Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview with Voice of America to expect an increase in international pressure on Russia in the form of expanded sanctions and increased security assistance to Ukraine next year.

"The EU is beginning to understand that other steps are needed, because Russia is waging war not only against Ukraine, but against the institutions of the European Union. Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany are increasingly saying that such a …

In an interview with Journal du Dimanche, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reported that the strength of the Alliance's Response Force has increased over the last three years.

"After the crisis in Ukraine in 2014, NATO decided to proceed with the biggest reinforcement in a generation. We have tripled the strength of the NATO Response Force to 40,000 men; 5,000 of whom are ready to deploy within a few days," Stoltenberg specified.

According to Stoltenberg, NATO has also stepped up …

The identity of some accounts on VKontakte, the popular online Russian social media site, that posted messages in support of Vladimir Putin with the hashtag #PutinKrut [PutinTough] had been stolen, a press service of the company told Novaya Gazeta newspaper, on Sunday, December 17th.

The social media site’s representatives stressed that VKontakte immediately blocked the hacked accounts. “We continue to improve our tools to prevent account hacking and the straightforward blocking of the …

The Russian Ministry of Defense intends to combine the naval aircraft and the anti-air defense forces of the Pacific Ocean Fleet as part of a powerful army with its headquarters in Kamchatka, Izvestia reports, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The Defense Ministry announced that the formation of the air force and anti-air defense would begin in 2018. It will include aviation units, surface-to-air missiles and radio-technical troops. The division’s zone of responsibility will include the …

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine received an official refusal from Russia to extradite the former deputy commander of the Berkut company, Dmytro Sadovnik, who was involved in crimes committed during the Euromaidan (Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity), as stated by the head of the special investigative department of the Prosecutor General's Office, Serhiy Horbatyuk, in a commentary to Krym.Realii.

"The Russian Federation has responded that he is a citizen [of Russia], he was granted …

The Union State of Russia and Belarus plans to spend nearly 500 million rubles ($8.53 million USD) on military, border and information security, RBC news agency report citing the Union State Parliamentary Assembly press liaison, Andrei Shakhorsky. The relevant new programs are included in the Union State’s budget for 2018, which was adopted by the Union State Parliamentary Assembly on December 16.

The session with parliamentarians of both countries was chaired by State Duma spokesperson …

The decree of Russia’s Federation Council (upper house of Russia’s parliament) on setting March 18, 2018 as the date for the Russian presidential elections was approved. Thus, the presidential campaign was officially launched in Russia.

As is known, on December 6th, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his participation in the presidential elections for the fourth time; he will go to the elections as independent candidate.

It was reported that the Prime Minister of the Russian …

The Ambassadors from Canada and Great Britain to Ukraine, Roman Waschuk and Judith Gough, condemned the attempts by activists of the New Forces Movement to enter the premises of the October Palace (International Center of Culture and Arts) in Kyiv to establish their headquarters there.

"Attempts to capture and destroy public buildings are an abuse of the right to peaceful protest," Roman Waschuk wrote on Twitter. Judith Gough made the same statement.The Chief of the National Police of Ukraine, …