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US to sign contract with Ukraine to supply coast guard boats
A group of American Coast Guard specialists will visit Ukraine in May to finalize details and sign a contract for the transfer of two Island-class boats to Ukraine, as announced at a briefing by Ukrainian Head of State Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv."The Ministry of Defense is going through internal procedures for the completion and approval of a draft contract that we received from the American side," he said.
Poroshenko said that, under preliminary terms, the transfer of the boats will be provided …
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US hopes to avoid future clashes between US forces and Russian military in Syria
The US Director of National Intelligence, Daniel Coats, announced at a press conference on Wednesday that US intelligence is convinced that there will be no more clashes between US forces and private military forces in Syria.
"This likely won’t happen again," said Coats, who serves as the coordinator of the activities of all sixteen US intelligence agencies, when asked if a repeat of the incident that occurred in February near the settlement of Hisham in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor was …
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Russia to create news agency 'to fight American hegemony'
Russia’s Federal News Agency (FAN) has announced that it is creating a new English-language news agency called “USA Really. Wake Up Americans”, Interfax reports.
“The Federal News Agency does not intend to put up with the US government’s hegemony in the information sphere, and is announcing the launch of the project “Wake up, America!” In May 2018, the information agency “USA Really. Wake Up Americans” will begin to operate. It will focus on promoting the information and problems that are …
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Turkey decides to buy Ukrainian tank defense systems used in the Donbas
In February 2018, Turkey agreed to purchase the Ukrainian Zaslon-L active defense systems – which performed well in the Donbas – for more than 100 of its tanks.
This is a Ukrainian complex of active protection of armored vehicles, developed on the basis of the Soviet “Barrier” program of the 1980s. The deal was hastily organized after a massive loss of Turkish tanks in northwest Syria, which came under attack by anti-tank guided missiles, reports Strategy Page news outlet.
It was stated that …
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Russia’s initiative for joint investigation of Skripal case rejected by OPCW
The Russian proposal (drawn up with China and Iran) to hold a joint British-Russian investigation in order to clarify the issues in the so-called Skripal case did not receive the necessary two-thirds majority (28 out of 41 votes) at the extraordinary session of the executive committee of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
According to the British Foreign Ministry, out of the 41 members of the executive council, six voted in favor of Russia’s proposal, 15, …
