Stoltenberg: NATO's expansion is not a provocation
The Secretary-General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, stated on Thursday that he doesn’t agree with Moscow’s opinion that the expansion of the alliance is provocative in nature.
"No, I don’t understand the opinion that NATO’s expansion in central Europe is a provocative stance as is expressed in Russia," he said, while lecturing at Oxford University.
Stoltenberg stressed that each country is free to choose its own way.
"It is not NATO that is expanding, but Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and …
Russia sent another humanitarian convoy to separatist-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine
Russia sent the 58th humanitarian convoy to the occupied part of the Donbas, as reported on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.
It was reported that the convoy of over 40 cars has already crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border. Cargo with a total weight of over 400 tons is heading to the unloading points in the territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations states that “the bulk …
The European Parliament is angered by fuel supply for Russian aircraft in Syria through EU waters
Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake demanded an investigation into the supply of jet fuel to Syria by Russian tankers through EU waters. The politician addressed this request to the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, after this information was circulated by media, Reuters reports.
At least two ships under the Russian flag were delivering fuel to Syria via Cyprus. It was reported that they stopped in Cypriot ports …
Lysenko: FSB is 'juggling with facts' to accuse former Crimean servicemen of espionage
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has been juggling the facts in order to accuse former servicemen in the annexed Crimea of espionage or subversive-investigative activities on behalf of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, as stated by a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on the ATO, Andriy Lysenko, to Krym.Realii on November 24th.
"As we had predicted, the Russian FSB is using the databases and personnel files of former servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or the …
Hahn: The EU does not want to interfere in the Normandy format, but wants to focus on humanitarian issues in the Donbas
According to Johannes Hahn, the Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, the EU does not want to interfere in the Normandy format, but it wants a larger role in resolving the humanitarian crisis in the Donbas, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported.
Hahn noted that interference in the Normandy format may cause “unnecessary turbulence” in resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but the EU would like to focus its efforts on humanitarian issues.
"We believe that the EU …