• Russia sends flying hospital to Syria

    In the sky near the Syrian city of Latakia, witnesses saw an Il-76MD “Scalpel-MT” flying military hospital. On January 3, photographer Ahmad Alfarwi posted a photo of the aircraft on his Facebook page.The only airport near Latakia is Khmeimim in Syria, which has been a Russian airbase since 2015.

    The flying military hospital has reanimation, operating, consulting, and diagnostic units, as well as ultrasound equipment, an X-ray machine, an electrocardiogram lab, and a blood lab. If necessary, …

  • Stoltenberg: NATO is once again dealing with 'more self-confident' Russia

    In an interview with the Deutsche publication Wirtschafts Nachrichten, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO is once again dealing with a "more self-confident" Russia.

    He added that NATO does not want a "new cold war…[or] a new arms race". "We want a political dialogue with Russia, even though it won’t be easy," Stoltenberg said. According to the Secretary General, NATO representatives will meet more frequently with Russian military forces this year, and military communication …

  • Latvia puts previously deported Russian journalist on entry-ban list

    A journalist from a state-run Russian television station, the TVC, Anatoly Kuravlev, who was detained in Latvia and deported, was also put on the entry-ban list for an indefinite period of time, Latvian Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis stated on the LNT Latvian television.

    “This is not a prohibition for life, it is a temporary prohibition, which is revised every three years by the authority that issued it, in this case by the Interior Ministry,” the Minister said, however, he did not cite …

  • Security Service of Ukraine warns that FSB is 'hunting' Ukrainians in Russia

    The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said that the FSB is hunting Ukrainians in Russian territory, and says that it is extremely dangerous to travel to the “aggressor country”. A statement to this effect was released on the SBU’s official website.

    In this connection the SBU warned Ukrainians of the danger of being in Russia, which is confirmed by “multiple documented facts of Russian provocation as part of the hybrid war”.According to SBU head Vasyl Hrytsak, Russian intelligence is “trying to …

  • Russian helicopter crashes in Syria

    Citing the Ministry of Defense, the RIA Novosti news agency reports that a MI-24 helicopter crashed in Syria while flying from the Khmeimim base to the Hama region. Both of the vehicle’s pilots were killed.

    A flight mechanic was also on board the helicopter. He was injured, and was evacuated by the search and rescue team on Khmeimim airbase.

    The Department of Defense reported that the incident occurred on December 31. They stressed that the helicopter was not shot at, and that a technical …