• Georgian Minister of Defense: Noble Partner exercises in Georgia this year will be more ambitious than before

    The joint military exercises, Noble Partner 2017, with the participation of the US in Georgia this year will be more ambitious both in terms of the number of participating countries and the number of personnel and military equipment involved, as stated by Georgian Defense Minister Levan Isoria, on Saturday on Georgian TV channel Imedi.

    According to him, the exercises, which will be held from July 30th to August 12th at the Vaziani training ground near Tbilisi, are a part of a large series of …

  • US provided $22 million worth of equipment to military training center in Ukraine

    The Press Service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has reported that the US provided equipment worth $22 million for a military training center in the Lviv region.

    "At the training center in Yavoriv, next month, a simulation center will open that will be one of the best in Europe, covering an area of ​​3.5 thousand square meters. The US has provided support in the form of equipment worth $22 million," the report said.

    The Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Stepan Poltorak, made assurances …

  • Russian Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin threatened sanctions against those who prevented him from visiting Moldova

    Russia is preparing sanctions against those involved in denying Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin entry into Romanian airspace. The incident prevented him from making a planned visit to Moldova, said Rogozin during an interview on channel Russia 24, reports TASS.

    "There will be an answer, of course. We will definitely establish who was behind these decisions in Chisinau, Bucharest, Budapest and Brussels. We will identify the persons who made these decisions. Our sanctions will be …

  • Kremlin: Methods of pressure on Russia do not work

    New sanctions approved by the US Congress and the Senate, against Russia reflect the desire of the American people to see steps to improve relations with Russia. This was stated in an official statement by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson."The near unanimous votes for the sanctions legislation in Congress represent the strong will of the American people to see Russia take steps to improve relations with the United States. We hope that there will be cooperation between our two countries on …

  • The European Commission started sanctions process against Poland

    On Saturday, July 29, the European Commission officially launched a procedure for imposing sanctions against Poland. This happened after one of the laws on the reform of the Polish judicial system that had gained notoriety was published and entered into force. Now Warsaw has a month to respond to Brussels' official note, the statement on the European Commission website reads. Depending on the response of the Polish authorities or the absence of the response, the European Commission can proceed …

  • Ukraine developed a new thermobaric weapon

    Ukroboronprom State Enterprise has developed a new thermobaric weapon, the infantry flamethrower RPO-16, which was developed by the research institute, Chemical Products, as well as RGO-27S and RGT-27S2 grenades developed by Artem State Enterprise, as indicated in a statement released by the press service of Ukroboronprom. The new thermobaric weapons were presented at the Honcharovskyi training ground of the Armed Forces of Ukraine before the Secretary of the National Security and Defense …

  • Saakashvili: Poroshenko threatened me while trying to stop my political criticism

    Mikheil Saakashvili, who was recently stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship, spoke in an interview with ZIK TV how Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had threatened him in Malta.  

    Saakashvili said that he is in New York now, and the last time he met with Poroshenko was in Malta at the European People's Party summit.

    “The conversation lasted two hours; it was two hours of threats and direct blackmail, calls to stop criticizing the President, to stop political activity. And if I stop the …

  • Romania did not allow the plane with Russian Prime Minister Rogozin into its air space

    Romania did not allow a S7 Airlines passenger flight that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was on board, into its airspace. He was traveling to Moldova for a meeting with President Igor Dodon. After making a turn, the plane was forced to leave for an airport in Belarus.

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania confirmed that the aircraft with Rogozin on board was not allowed to fly in the airspace of the country. At the airport in Chisinau, where the plane was supposed to land, …

  • Expert: Blackout in the Crimea was due to a shortage of power supply in neighboring Russia

    The Director of the Center for Global Studies, Strategy XXI, Mykhailo Gonchar, believes that the blackout in the Crimea was due to a shortage of electricity in the neighboring regions of Russia, as he stated in a commentary with Krym.Realii.

    "The so-called energy bridge is in fact not very reliable. The neighboring region of Russia, Taman, which provides the power is as energy-deficient as the Crimea. If it's hot there, it's hot in the Crimea. We can assume that everyone turned on their air …

  • Lavrov: expulsion of American diplomats from Russia is a response to US’s hostile actions

    The decision to equalize the number of employees at the US and Russian diplomatic missions was triggered by a series of hostile moves by Washington, stated Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Press Service of the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.

    "Lavrov stressed that the decision to equalize the number of employees of US and Russian diplomatic missions, as well as to close access to two US Embassy facilities, was …