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 …

Russian authorities easily “appoint” enemies and friends for the country, and its citizens are very vulnerable to the Kremlin’s opinion. This was the view expressed by Ukraine’s Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Yevhen Perebyinis.

According to him, in most cases the authorities are to blame for the conflicts between countries.

“Today, the results of the survey show that nearly half see Ukraine as Russia’s enemy. That raised the question of why people who consider themselves brothers to …

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will deploy a new group of rapid response forces to the Baltic region in May 2017. The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, Petr Pavel, stated that some divisions will come to the site earlier than the main group. The statement was made following the results of the NATO Committee meeting in Split, Croatia, the Wall Street Journal notes.

There, the military leadership of the Alliance discussed the terms …

The Armed Forces of Armenia have received the latest Russian operational-tactical Iskander-M missile system, defense-blog.com reported. This is the first confirmed case of an exported supply of the latest Russian missile system. The possible supply of this missile system to Armenia was reported earlier; however, there was no official confirmation of the information until now.The Iskander missile system (NATO code: SS-X-26) was developed by Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau, located in …