• Kyiv discloses locations of Russian S-400 missile systems in the Crimea

    As of the end of September 2018, the Russian authorities in the Crimea have deployed anti-aircraft missile systems near Sevastopol, Feodosia and Yevpatoria, as stated on the website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories.

    The anti-aircraft missile systems are equipped with two types of missiles: 48H6 and 40H6. The range of destruction is 250 km and 400 km, respectively. The missiles can hit targets at altitudes up to 60 km.

    The Ukrainian Ministry of Temporarily Occupied …

  • Kremlin promised to check information about the Skripals' poisoning case suspect

    Kremlin promised to check the foreign journalists’ investigation results in regards to the Ruslan Boshirov identity, who is suspected of poisoning Skripals in the British Salisbury,said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, reports Interfax.

    "We will certainly verify information about this soldier, we will check the lists of officers," Peskov told journalists. At the same time, Peskov continues to insist that Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov are …

  • Russia allows its military to prevent foreign vessels from passing through the Kerch Strait

    The State Duma of Russia enacted a law that gives the National Guard of Russia the right to expel vessels from areas adjacent to the Crimean Bridge in the Kerch Strait, reported Interfax.

    “Currently the National Guard of Russia has the authority to inspect ships that violate maritime law regarding structures protected by the Russian Guard. However, the Russian Guard does not have the right to expel vessels from zones prohibiting shipments and to escort these ships to specific docking areas,” …

  • Ukraine imposes sanctions against Russian transportation companies

    The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has introduced special sanctions and restrictive measures to individual business entities of the Russian Federation that have concluded contracts with transport industry enterprises controlled by the pro-Russian administration of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the  press service of the SBU reported.

    Employees of the special services established that during 2018, “a number of Russian legal entities and individuals entered into "external …

  • Russian media finds neighbors of Skripal poisoning suspects

    Residents of the Beryozovka village in Russia’s Amur province identified the Skripal poisoning suspect Ruslan Boshirov as Anatoly Chepiga, a fellow resident of their village, Kommersant reports.

    “That’s him, Tolya, one hundred percent him. Nearly black eyes, and his voice. In 1996 he finished Beryozovka school and joined DVOKU (the Far Eastern Higher Military Command School). Very smart, a good boy, intelligent, well-spoken, learned well. Everyone can only say positive things about him. Didn’t …