The Ukrainian Antonov aircraft manufacturing and services company has offered U.S. President-elect, Donald Trump, to manufacture Air Force One. “Maybe, it is better to consider an Antonov aircraft as Air Force One,” the Ukrainian company commented in response to Trump’s tweet about not wanting Boeing’s extremely expensive aircraft.

Trump previously stated that the contract between the U.S. Government and Boeing for the construction of the presidential aircraft, Air Force One, should be …

Ukrayinska Pravda reports that Olexandr Harebin, the first Deputy General Director of NTU and executive producer of Eurovision-2017, said on Russian media that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) allegedly urged Kyiv to cancel the list of banned Russian artists.

Harebin though said that the EBU did not make such a request to Ukraine concerning the so-called "black lists".

"I have no desire to comment on any more Russian media allegations, but I will say that the EBU does not negotiate with …

Ukraine has requested the democratic countries of the world recognize the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as genocide against the Ukrainian people. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the corresponding draft resolution on the 7th of December.

“By means of forced extortion of food products, blockades of villages and entire areas, prohibiting people from leaving the famine-affected areas of Ukraine, curtailing rural trade, and punishing dissenters, the criminal communist totalitarian regime …

Sailors of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Pakistani Navy started to plan the PASSEX joint naval exercise near Novorossiysk, Russia. This was announced on December 7 by the chief of the information support department of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Vyacheslav Trukhachev, the Krymform news agency reported.

"The exercise will include practice in organizing steering ships after trawls, joint maneuvers and exercises for search and rescue at sea," Trukhachev specified. According to him, the …

Russia has a special responsibility to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria, as stated by the White House representative, Josh Earnest, on Wednesday December 7th, Reuters reported.

According to Earnest, Russia has a special role in the settlement of the Syrian conflict, as it stands on the side of the Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Moreover, Russia is interested in resolving the Syrian conflict, as it is itself seeking a way out of the situation in Syria, a White House representative …

Special forces from Russia’s Republic of Chechnya have been deployed to Syria where they are tasked with protecting Russia’s Khmeimim air base in the province of Latakia, Izvestia reported.

The “East” and “West” special forces units of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which are based in Chechnya, were created in 2003, and are informally known simply as the Chechen special forces.

The special forces units have extensive combat experience in both mountainous and urban areas, the former being …

On Wednesday morning, Syrian authorities reported on a series of bombings at the military base of Syrian Air Forces in Mezzeh in the western part of Damascus, Interfax reports, referencing the Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. The newspaper noted conflicting information regarding the reason behind the bombings.

The Arabic news source Al-Masdar, having ties with Syrian authorities, states that the bombings were preceded by a fire that broke out in the munitions depot.

However, some …

The Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons announced the launch of the 2017 humanitarian response plan for Ukraine. According to the Ministry, international humanitarian missions will implement measures to save people’s lives, including the provision of food products, basic necessities, clothing, accommodation, medical care, psychological assistance and basic education.

The government plans not only to fund certain projects on restoration or development …