The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom, Natalia Galibarenko, stated in an interview with LB.ua that London treats the Budapest Memorandum as a non-binding political document. 

The ambassador said that during her contacts with British partners she informed them of the fact that “the Ukrainian society is frustrated by the unjustified political guarantees that the Budapest Memorandum provided. Due to the lack of security guarantees our country was left face to face with the aggressor”. …

Despite the opposition of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Nadiya Savchenko has published on her Facebook page a list of the Ukrainians who are imprisoned by the LPR and DPR, as well as those who are considered missing. She also posted the names of those who the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People's Republic) demand to be released. The SBU believes that this move could harm the prisoner exchange process and their families. Savchenko herself believes the opposite: that …

Artillery Captain Marat Akhmetshin from Tatarstan was killed in Syria in the summer of 2016. He became at least the 24th Russian soldier killed during the Syrian operation. Information about his death was published on January 7 by the Tatar news website, Shahrikazan.com.

According to the statement of his widow, Guzel Akhmetshin, which was published by Shahrikazan.com in April last year, the captain was sent on detached duty. After a while, he was able to call his wife from an unknown number, …

The Director General of the Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design, Yuriy Beliy, stated in an interview with Interfax that the new, improved Buk-M3 missile system drastically surpasses all existing mobile medium-range missile systems in main tactical and technical characteristics. The Joint Stock Company Concern Almaz-Antey is engaged in supplying this missile system to Russian troops.

“Firstly, the transportable package of missiles was significantly increased, evidently …

The Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Löfven, believes that Russian attempts to influence the elections in Sweden cannot be excluded.

"We should not exclude this possibility and are naive to believe that it will not happen in Sweden. That is why information and cyber security are a part of this strategy," as reported by The Local, quoting the Swedish Prime Minister, while speaking at a national conference on population and defense.

He stressed that his government considers cyber attacks one of …

As reported by the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service, in the past year, the Russian Aerospace Forces received five Nebo-M radar stations, which have already been put in combat duty. Currently, 10 such stations are in use. Additionally, in 2016 the army received Podlet-K1. Overall, there are more than 30 new Podlet-K1 stations and all-altitude detectors on duty that provide air defense in the capital. The unique system which does not have a western counterpart can detect more than 200 …

The USA will increase the scale and complexity of military exercises in Europe to counter "aggression coming from Russia," as was stated by the Deputy Commander, United States European Command, United States Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Ray, Reuters reports, in commenting on the movement of a batch of armed vehicles to Germany with the intent of increasing NATO armed forces in Eastern Europe.

"Let me be clear here: it’s a part of our efforts to deter aggression coming from Russia, to …

Speaking at the conference of Ambassadors in Ankara, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, stated that a dialogue with Russia will contribute to resolving many conflicts. He noted that cooperation with Moscow does not justify a review of Ankara’s position on Ukraine and Georgia.

“We support the territorial integrity of Ukraine and Georgia. We don’t recognize the annexation of Ukrainian territories,” Turkish media quoted the Minister as saying. Speaking of the Syrian …