Seoul may postpone plans to phase out Russian T-80U tanks, despite problems with their compatibility with other equipment in the South Korean arsenal, Pohan News portal reported, citing MP Lee Chong Gol.

The T-80U tanks and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles were delivered to the Republic of Korea in 1995 and 2002 as payment for the state debt of the USSR. It is expected that the South Korean army will gradually abandon the use of these vehicles in the period from 2018 to 2022.

However, …

The number of children born in the annexed Crimea during the first nine months of 2017 declined in comparison with the same period last year, the press service of the Kremlin-controlled Ministry of Justice of the Crimea reported.

"During the first nine months of 2017, 15,735 newborns were registered in the Crimea. This is less than the numbers for 2016, where about 17,000 children were born," the press service said.

According to the Russian Ministry of Justice, the largest number of newborns …

The Indian Air Force command demanded the cancellation of the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project where it planned to build a fifth-generation fighter for the Indian army based on the Russian Su-57 aircraft. This was reported by the defensenews.com portal with reference to the report of the Indian Air Force command.

The decision was allegedly made because the program did not meet India’s requirements because it does not allow for the creation of an aircraft that could demonstrate …

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, expects that the bill on the reintegration of the Donbas will be adopted by the deputies in the coming plenary weeks, as stated to journalists on Sunday in Shehyni, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

"The forecasts are positive: this bill recognizes Russia as an aggressor country and I have positive feelings that there are enough patriots who will be able to vote in favor of this bill in the Ukrainian parliament," Parubiy stated.

He also noted that …

Former Russian Major-General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Anatoly Petukhov, who dealt with combating organized crime, invested $38 million in real estate in Miami, as reported by the international anti-corruption organization, Transparency International Russia, who has been investigating these activities.

Petukhov held the post of the Deputy Head of the MIA Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime. This unit dealt not only with mafia, but also with economic crimes, and …

Over the course of three years, sixty thousand Russian military personnel, a large portion of whom are officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), have settled in the Crimea, reports Krym.Realii.

Employees of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation are being resettled in governmental residences on the territory of the Crimea. New buildings with opportune locations have already appeared in Sevastopol, Armyansk and Dzhankoy.

According to Mykola Malomuzh, former head …

On October 22nd, Ukraine and Poland signed a memorandum regarding continued cooperation on Via Carpatia. This is a road system that will connect a number of Eastern European countries from the north to the south. Ukraine was expected to join the project.

The press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure reported that Ukrainian Minister Volodymyr Omelyan and his Polish colleague Andrzej Adamczyk signed the memorandum.

They also held a bilateral meeting in which they agreed to a partnership …

Kazakh journalist Zhanara Akhmet has been arrested in Kyiv, her lawyer Vladislav Hryshchenko told Hromadske.

According to her lawyer, the journalist and public figure was arrested because she was placed on the Interpol wanted list by the Kazakh government.

Zhanara Akhmet and her 9 year-old son have been living in Kyiv for at least a year, and are applying for political asylum.

“On October 21, the lights were turned off for about 18 hours in Zhanara Akhmet’s apartment. When she went out to …