• Georgia's Batumi port is preparing to receive US military equipment

    The US military and members of NATO have arrived in Georgia to familiarize themselves with the infrastructure capabilities of the Batumi sea port. American military equipment, to be used for large-scale joint military exercises, will be delivered through the port in May. This was reported by Sputnik with reference to the Georgian Ministry of Defense.

    “During the visit, we discussed military exercises scheduled for May, as well as using the Batumi port to import military equipment. Both sides …

  • Transnistria puts Air Defense Forces on high alert

    The President of the partially self-declared Republic of Transnistria, Yevgeny Shevchuk, ordered that the Air Defense Forces of Transnistrian separatists be put on full alert, according to the President’s press service.

    Shevchuk’s administration claims that the decision to put Air Defense Forces on high alert was taken after a Romanian aircraft flew over part of Moldavian territory that is controlled by separatists.

    The Romanian aircraft, allegedly sent through Moldova’s initiative, had been …

  • Turkish media: Russian aircraft bombed hospital in Aleppo

    At least 30 people were killed and 62 wounded on April 27th after a Russian military plane fired at a field hospital in the Syrian province of Aleppo. Anadolu reported that the incident was announced by Ibrahim Hadzh Ibrahim, the city’s civil defense representative.

    "Dozens were killed and wounded as a result of the attack on the hospital, including medical personnel, women and children,” Ibrahim said. He voiced his fears that the death toll would increase.

    According to the Syrian official, …

  • Ukrainian Intelligence: Russia is carrying out 'provacative exercises' in the Black Sea region

    The Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense stated that Russia is carrying out “provocative exercises” in the Black Sea region, Krym.Realii reported.

    As reported on the Directorate’s website, “On April 28th, 2016, the Russian Air Forces practiced separate elements of air scout-attack missions against NATO member states in the air space above the Black Sea… Il-20 aircraft carried out an air reconnaissance missions with the aim of detecting and confirming the …

  • Trump: Relations with Russia should be mended from a position of strength

    Republican Donald Trump presented to the public his foreign policy views under the slogan "America First.” If, as a president, he will not be able to negotiate with Moscow, he "will just leave the negotiating table."

    In Trump’s foreign policy speech in Washington, the billionaire U.S. presidential candidate from the Republican Party did not mention Ukraine and said that he would be able to improve relations with Russia "from a position of strength." However, he did not answer the question of …