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U.S drones have proven to be ineffective in the war in the Donbas
The drones provided to Ukraine by the United States at a cost of millions of dollars, have proven to be ineffective against jammers and hackers. The Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Nathan Khazin, stated in an interview with Reuters that the decision to use these drones in the conflict was wrong from the very beginning.
In the summer of 2016, Ukraine received 72 Raven RQ-11B Analog mini-drones. However, these mini-drones have proven to be so ineffective …
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Russia will repay $125 million of the former USSR’s debt to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Russian Federation will repay the part of the former USSR’s debt to Yugoslavia in the amount of USD 125 million to Bosnia and Herzegovina, as stipulated in a decree signed by the Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, as reported by TASS.The decree reads: “To approve the draft agreement between the Russian Government and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the resolution of liabilities of the former USSR under settlements related to trade turnover between the former …
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Media: Russian soldiers rob evacuees near Aleppo
Evacuation from Eastern Aleppo is accompanied by violence and brutality from Iranian and Russian soldiers controlling the checkpoints at the exit from this part of the city.
One incident was described to Hromadske.ua by Syrian journalist Monzer Etaki, who left the eastern area of Aleppo a few days ago during the evacuation.
"On Monday, December 19, we got permission to evacuate. I fell ill after living in my car all those days. People around me burned their belongings to warm themselves. I …
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Russian envoy was summoned to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry due to 'unacceptable' history statements
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry expressed its protest to the adviser of the Russian Embassy in Minsk, Vadim Gusev, in connection with the statements of the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), Leonid Reshetnikov, who called Belarus a part of Russia, BelaPAN reported.
Minsk believes that Reshetnikov’s statements "are not founded on facts and are totally unacceptable in form."
"They absolutely do not correspond to the strategic nature of the Belarusian-Russian …
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In addition to MiG-29s, Serbia will receive 30 tanks and 30 armored vehicles from Russia for free
Serbia will receive six MiG jet fighters, 30 tanks and 40 armored vehicles from Russia free, as reported by the Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić after meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, the Serbian Tanjug agency reports.
According to Vučić, aircraft modernization will cost Serbia 180 to 230 million euro. "If we purchased such aircraft with the missiles we want, it would cost us around 600 million euro,” Vučić said.
The Serbian Prime Minister said equipment from the …