The Russian Federation’s naval facility in the Syrian port city of Tartus will be expanded, as was stipulated in an agreement between Russia and Syria, which was signed in Damascus on January 18 and published on the Russian government's website of legal information on Friday, January 20. The agreement is valid for 49 years and will be automatically extended for successive 25-year periods unless one of the parties informs the other party about its intention to terminate it no less than one year …

The Roshen Corporation, which belongs to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, will cease its operation at the Lipetsk confectionery factory. This was stated by the company’s press service on it’s website on Friday, January 20th. "This decision was made due to economic and political reasons," the statement reads, without providing any further details.

The production and the storage of the production facilities and infrastructure are planned to stop operating fully in April.

President …

The Russian Federation has violated the provisions of the Vienna Document-2011 on confidence and security building measures by starting to form a new motorized rifle division near the border with Ukraine, without informing the OSCE, according to the press service of the General Staff of Ukraine.

On January 16th-19th, Ukraine, together with Canada and Denmark, conducted an inspection in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation to ensure that Russia complies with the commitments to openness …

The US and Russia have different composition of nuclear forces; hence the conversation about their symmetrical reduction is not acceptable and appropriate.This was stated by the Press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, in interview with Russia’s Vesti show on Saturday.

“Nuclear arms reduction is a conceptual umbrella term, it comprises multitude of details, which you [the host] spoke about. It [the arms reduction] cannot be disproportional. The composition of these nuclear …

Before Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony, the Ambassador of Ukraine in Washington, Valeriy Chaly, said that he took the opportunity to discuss relations between the US and Ukraine with the now US president, and the conversation was considered positive, Ukrinform reported.

"I took the opportunity to speak briefly with the President-elect to ensure that the Ukrainian issue would not be ignored,” Chaly told reporters and clarified that the conversation took place two days ago, during the pre- …

The British and Ukrainian navies plan to increase cooperation, as stated by British Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon at a joint press-conference with Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak in Kyiv, UNIAN reported.

Fallon announced that the British Navy’s Type 45 destroyers will visit the Black Sea port of Odessa in the summer. It will be the first time British warships have visited Ukraine since 2008.

The British Secretary of State for Defense also reiterated the UK’s …

The realization of the Wall Project in Kharkiv region on the border with Russia, also known as the Ukrainian Wall or the European Wall, has been suspended due to lack of financing.

This was reported during a press conference by the chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Yuliya Svitlychna, UNIAN informs.

"There is no financing for this project, which is why, as far as I know, it is discontinued within the territory of the Kharkiv region,” Svitlychna said.

She added that to date, …

Russia’s Deputy Minister of Defense, Yuriy Borisov, stated that Russia is developing hypersonic weapons with the use of revolutionary new materials. “Hypersonic weapons, which require the use of revolutionary new materials and control systems that operate in a completely different medium, in plasma, are coming up,” Borisov said.

In addition, the representative of the Ministry noted that the Russian Defense Ministry expects an especially substantive breakthrough in the field of laser and …