The cyber-attacks that affected the three largest Dutch banks were carried out from Russian servers, as reported by De Telegraaf daily newspaper, citing the ESET Company which specializes in digital security.

"This does not necessarily mean that the perpetrators are also in Russia – they can be anywhere," specialists note.

According to the company, hackers used a so-called botnet, a network of infected computers.  They remotely sent signals from devices using the Zbot program to visit certain …

In a comment to InfoResist, Ukrainian MP and delegation representative to PACE Boryslav Bereza stated that Russia tried to blackmail PACE leadership into allowing the country to return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), but its attempts did not work.

According to Bereza, Russia refused to pay membership fees to PACE until it was reinstated in the organization.

"Russia is blackmailing the assembly by not paying. The financial leverage is very strong, [and] is still …

At the beginning of 2018, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine formed one more tactical aviation brigade, as reported by the press service of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"On January 1, 2018, one of the oldest aviation units of the Air Force, a fighter aviation squadron, deployed in Ozerne in the Zhytomyr region was reorganized. It became a tactical aviation brigade. Earlier, the military unit had such a status, but as a result of the reduction process it was …

The Ministry of Defense has accepted new AK-12 and AK-15 assault rifles for use, as announced by the Kalashnikov firearms manufacturer, Interfax reports. This information was confirmed by Sofia Ivanova, an official representative of the company.

The AK-12 and AK-15 assault rifle is recommended for use by the Airborne Force, marines, and ground forces, reported TASS, citing as a source the press service of the company.

The Defense Ministry’s decision was reported by the newspaper Krasnaya …

Polish armed forces need urgent changes to the command and control system as well as a new National Security strategy and improvements in personnel policy in the army, as stated by the heads of the Polish Defense Ministry and the National Security Bureau at a meeting with the President of the country, Andrzej Duda, the Polish Press Agency reports.

The joint statement was issued after the meeting between Duda and the Defense Minister, Mariusz Błaszczak, who was appointed on 9 January, says that …

US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker announced that Russia is ready for a UN peacekeeping mission to be located not only on the contact line in the Donbas, but also on its wider territories. Hromadske reports that Volker announced this during a telephone conference with journalists following a meeting with presidential aide Vladislav Surkov.

"This time [during the meeting with Surkov] I think there was more openness [from Russia] in thinking about a wider mandate for the …

In an interview with Gazeta Prawna following Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Prime Minister said he raised the issue of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which is currently under construction. "We want this project to fall under the sanctions. And this is a very important point in our negotiations with the United States," said the head of the Polish government, referring to Nord Stream 2 as a threat not only to Poland's energy …

Ukraine will receive the next credit tranche from the International Monetary Fund in the amount of $1.9 billion this year, experts of the international rating agency Fitch believe. According to them, the constant interaction with the IMF and other international partners remains a key condition for Ukraine's access to external financing for national debt service in 2020-2021.

The nomination of Yakov Smolii as the chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) should reduce uncertainty regarding …