The prisoner is dressed in the traditional executions LIH orange jumpsuit. The network has a new video penalty Syrian soldiers "Islamic state", the Heavy. The video is called "And if you punish the enemy, O believers, that punishment should be equivalent to your suffering." The prisoner is...
Russian-backed militants in Donbas attacked the Ukrainian troops in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone near the village of Pisky at night, using anti-aircraft systems and grenade launchers, according to the ATO press center. "It was quiet almost along the entire contact line, but the area near the village of Pisky...
As of today, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has no control along 409.3 km of the border with Russia in the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas, Chairman of the State Border Guard Service Viktor Nazarenko said during a visit to Kharkiv region on Friday. "The stretch is 409.3 kilometers long. We've got...
French journalists from France24 film the Russian troops from an airbase in Syria’s Latakia with a candid camera. In a conversation, filmed with a outside the airbase, on the city streets, the soldiers opined that the Russian military will stay in Syria until the end, accrding to France24. "We can just tell you that...
Another convoy of trucks that Moscow says is carrying humanitarian aid to Ukrainians in Donbas has crossed the border of Ukraine, the National Center for Crisis Management of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported on Thursday. The convoy was divided into two parts en route: some trucks went to the Donetsk border...
The situation was calm in the Donbas conflict zone overnight, which enabled the Ukrainian military to continue withdrawing small-caliber weapons from the demarcation line, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Thursday. "On Wednesday, the Ukrainian troops were pulling back...
Russian air strikes in Syria are costing Moscow up to $4 million per day, data collated for The Moscow Times by a defense think tank IHS Jane's showed. The figures show that bombing raids, supply runs, infrastructure and ground personnel — along with a salvo of cruise missiles fired into the conflict zone — have...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko emphasizes that there is no need in mobilization in Ukraine, according to the presidential press service. Answering the questions of journalists in Ivano-Frankivsk, the President reminded that the last wave of mobilization had been completed in September. “We have finally managed...
The Pentagon said Tuesday that the U.S. and Russia had signed a memorandum of understanding over safety procedures for aircraft flying over Syria, according to CBS News. The memo includes specific protocols for air crews to follow over Syria, and establishes of ground communications link, CBS News reports. Late last week, as...
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko does not exclude returning the next year to the proposal for deployment of the UN peacekeeping force, if the Minsk Agreement are not implemented according to the agreed schedule, that’s according to President’s Sunday night interview with major Ukrainian TV channels....
Turkey says its warplanes have shot down an unidentified aircraft which intruded into its airspace near the border with Syria, according to the BBC News. Media reports quote officials as saying the aircraft was a drone. There are no further details so far, BBC News reported. The Turkish military said the unknown aircraft...
The Middle East conflict could have a significantly negative effect on economic ties between Russia and Turkey, The Financial Times reported. Turkey is the second-largest consumer of Russian natural gas. A new pipeline across the Black Sea was supposed to foster the partnership. Its future is now murky, the report notes. Last...