Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said during the 14th Yalta European Strategy (YES) annual meeting that Ukraine's partners could loosen sanctions against Russia after the introduction of UN peacekeepers in Donbas with a full-fledged mandate.

 “If Russia accepts what I said - namely, giving the UN peacekeeping mission a clear mandate with full control of the Russian-Ukrainian border and covering the entire territory to protect the population, then a carrot can be given to …

"Three Russian warships have been detected in the exclusive economic zone of Latvia – the Andromeda, the Kilektor 1 and the Bira," the National Armed Forces of Latvia reported on their official Twitter page.

According to the Delfi news agency, last year Russian aircraft and ships approached the borders of the Baltic Republic 209 times, which is about ten times less than a year earlier.

The joint Russian and Belarusian strategic military exercises, Zapad 2017, are currently under way. Earlier, …

The Russian-Egyptian “Defenders of Friendship 2017” joint military exercises have begun in Krasnodar Krai, TASS reported, citing the Ministry of Defense. 50 Egyptian paratroopers arrived on September 6 to take part in the exercises in the south of Russia.

“In the context of the tactical exercises, divisions of the Russian Airborne Troops and the Egyptian Paratroopers will do landings, carry out maneuvers in the area of combat training tasks, and will also capture and hold a mountain pass in …