The former Defense Minister of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, and recently an active blogger, Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), was detained in Russia.

" I managed to find out from our friends that my husband was charged under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (extremism). I don't know anything about my husband's whereabouts, he didn't get in touch with me. I was not at home at the time of his arrest," Girkin’s wife Miroslava Reginskaya wrote on her husband's …

Early morning, multiple explosions were heard in Crimea at the Starokrymsky military training ground near the village of Kirovskoye, in Feodosia district. The Telegram Channel Crimean Wind published the videos of the explosions.

There were reportedly three strikes on an ammunition depot and a strike on the landfill, which caused the ammunition in the warehouse to explode.

According to the residents, the explosions continue, and the sounds can be head in.

The Russia-installed head of Crimea, …

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that Ukraine should lift the ban on the deployment of foreign military bases in its territory.

Reznikov noted that the law disallowing deployment of foreign military bases in Ukraine is outdated.

"It is clear that, if necessary, you can find a legal formula not to call the base a base, but some kind of "center of interaction and exchange of experience" or something. But why? It is necessary to remove this restriction, which has lost its …

The commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi said that the Russians are deploying additional forces and weapons to the Bakhmut direction. The  Russians have also launched an offensive in the Kupyansk direction.

Syrskyi said that he visited the troops and met with unit commanders to adjust plans and solve any issues.

"We worked with the commanders and made all the necessary decisions to stabilize the situation in the Lyman direction. All commanders understand …

Relations between the two best friends, Iran and Russia, began to deteriorate. The reasons for this were two factors. The first is the territorial claims of the Islamic Republic to three islands in the Strait of Hormuz.

On Monday, July 10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with colleagues from the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council: The Kingdom of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Secretary General of the organization Jassim Al- …

The actions of the Ukrainian troops during the counteroffensive and signs of difficulties experienced by the Russians suggest that soon the Ukrainian Armed Forces can deliver a major success at the front, said the Commander of the  Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center, Colonel Margo Grosberg.

Grosberg spoke about the tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to destroy the command posts and logistics centers of Russian troops with pinpoint strikes, about successes near Bakhmut and what the …

Russian president Vladimir Putin said he had a meeting with the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and his mercenaries.

"At a meeting with them, I gave an assessment of what they did on the battlefield, and on the other hand, what they did during the events of June 24. Thirdly, I showed possible options for their further service, including combat. That's all," Putin told the correspondent of the newspaper Kommersant.

The Russian president noted that "ordinary Wagner fighters fought …

Major General Ivan Popov said that he was removed from the post of commander of the Russian 58th Combined Arms Army, which is fighting in the south of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region. The audio recording of Popov's appeal to his subordinates was published by the Russian State Duma MP, Andrei Gurulev, who was also a commander of the 58th Army in the past.

In his message, Popov said that he was dismissed for because in his report to his commanders he "called a spade a spade", outlined …