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Sea Breeze exercises to take place in Ukraine
On Monday, July 1, traditional Ukrainian-American exercises Sea Breeze-2019 will start in Odessa, Ukraine, reports State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
The exercises will be held at sea, on land, in the air, and underwater. This year for the first time, the participants of the event will also conduct drills on the river. According to the legend of the exercises, the enemy will try to block access to the sea from the Danube river. The ship-and-boat units of Maritime Protection will receive a …
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US Senate approves $300 million in military aid to Ukraine
On June 27, the US Senate approved the draft military budget for the 2020 fiscal year, which ensures the allocation of military assistance in an amount of 300 million dollars to Ukraine, reports the Embassy of Ukraine in the US on Facebook.
It is noted that the US Senate passed a bill proposing to increase assistance to Ukraine in the field of security to $300 million dollars, which is $50 million more than the amount allocated this year.
At the same time, $100 million out of this amount is …
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Russia accuses Moldovan oligarch of running drug syndicate
The Russian Interior Ministry has accused the Moldovan businessman Vladimir Plahotniuc, former leader of the Moldova’s “Democratic Party”, of running a drug syndicate. The investigation claims that he has been involved in the smuggling of Moroccan cannabis to Russia through Spain, RBC news agency reports.
Despite the fact that, for many years, Plahotniuc was considered the most influential person in Moldova, he has now been charged with 28 counts of drug smuggling and distribution on a large …
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UN accuses Russia of raids on Syrian hospitals
The UN has asked Russia for detailed information on how it has been using the location coordinates of hospitals in Syria. The demand was prompted by a series of airstrikes by the Russian-Syrian coalition in the Syrian provinces of Idlib and Hama in which several schools and more than two dozen medical institutions were hit.
The hospital coordinates are given by the UN to the conflicting parties as part of a humanitarian resolution system in order to protect them from attacks, Radio Liberty …
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Kremlin: Russian military experts left Venezuela
Russian Il-62 aircraft, which arrived in Caracas on June 25, flew back a group of military-technical experts who worked in Venezuela under the old contracts for the last three months, reads the message of the Russian Embassy in Venezuela.
The diplomats recalled that earlier Venezuela received complex equipment from Russia that requires regular maintenance. In addition to equipment support, Russian specialists "were involved in the training of Venezuelan personnel."
The Embassy assured that …