As reported by the Lithuanian Defense Ministry, about 4,000 servicemen from 11 NATO-member countries will gather for the third annual Iron Sword military exercises. The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense reports that during the exercises servicemen will plan and carry out defensive and offensive operations and perform other tasks.

It is reported that the exercises will be carried out between November 20 and December 2 at two Lithuanian landfills.

Servicemen from Estonia, United States, Great …

The field commander from the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Alexander Khodakovsky, explained that the pensions and the salaries to the government workers in the Republic are not being paid because Russia has cut down the funding of the “people’s republic” and the self-declared republic’s own budget does not have enough funds.

“There are certain difficulties with the help coming from Russia. So you could see that there are delays with the salaries of the government workers. This …

In October and November, residents of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) stopped receiving salaries and pensions, as reported by Apostrophe news portal, citing sources in LPR.

Both private and state-owned companies are affected by the delays with the salary payments. The delays range from several months to a few weeks. Even the security services of the self-proclaimed republic are experiencing these problems.

There are also delays with pension payments.

The rumors have started …

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has no grounds for declaring suspicion on any of the persons named in the incident regarding illegal cash payments from the Party of Regions’ shadow fund to an American political consultant Paul Manafort, said the head prosecutor Nazar Holodnitsky in an interview with ZN.ua political weekly.

According to him, the investigation on the episode of Manafort’s illegal receipt of funds from the Party of Regions has not made any headway in the last …

The Head of the Department of Special Investigations of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, Sergey Gorbatyuk, noted that former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych could be interrogated as a witness in the case of the murder of Maidan activists.

“As far as I’m aware, Russia sent a confirmation that this interrogation should take place on the 25th of November,” Gorbatyuk stated on 112.Ukraine TV on Saturday.

As previously reported, on November 16, Yanukovych’s lawyer, Vitaliy …

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko was questioned in the Prosecutor General’s Office about the crimes against Euromaidan activists, as stated by the press secretary of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Larisa Sargan.

“Yes, I can confirm it,” she said in an interview with Ukrainski Novyny news agency, refusing to report any details.

According to sources in the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, Poroshenko’s interrogation took place on November 18 and continued for six hours. Earlier, …

All Russian missile formations will be reequipped with Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile systems by 2020, according to the Chief of Missile and Artillery Troops, Mikhail Matveevsky.

The Major General emphasized that the Islander-M, “is the best missile system in its class today and it is able to overwhelm any missile defense system.”

According to him, defense industry enterprises in the Russian Federation are working on the modernization of the system in order to improve its combat and …

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the promotion of bilateral cooperation and investment with his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, TASS reported.

"The presidents agreed to promote activities of the intergovernmental commission today and give assignments to ministries to call its next meeting as soon as practicable," Peskov stated.

"The Russian President noted that Russian companies are ready to intensify work on the Philippine market," he …