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US calls on Russia to halt violence in Syria
The United States National Security Advisor for Barack Obama, Susan Rice, stated that airstrikes on hospitals in the eastern part of the Syrian city of Aleppo are reprehensible because there is no justification for them. Washington strongly condemns the bombardments of hospitals, Reuters quoted her as saying.
“The United States strongly condemns these terrible attacks on medical infrastructures and humanitarian workers. There is no justification for these horrible actions,” Rice noted, calling …
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During a conversation with Trump, Tusk stressed the need to support Ukraine
Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, had a telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump and stressed the need to support Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing sources in the EU.
According to the agency, Tusk stressed the importance of transatlantic cooperation, including with regard to Ukraine.
On Twitter, Tusk confirmed that he had a telephone conversation with Trump on Friday; however, no details were officially reported.
The fact that Trump’s campaign promised to …
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Linkevicius: Putin may test NATO before the start of Trump’s presidency
Lithuania has not ruled out the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin may test NATO for several weeks before Donald Trump officially becomes the president of the United States.
This was stated by the minister of foreign affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, in an interview with BBC.
Linkevičius said that there is a danger that Putin considers the period between now and the start of Trump’s presidency in January as an opportunity to test the combat readiness and diplomatic …
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Swiss fighters escorted aircraft carrying Russian delegation
An aircraft of the Swiss Air Force flew close to an airliner with the Russian delegation on board, as they were heading to Peru for the APEC summit. Members of the delegation on board included the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Alexander Fomin. They will accompany President Vladimir Putin at the meeting.
It is reported that the incident occurred in the sky over Switzerland. One of the fighters flew up close to the Russian aircraft from the left side "at …
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Turkey wants to buy Russian S-400 missile systems
Turkey is holding talks with Russia on the possible purchase of S-400 anti-aircraft missile complexes. This was announced on Friday, November 18, by the minister of national defense of Turkey, Fikri Işik. He added that Turkey is also discussing the supply of S-400s with other countries.
According Işik, for now Russia is positively responding to the opportunity to sign the agreement. Reuters agency notes that in 2015 Turkey canceled a contract for the purchase of long-range air defense systems …