The US handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine 2,500 units of night vision equipment worth $5.8 million. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said, "This equipment is provided to Ukraine free of charge in accordance with the program of security assistance on Ukraine, which is conducted with the support of the US government."

The report also said that the devices provided are sufficient to equip ten battalions. Viktor Muzhenko, Chief of the General Staff, said that they will be …

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that it possible that there are Russian citizens in Syria, but if there are, they have no connection to Russia’s Armed Forces. This was the politician’s comment on the Russian deaths in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zor.

“We at the Kremlin do not have concrete, detailed information which would enable conclusions to be drawn. The possibility cannot be excluded that there are Russian citizens in Syria. But they are in no way connected to the Russian Armed …

The Syrian military opened fire on Israeli reconnaissance planes which had crossed the border, SANA reports, citing its own correspondent. This was also reported by the TV channel Al-Mayadin.

According to SANA, the incident took place in the airspace over the city of Quneitra in south-western Syria. The Syrian anti-air defense forces confronted the Israeli planes and forced them to leave the territory.

Al-Mayadin reported that guns fired shots at the Israeli planes.

On the evening of …

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has issued recommendations to the military on safe use of the Internet, Izvestia newspaper reported, citing an official document obtained by the newspaper. Servicemen are advised to abstain from using social networks or publishing data concerning their military unit or their service. They are also advised to turn off the geolocation tool on their mobile devices.

The recommendations were issued in a form of memos and educational posters. The …

The Polish charter plane that carried the ex-President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili to Poland cost 8,000 euro, as reported by journalists from the TV program, Schemes.

It is said that the rented Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A airplane, with the onboard number SP-RDW, flew out at 16:33 on February 12th from the Boryspil airport to Warsaw. The plane is registered in Poland and belongs to Jet Story airline.Journalists found that the Ukrainian company, Sky Handling, helped to organize this flight …

Ukraine should refrain from implementing the law on education until it has agreed to the details of the legislation with minorities, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijjártó stated, Evropeyska Pravda reports.

At a press conference in Budapest, he said that NATO had planned to hold a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Defense Ministers on 14-15 February, however, Hungary imposed a veto, and, consequently, the NATO Secretary General informed the member states that the meeting would …

The threat of Russia’s offensive from the annexed Crimea remains even today, as stated by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, Hromadske reports."They have concentrated a strong military force in the occupied territory of the Crimea, and it is not only for defense," he said.

According to Turchynov, new offensive means, strategic aviation, and missile systems which can carry and use nuclear weapons, are deployed in the Crimea.

"It …

In an interview with 112 Ukraine TV, the deputy of the Ukrainian Rada from the "People's Front" faction, Yuriy Bereza said that the return of the Crimea and the Donbas to Ukraine can only happen by force.  

The deputy noted that thanks to the Minsk agreements, Ukraine has put its military in order and reorganized the armed forces. "Only the Ukrainian army, Ukrainian soldiers will enable us to regain sovereignty in the Donbas and Crimea. There will not be any other options," Bereza said. The …