The state concern Ukroboronprom does not have sufficient funds, and its leadership is forced to resort to such an unpopular measure as unpaid leave for the employees of defense enterprises.

Thus, due to the lack of funding, the employees of Lviv Armor Vehicle Factory will be put on unpaid leave, and the Ukrainian military in eastern Ukraine will not receive modern tanks Oplot, Dozor-B, armored vehicles and other advanced military equipment, the press service of the concern said.

"Today, the …

The servicemen of the National Guard and the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation will ensure the security of the waters of the Kerch Strait, Rossiyskaya Gazeta wrote. “If the troops of the Russian National Guard previously served at Lake Baikal or the Yenisei, Volga and Amur rivers and some other marine areas then the Kerch Strait is a new area of responsibility for them,” the Deputy Chief of the National Guard, Major-General Oleg Borukaev stated.

The significance of the Kerch …

The Head of the Crimean Parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, reported that the candidate for President of France from the National Front Party, Marine Le Pen, was invited to visit the Crimean peninsula, RIA Novosti reported. Konstantinov stressed that Le Pen’s position on Crimea was the clear reason for his visit.

“The President of the National Front is one of the few politicians who exactly understood Crimea’s destiny and took the trouble to read the history of Crimea to understand it,” …

The US strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) believes that the Russian Federation is developing weapons to use against satellites, as stated by the Commander of USSTRATCOM, General John Hyten, RIA Novosti reports.

“Russia is researching significant military capabilities to use against satellites including lasers and other military capabilities in space which may pose a threat to our satellites,” Hyten stated.

According to General, the use of such weapons may lead to a large number of debris in orbit …

The Russian Presidential Advisor on Internet issues, German Klimenko, said restrictions on the use of the Internet in the Russian Federation were the only opportunity to ensure information security, Interfax reported.“There is only one way: the Chinese policy. Certainly, control is needed because there are no opportunities to prevent it. China is less sensitive to public opinion. They assessed the threat and limited the Internet. Now, they don’t have such problems,” Klimenko stated at the …

On January 25th, Ukrainian veterans began the third stage of blocking trade with the territories that are beyond the control of the Ukrainian government in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The first stage was preparatory, and the second was an information gathering stage. The third stage is a direct blockade of trucks and trains that will move to the temporarily uncontrolled territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The initiators of the blockade are the Donbas and Aidar volunteer …

Ukraine should have a say in any deal between Russia and the United States, aimed to end the conflict in the eastern part of the country, as stated by the Deputy Foreign Minister, Olena Zerkal, Reuters reported.

Kyiv is concerned about the fact that the US President, Donald Trump, wants to exclude Ukraine from any peace talks, seeking to improve relations with Moscow.

"We are talking about the future of our country, we do not want to be excluded from the negotiations," Zerkal said.

Also, the …

On January 25, in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution following the results of monitoring the reforms and the state of democracy in Ukraine. The PACE convention was full of tension for Ukraine. Some of the main points of the resolution titled "The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine" caused heated debate and confrontation.

The most awkward point: elections in Donbas

The amendment about the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of …