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Ukraine to buy Turkish Bayraktar drones for its Navy
In 2021, Ukraine plans to purchase for its Navy Turkish Bayraktar drones, said the Navy’s commander Rear Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa in an interview with Radio Liberty.
According to him, Bayraktar with improved tactical and technical characteristics and increased operational range will be used in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
"We use them to monitor the surface situation, to support the forces both on the shore and at sea," Neizhpapa said.
He also said that Ukraine has agreed on the …
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Special FSB unit behind Navalny’s assassination attempt
A group of Russian FSB officers, suspected of poisoning Alexei Navalny, may be involved in three more murders.
These people are members of a classified FSB unit which was tasked with the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. It is a long-running and well-funded group which is engaged in high profile murders.
Christo Grozev, a journalist from the investigative website Bellingcat, said on air of Ekho Moskvy that people suspected of poisoning Alexei Navalny are responsible for …
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Another Nord Stream 2 partner walks away from the project due to sanctions concerns
The Norwegian company Det Norske Veritas (DNV) GL, an international accredited registrar and classification society, will not be able to provide a certificate of compliance for the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, which is built by Gazprom's subsidiary Nord Stream 2 AG, reports the Russian news agency RBC citing DNV’s press service.
"DNV GL will stop all compliance verification activities of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as long as the sanctions remain in force. We are implementing a plan to curtail …
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Kyiv: 600,000 LPR and DPR residents receive Ukrainian pensions
About 660,000 residents of the uncontrolled Donbas territories receive Ukrainian pensions, Ukrainian Social Policy Minister Marina Lazebnaya said in an interview with Radio Liberty.
"I believe that those who have earned their pension in Ukraine should receive it. And to do this, we need to simplify or provide conditions and opportunities for them. Therefore, today, for example, such service centers will be opened at the two entry points in Shchastia and Zolote. We know that employees of the …
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Russia deploys military aircraft and helicopters to Syrian-Turkish border
Russia is strengthening its military presence in Syrian territories bordering Turkey and began to deploy military equipment, including combat aviation there.
After the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh there is an increased risk of escalation in these territories, reports the Russian news outlet “TRT in Russian”.
According to the publication, Russia's military equipment and troops are being deployed to northeast Syria. In the last month alone, the number of troops in Al-Hasakah Governorate has …
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Ukrainian Army Commander: It would be easier if we were given command to attack in Donbas
The Ukrainian government wants to regain control of the Donbas, and in these conditions, it would be easier for the military if they received an order to attack, said Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Ruslan Khomchak in an interview with Obozrevatel.
Khomchak believes, there is currently a question whether Ukrainian society is ready for active actions of its army in the Donbas.
"In 2014, mobilization was a dissonance for an ordinary Ukrainian. Everyone was screaming that they …
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Russia opens criminal case against Navalny
The Kremlin is making every effort to ensure that opposition politician Alexei Navalny does not return home. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against the oppositionist under the article of fraud on a particularly large scale.
The reason for this was voluntary donations of Russians to the Anti-Corruption Foundation header by Navalny, the Fifth Season media support fund, the Foundation for the Organization and Coordination of Citizens' Rights and the …
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Russia bans entry to members of Germany's security and intelligence agencies
The Kremlin has banned officials of the "German Defense Ministry's security and intelligence agencies" entry to Russia.
"According to the diplomatic principle of reciprocity, senior members of the German security and intelligence agencies that are part of the German Defense Ministry system have been placed on Russian no-entry list," said the Russian Foreign Ministry in a statement.
The decision relates to EU sanctions against the leadership of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the …
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Russia expels Bulgarian diplomat
The Russian Foreign Ministry has handed the Bulgarian Ambassador a note declaring a persona non grata an employee of the Bulgarian diplomatic mission in Moscow.
Assistant military attaché Mitko Borisov is required to leave Russia in the next 72 hours.
"This step was taken by the Russian side in response to Bulgaria's unjustified decision to expel the military, air force and naval attaché at the Russian Embassy in Sofia in December," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
On …
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NATO fighter jets intercept hundreds of Russian warplanes in 2020
This year, The North Atlantic Alliance Air Force intercepted hundreds of Russian warplanes approaching NATO airspace, reports NATO’s press service.
"NATO air forces across Europe scrambled more than 400 times in 2020 to intercept unknown aircraft approaching Alliance airspace. Almost 90 percent of these missions - around 350 - were in response to flights by Russian military aircraft. This is a moderate increase from 2019," the statement reads.
NATO noted that Russian military aircraft often …