The United States National Security Advisor for Barack Obama, Susan Rice, stated that airstrikes on hospitals in the eastern part of the Syrian city of Aleppo are reprehensible because there is no justification for them. Washington strongly condemns the bombardments of hospitals, Reuters quoted her as saying.

“The United States strongly condemns these terrible attacks on medical infrastructures and humanitarian workers. There is no justification for these horrible actions,” Rice noted, calling …

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy noted that the Ukrainian soldiers who are restraining Russia’s aggression protect not only Ukraine but the entire free world.

He stated this on Saturday during a visit to Turkey at a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the press service of the parliament reported.

According Parubiy, “Every dollar invested in the development of Ukraine is saving thousands which are necessary to deter the Russian Federation on the eastern borders of the …

Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, had a telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump and stressed the need to support Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing sources in the EU.

According to the agency, Tusk stressed the importance of transatlantic cooperation, including with regard to Ukraine.

On Twitter, Tusk confirmed that he had a telephone conversation with Trump on Friday; however, no details were officially reported.

The fact that Trump’s campaign promised to …

The Utyos underground coastal missile system has been restored in the Crimea, a source familiar with the situation told Russia's Interfax news agency on Friday.

"It is expected that the regenerated system will carry out several missile launches in order to prove its viability. In the future, Bastion silo-based missile systems are planned to be deployed there as well," the source said.

Earlier, the source reported that the Bastion system, the first coastal silo-based missile system, can be …

Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated that Russia, along with other countries, is developing promising weapons based on hypersonic and laser technologies.

"Today, in the 21st century, in order to strengthen their military potential, leading countries around the world are actively using the most modern technology and the latest achievements of science for the development of their arms – including lasers, hyper sound and robotics," Putin said at a meeting with the leadership of the Armed …

Lithuania has not ruled out the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin may test NATO for several weeks before Donald Trump officially becomes the president of the United States.

This was stated by the minister of foreign affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, in an interview with BBC.

Linkevičius said that there is a danger that Putin considers the period between now and the start of Trump’s presidency in January as an opportunity to test the combat readiness and diplomatic …

According to Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko, Russia is planning to carry out terrorist attacks on Ukrainian territory, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported.

Lutsenko noted that on September 16th in Rivne, Major Ivan Mamchur, who worked in a detention facility in Rivne, was killed. His killers left DNA traces on the gun and cigarette butts, and the culprits were identified.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General noted that one of the suspects, a resident of Mariupol named Smorodinov, was arrested …

An aircraft of the Swiss Air Force flew close to an airliner with the Russian delegation on board, as they were heading to Peru for the APEC summit. Members of the delegation on board included the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Alexander Fomin. They will accompany President Vladimir Putin at the meeting.

It is reported that the incident occurred in the sky over Switzerland. One of the fighters flew up close to the Russian aircraft from the left side "at …