• Iran says it will continue to allow Russian military aircraft to use its airspace

    Iran will continue to allow Russian military aircraft to pass through Iranian airspace on their way to and from Syria.

    “We uphold in this regard a close cooperation with Russia by opening the airspace of Iran," the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Ali Shamkhani, said on Saturday, February 11th.

    Shamkhani also noted that Russian aircraft are allowed to use Iran’s Hamedan air base for refueling purposes.

    The Secretary stated that such allowances entail complex …

  • Ukraine to establish institute to improve the country's image abroad

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin announced the creation of a Ukrainian Institute for Improvement of Image with representative offices in other countries. This Institute will monitor the public image of Ukraine.

    “We have analyzed the experiences of European countries. This experience isn’t the same. However, how could the country present a positive image of itself abroad? Over the past three years, we have done impressive work. There are so many separate projects but we …

  • Russia's newly-formed 22nd Army Corps begins combat training in the Crimea

    The Russian military has created the 22nd Army Corps of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and the new corps has begun combat training in the Crimea, the commander of the Southern Military District of Russia, Colonel-General Aleksandr Dvornikov, stated.

    "At present, the 150th Motorized Rifle Division in the Rostov region, the 42nd motorized rifle division in the Chechen Republic, and the 22nd Army Corps of the Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea were formed and began combat training. Also a squadron of Ka- …

  • LPR separatists says they are willing to nationalize property belonging to Ukrainian oligarch

    Authorities of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) have stated that they are ready   to "nationalize" the enterprises of Ukrainian oligarch, Rinat Akhmetov.

    According to the separatist’s news websites, the LPR authorities has "reviewed and adopted in the first reading, a bill which will ensure that the state takes under its control the enterprises that operate in certain areas of Luhansk region but are not registered in LPR." The bill states that “a temporary administration” will be …

  • Former NATO commander: Trump must send weapons to Ukraine

    U.S. President Donald Trump must avoid the mistakes of Barack Obama, who was not determined enough to provide  Ukraine with the weapons necessary for its self-defense, as stated by General Philip Breedlove, the former Commander in Chief of NATO forces in Europe, while testifying to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

    “Trump Administration, which understands the value of negotiating from strength, should adopt a position of forward defense in dealing with the Kremlin challenge to NATO. …

  • Lithuania to send 80,000 euro in humanitarian assistance to Avdiivka

    Lithuania will provide 80,000 euro in humanitarian assistance for the town of Avdiivka which was affected by recent military actions, as stated by the Foreign Minister of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, who visited Avdiivka, Delfi news agency reports.

    "Today we have allocated 40,000 euro from the Ministry for medication through the Red Cross. The Prime Minister also promised that we will allocate another 40,000 euro for Avdiivka’s needs. Most likely it will be construction materials and …

  • The Kremlin says it does not know how 700 tanks appeared in the Donbas

    Russia does not supply tanks to the so-called DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People's Republic), though the number of tanks there has reached 700 units, as stated by the Press Secretary for the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, UNIAN reported.

    "To answer the question of how the tanks have gotten there, it seems you will have the same result whether you ask Moscow or Kyiv where the tanks are from. Here I have no information,” said Peskov. “I can tell you that, of course, …

  • Ten U.S. tanks were deployed to Lithuania

    On Friday morning, ten American tanks were deployed to Lithuania within the framework of  American obligations to NATO’s collective defense, Delfi news agency reports.

    "The equipment is already at the railway station in Gaižiūnai. Unloading operations will begin shortly," Loreta Kavaliauskiene, spokeswoman for the Duke Vaidotas Mechanized Infantry Battalion stated.

    It’s not the first time that the U.S. brings tanks for exercises, but this time there will be more tanks than ever before since …

  • Putin hopes for the complete restoration of relations between Russia and the United States

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is hopeful for the total restoration of relations between Moscow and Washington in entirety.

    "U.S.-Russian relations have greatly deteriorated over the past five years. Of course, they need to be restored. It is in the interests of both the Russian and American people. We have heard the opinion of President Trump on this matter. We hope that these relations will be restored in full and on all fronts. However this depends not only on us, but also on the …

  • Ukrainian military to hold exercises in Kherson region near the Crimea

    At a press briefing on February 10th, the spokesperson of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Colonel Dmytro Gutsulyak, said that the Ukrainian military will conduct exercises in the Kherson region, which borders with the Crimea.

    According to Gutsulyak, Ukrainian military units, armed with SAM Buk-M1 missiles, will conduct firing exercises at the Yahorlyk training site in the Kherson region.

    On a similar note, during the multinational exercise, called Saber Guardian-2017, at the Shabla training …