The Ministry of Defense of Russia has launched a program to equip the Navy with new helicopters through 2025, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry said.

"This means Ka-52K attack helicopters, Ka-31R radar surveillance helicopters, and Ka-226T shipborne helicopters capable of being deployed on ships of small displacement," said the Department's statement, which was posted on the Ministry's website.

According to the statement, the plans to equip the fleet with …

The Moldovan Intelligence Service suspects employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the creation of a criminal plot with the use of Russian funds withdrawn from a Moldavian bank. According to Reuters’ sources, FSB employees could be involved in the withdrawal of $22 billion through Moldova.

According to media reports, the withdrawn funds could be used for the promotion of Moscow’s interests in Chișinău. In early August, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Moldova …

Rinat Akhmetov's energy holding, DTEK, reported the loss of control over all of its enterprises in the separatist controlled part of the Donbas.

"As of March 15, 2017, the assets of the DTEK Energy Group, namely, DTEK Mine Komsomolets Donbassa PrJSC, Mospino CPE LLC, DTEK Energougol Ene PJSC, DTEK ZUYIVS'KA TPP (one of the three power stations of DTEK Skhidenergo LLC), DTEK DONETSKOBLENERGO PJSC, ELEKTRONALADKA LLC, DTEK Service LLC, DTEK POWER GRID LLC, TEHREMPOSTAVKA LLC, DTEK …

Author: Dmytro Snegiryov, Head of Prava Sprava public initiative.

On March 7, 2017, the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center published data on the deployment sites for the Russian Armed Forces that took part in the conflict in eastern Ukraine during 2014-2015. It was noted that the participation of these Russian military units in the war in eastern Ukraine was confirmed by the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

According to the Chief Directorate of Intelligence …

The US has allocated $54 million for additional assistance to Ukraine, according to Voice of America.

It was reported that the intergovernmental agreement was signed by the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Susan Fritz. The funds will be used to carry out reforms in Ukraine.

“In accord with this agreement, Ukraine will receive an additional $54 million to carry out critical reforms. The money will …

Bastion missile systems and Bereg artillery systems were deployed on the Black Sea coast during a testing of the Novorossiysk naval base, which involved more than 10 vessels and 100 pieces of equipment, announced Vyacheslav Trukhachev, head of the information support of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

According to Trukhachev, Bastion crews conducted simulated launches on surface targets. “Self-propelled Bereg artillery systems also moved forward in order to practice anti-amphibious actions,” …

The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine decided on March 15 to temporarily end freight movement along railway lines and roads across the line of contact with the uncontrolled Donbas territories. In this way they have effectively legalized the trade blockade of several areas in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions which has been performed by war veterans in Eastern Ukraine.

“Taking into account the capture of Ukrainian companies and the escalation of the security situation in the …

The Russia's Meridian-class reconnaissance ship "Viktor Leonov" is once again located in international waters off the eastern coast of the United States, as reported by the television channel Fox News.

According to U.S. intelligence, to which the media refers, the ship is approximately 23 miles southeast of the U.S. Navy submarine base in King's Bay, Georgia. American territorial waters start at a distance of 12 nautical miles from the coast.

The ship "Viktor Leonov" was first seen in …