• Israel to help Ukraine modernize MiG-29 fighter jets

    The Israeli company Elbit Systems will take part in the modernization of 11 MiG-29 fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force.

    According to the Ukrainian publication Defense Express, Elbit has received all the necessary permits from Israeli authorities to begin the work.

    Only issues concerning the interoperability of Israeli innovative systems with Ukrainian-made radar and computer modules that control R-27 air-to-air missiles have not been fully resolved.

    According to Defense Express, Kyiv is not …

  • Russians detained in Belarus claim there were going to Venezuela, Turkey, Syria and Cuba

    Russians detained in Belarus were planning to fly to Venezuela, Turkey, Syria, and Cuba, the head of the Belarusian investigative group Alexander Agafonov on air of the Belarusian TV channel ONT, as quoted by TASS.

    "It is obvious that while organizing the crime the attackers were preparing alibi for themselves. A similar situation occurred with the detention of 33 citizens of the Russian Federation, who were carrying tickets for the July 25 flight to Istanbul. However, as the investigation …

  • Poland: President Kaczynski’s plane was destroyed by 2 explosions

    Experts of the Polish commission, which is investigating the plane crash near Smolensk in 2010, which killed 96 people, including the country's President Lech Kaczyński, have revealed new details of the incident.

    The Commission, which is led by former Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz, has published an interim report alleging that two explosions in the left wing and central part of the plane were the cause of the crash.

    According to the Commission, this is evidenced by the nature of …

  • Russian Ambassador to Belarus: Russian military contractors were detained while waiting for a flight to another country

    Russian Ambassador to Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev commented on the detention of 33 Russians near Minsk and said that the Russian side expects from Belarus evidence that its actions and the criminal proceedings against the detainees are justified. According to him, Russian citizens are "not involved" in the events in Belarus, reports the Current Time.

    The incident took place on July 29. The Belarusian authorities announced that they consider Russians to be "militants of a private military company" …

  • Iran agrees to pay compensation to Ukraine for downed airliner

    Iranian authorities "expressed readiness" to pay compensation to Ukraine for the Boeing airliner, which was shot down near Tehran, said the official representative of Iran’s Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic Abbas Mousavi as quoted by IRNA news agency.

    But this "will take time," Mousavi added. According to him, it is necessary to discuss "various technical and legal aspects" of the situation.

    The Boeing 737-800 of International Airlines of Ukraine, en route from Tehran to Kyiv, crashed …