In an interview with the German publication Handelsblatt, just one day prior to his visit to Germany, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline a “political bribe”, and suggested drawing attention to the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS).

Germany is one of the countries most committed to the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The pipeline, according to blueprints, will run along the bottom of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, and will …

The electronic warfare systems deployed in Syria were unable to shoot down several Israeli missiles due to overwhelming external interference, the Federal News Agency (FAN) reported.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the airstrike on the T-4 airbase in Homs was made from Lebanese airspace by two Israeli multipurpose F-15 fighters. Three of the eight missiles launched by the Israeli aircraft reached the western part of the airbase. The Syrian electronic warfare systems were unable to …

The share prices of the largest Russian companies and the ruble exchange rate have plummeted due to US sanctions, Meduza news outlet reports.

Oleg Deripaska is among those to have suffered the greatest losses. The value of his companies crashed immediately after it was announced that they were under sanctions.

Rusal dropped by 50% on the Hong Kong Exchange and 25% on the Moscow Exchange. The company even issued a warning concerning possible technical default due to sanctions. Trades of En + …

Moscow warned the United States about “serious consequences” if Washington orders an attack on Syrian government troops in response to the alleged chemical attack on the Syrian city of Douma, as stated by Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a meeting of the UN Security Council.

He said that there was no chemical attack in the city of Douma. According to him, Russian specialists on radiological, chemical and biological defense did not find any traces of …

The U.S. destroyer USS Donald Cook came within 100 km of the Syrian city of Tartus, reported the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet.

A Russian naval base is located in this city. According to the newspaper, Russian military aircraft flew over the U.S. destroyer at least four times.

Earlier, USS Donald Cook, which is equipped with 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles, left the port of Larnaca in Cyprus and is now near Syrian territorial waters.

On Monday, April 9, U.S. President Donald Trump said that within …

On April 7, residents of the Russian settlement Petrovka in the Rostov region filmed a convoy of BMD infantry fighting vehicles that were moving toward the border with Ukraine, reports Voice of America journalist Fatima Tlisova on Twitter.

Residents told the journalist that this is the second convoy of Russian BMDs that drove through their settlement. Each BMD can carry three crew members and five airborne troops. The distance from Petrovka to the border with Ukraine is more than 80 km. …

Around 1 billion USD is required for the creation and organization of mass production of Ukrainian helicopters. The MSB-2 light helicopter, which was first created as part of experimental development work by Korolek, is currently being tested by the factory. The aircraft company is planning to raise 600 million UAH of the whole amount independently.

In an article on ZN.ua by Dmitri Mendeleev, the expert states that according to the most conservative estimates, implementation of such a project …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko noted in his celebratory Easter message that the most difficult tests for Ukraine are in the past.

"Resurrection is the victory of life over death, the victory of truth over lies; the victory of light over darkness; the victory of good over evil. This is our victory... This year Easter is a special day, because along with it, there is a certainty that the heaviest tests [for Ukraine] are now behind [us]," Poroshenko said.

The President also spoke about the …