Kyiv hopes that the position of the US on Ukraine's possible membership in NATO will be decisive in the course of discussions about Kyiv's Euro-Atlantic prospects with partner countries, said Vadim Prystayko, the head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO during a conference in Kyiv, LB.ua news outlet reports.

“In NATO, of course, all member states are equal. However, some states are more equal than others, as Orwell put it. We expect that if one of NATO leaders is inclined the way Mr. Bolton …

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkēvičs believes that Nord Stream-2 can become a big problem in transatlantic relations, as stated in a report on the results of the meeting in the Norwegian city of Stavanger which was published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia.

Rinkēvičs said that the Nord Stream-2 project threatens to increase dependence on a single gas supplier, which contradicts the principles of the Energy Union.

“Energy is not only a question of European …

Out of the original 16 schools in Crimea with education in the Crimean Tatar language, only seven remain, and out of the seven Ukrainian-language schools – not a single one is left, Krym.Realii reports.

“According to the official data of the so-called Crimean ministry of education, science and youth, in 2017/2018, seven municipal educational institutions are operating with Crimean Tatar as the language of education, four with Russian and Crimean Tatar as the languages of education, and five …

The Syrian air force was brought to full combat readiness throughout the country. The highest level of readiness was announced because of a possible air strike against Damascus by the US, reports news agency Al-Masdar News, referring to a source at the Mezzeh airbase (southwest of the Syrian capital).

Earlier, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, Major-General Igor Konashenkov said that the United States continues to build up military forces in the Middle East. …

Ukraine has given Turkey a list of Ukrainians being held illegally in Russia, Ukrainian MP and Presidential Commissioner for the Crimean Tatar People Mustafa Dzhemilev told UNIAN news agency. Turkish President Recep Erdogan intends to discuss the possibility of releasing the Kremlin’s prisoners with his colleague Vladimir Putin.

“The Mejlis administrator made contact. He asked the Turkish ambassador to pass on this list. He passed it on, I think it was a week ago,” Dzhemilev told reporters. …

The Russian Defense Ministry has transferred anti-air systems to the Khmeimim airbase, the newspaper Kommersant writes, citing a source. According to Kommersant, after the US-led coalition’s previous strike, a Tor-M2 missile system battery has been deployed at the Russian airbase, in addition to the previously deployed anti-air defense systems.

In addition, the flotilla of Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea has also been enlarged. On August 25, the frigates Admiral Grigorovich and …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump held a telephone call, during which, in part, they discussed the situation in Ukraine, reported the press service of the German government.

It is noted that the leaders of the two countries spoke about Ukraine, as well as about the western Balkans. Trump and Merkel also discussed the situation in Syria.

“The talks were primarily focused on international issues, trade policy issues that we are facing today. The Chancellor and the …

One of the pro-Russian separatist leaders, Minister of Culture Yuri Lekstutes was evacuated from the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DRP). Ukrainian intelligence had reportedly recruited and brought to the controlled territory the man that should have replaced Alexander Zakharchenko as Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed state, TSN news program reports.

Lekstutes said that a real war is happening between various Kremlin influence centers—the FSB, GRU, military intelligence—for the …