The international Tobruq Legacy 2016 exercises began on Monday at the Lest training area in Slovakia. The air defense units of eight NATO countries are participating in the exercises. The countries involved are Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia and the US. This was reported by the press service of the Czech Ministry of Defense.

“The goal of the exercises is to test and strengthen the level of interaction of ground air defense units in accordance with …

The European Union does not recognize the elections to the Russian State Duma in the annexed Crimea, as stressed in a statement issued by the representative of the European External Action Service. “The European Union doesn’t recognize the illegal annexation of the  Crimea and Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and consequently doesn’t recognize the holding of elections on the Crimean peninsula,” the statement says.

The OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission performed no activities in the …

Ukrainian Intelligence has announced that Russian-backed separatist snipers have arrived in Yasynuvata, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported, citing a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Tuesday.

Ukrainian Intelligence also reported that several trucks and buses transporting servicemen and material arrived from Russia to the Donbas. In particular, in the town of Novoazovsk in the Donetsk region, two Russian trucks …

Russian or Syrian aircraft bombed aid trucks near the rebel-held town of Urm al-Kubra west of Aleppo on Monday, killing twelve people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Reuters reported.

The United Nations had announced earlier on Monday that aid including food and health supplies for 78,000 people was to be delivered to Urm al-Kubra.

The UN and the Red Cross confirmed that the aid convoy had been hit.

"We are deeply shocked that humanitarian workers and missions have yet …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko recently began his visit to the United States. His visit will include a statement during the general debate of the 71th session of the UN General Assembly and participation in the Security Council Summit and high-level meeting dedicated to the refugee and migrant crisis.

Moreover, as reported on the president’s website, at the sidelines of the UN general assembly, a number of meetings have been scheduled between Poroshenko and foreign leaders, in particular, …

Ukraine confirmed its readiness to cooperate with Thailand in armored vehicles production, particularly with the transfer of technology for producing BTR-3E1 armored personnel carriers. On Friday, the government announced the venture on the official website of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC).

During the meeting of First Deputy Secretary of the NSDC Oleg Gladkovsky with the official delegation of the Ministry of Defense of Thailand, headed by Deputy Minister Udomdej …

Latvia wants to become a participant in the “New Silk Road” transport project, taking into account the Russian company Transneft’s decision to stop exporting petroleum products through seaports in the Baltic States by 2018. This opinion was expressed by the president of the Baltic Association — Transport and Logistics (BATL), Inga Antāne, in an interview with Latvian television.

Antāne has high expectations for the upcoming November summit in Riga between the heads of the central and eastern …

NATO was surprised that Russia attacked Ukraine like it did, according to the former NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, as stated in an interview with Radio Liberty.

"I don't think that we could have foreseen this. We were very surprised that Russia attacked Ukraine like it did. When I think about it in retrospect, I believe that in 2008, three months before Russia’s attack on Georgia, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, told us everything," Rasmussen said in …