The Kremlin says it does not know how 700 tanks appeared in the Donbas
Russia does not supply tanks to the so-called DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People's Republic), though the number of tanks there has reached 700 units, as stated by the Press Secretary for the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, UNIAN reported.
"To answer the question of how the tanks have gotten there, it seems you will have the same result whether you ask Moscow or Kyiv where the tanks are from. Here I have no information,” said Peskov. “I can tell you that, of course, …
Ten U.S. tanks were deployed to Lithuania
On Friday morning, ten American tanks were deployed to Lithuania within the framework of American obligations to NATO’s collective defense, Delfi news agency reports.
"The equipment is already at the railway station in Gaižiūnai. Unloading operations will begin shortly," Loreta Kavaliauskiene, spokeswoman for the Duke Vaidotas Mechanized Infantry Battalion stated.
It’s not the first time that the U.S. brings tanks for exercises, but this time there will be more tanks than ever before since …
Putin hopes for the complete restoration of relations between Russia and the United States
Russian President Vladimir Putin is hopeful for the total restoration of relations between Moscow and Washington in entirety.
"U.S.-Russian relations have greatly deteriorated over the past five years. Of course, they need to be restored. It is in the interests of both the Russian and American people. We have heard the opinion of President Trump on this matter. We hope that these relations will be restored in full and on all fronts. However this depends not only on us, but also on the …
Ukrainian military to hold exercises in Kherson region near the Crimea
At a press briefing on February 10th, the spokesperson of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Colonel Dmytro Gutsulyak, said that the Ukrainian military will conduct exercises in the Kherson region, which borders with the Crimea.
According to Gutsulyak, Ukrainian military units, armed with SAM Buk-M1 missiles, will conduct firing exercises at the Yahorlyk training site in the Kherson region.
On a similar note, during the multinational exercise, called Saber Guardian-2017, at the Shabla training …
OSCE said their observers were held at a separatist checkpoint for more than an hour
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission said that members of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic held their observers for more than an hour at a checkpoint near Horlivka.
"The armed members of the so-called DPR searched the SMM cars at the first checkpoint. The patrol was released after being held for 70 minutes at the checkpoints," the OSCE SMM stated in a Twitter post, published on the evening of February 10th.
The Special Monitoring Mission of the OSCE in Ukraine has repeatedly mentioned …