheduled to be held in Strasbourg on December 12.
The Ukrainian political prisoner’s candidacy was proposed by European Parliament’s …