Ukrainian Ministry of Defense: Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive more than 10,000 units of military equipment in 2017
According to the needs determined by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, plans have been made to supply more than ten thousand weapons and units of military equipment to the troops in 2017, as stated by Major-General Oleg Shevchuk, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
He noted that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense expects to purchase new and modernized weapons and military equipment from the Ukrainian military manufacturers and, in particular, …
The Prime Minister of Ukraine believes that Ukrainians instead of foreigners should reform Ukraine
Volodymyr Groysman, the Prime Minister of Ukraine believes that the country has begun to abuse the involvement of foreigners in power.
“I think that after a certain period of time we started to abuse this. I believe that Ukrainians should build Ukraine. We can, with reasonable certainty invite particular, famous professionals. But generally speaking, we must build our house on our own and this is very important. Yes, we will make some mistakes, so we can do something differently than other …
Ukrainian journalist detained by separatists in the Donbas
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) confirmed that the Ukrainian blogger and journalist, Stanislav Aseyev (Vasin), who disappeared in Donetsk in early June, was detained and is being held captive by them, according to the former People's Deputy of the 8th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada, Yegor Firsov, Interfax reports.
"The MGB (Ministry of State Security) of the DPR officially confirmed that he was detained, Stas's mother was given written confirmation and he has been …
Media: Siemens could withdraw from two projects in Russia after Crimea turbine scandal
Siemens is considering the possibility of withdrawing from two major projects with Russia after the scandal with the gas turbines in annexed Crimea, reported German business news outlet WirtschaftsWoche with reference to sources in the company.
According to the article’s sources, Siemens’ CEO Joe Kaeser is exploring the possibility of ending the German company’s involvement with Siemens Gas Turbines Technologies LLC.
In addition, according to the sources, Siemens is also considering the …
Media: Russian hacker awaiting extradition to the US complained to Trump about American special services putting pressure on him
Attorney Vladimir Makeev, who represents the interests of Russian citizen Yevgeny Nikulin, the defendant accused of organizing hacker attacks on US targets, wrote a letter to US President Donald Trump in which he complained about the behavior of US special agents, Izvestia newspaper reports, citing the letter in its possession.
According to Izvestia, Makeev called on the American leader to pay attention to "illegal attempts by the US special services to obtain false testimony from a Russian …