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Ukrainian Army demonstrated it can defend the State — President
The President had a meeting with commanders of military units in Ivan Cherniakhovsky National University of Defense of Ukraine where he congratulated the attendees on the Day of Defender of Ukraine, which the country will celebrate on October 14, accoding to the President's press service. “I am honored to be the...
Iran sends hundreds of troops to Syria in exchange for Russian S-300s — McCain
A nuclear deal with Iran failed to fully influence the regional threats coming from Teheran. “In just the past few weeks, the Iranian regime has reportedly begun to send hundreds of additional forces to Syria to prop up the murderous Assad regime together with Russia. Iran is moving forward with plans to acquire the...
U.S. to start training Ukrainian Armed Forces in November
In November, the U.S. will launch a unique multi-million dollar program designed for training Ukrainian armed forces and special units, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said in his address to the nation broadcasted on Sunday evening. "During my visit to New York, I agreed with the U.S. leadership on supply of...
OSCE: Several UN organizations have no access to border with Russia
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) and a number of UN organizations have difficulties with access to the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said in an interview with Russian newspaper Kommersant. "Unfortunately, we still cannot get to the whole territory,...
Pentagon: Russia and U.S. to resume Syria air safety talks
Read more on UNIAN:http://www.unian.info/world/1148910-pentagon-russia-and-us-to-resume-syria-air-safety-talks.html Russia has agreed to resume talks with the U.S. on air safety during Syria bombing campaigns, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said, according to the BBC. "The talks are likely to take place as soon as this...
Absolutely calm 24 hrs in Donbas
The situation in the Donbas conflict was absolutely calm in the last day, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Saturday. "The combined Russian-separatist forces didn't attack Ukrainian army positions and complied with the ceasefire. There were no cases of opening fire...
U.S. to provide weapons, air support to Syrian opposition — Reuters
The United States will largely abandon its failed efforts to train moderate Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State, and instead provide arms and equipment directly to rebel leaders and their units on the battlefield, the Obama administration said on Friday, according to Reuters. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in the...
Babushka made the bomb? Blast in St. Petersburg busy street injures granny (VIDEO)
A 66-year-old Russian woman was reportedly injured in an explosion of what is thought to have been a homemade bomb she was carrying in St. Petersburg on Thursday. A second explosive device was reportedly destroyed by security services. The blast went off around 3:30pm local time (12:30pm GMT) in the north of St....
CNN: Russian missiles heading for Syria crashed in Iran
A number of cruise missiles launched from a Russian ship in the Caspian Sea and aimed at targets in Syria have crashed in Iran, two U.S. officials told CNN Thursday. Monitoring by U.S. military and intelligence assets has concluded that at least four missiles crashed as they flew over Iran. One official said there may be...
Ukraine to open debt talks with Russia — Reuters
Ukrainian finance officials will open talks with Russian counterparts on a maturing $3 billion Eurobond that Russia holds on the sidelines of IMF-World Bank meetings in Peru, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Thursday. "My understanding is that the Ukrainian government is now approaching the Russian government and...
Ukrainian website proves presence of Russian troops in Ukraine
Ukraine Today's Viewpoint is joined by Gennadiy Kornev, a demobilized soldier and volunteer from InformNapalm, open source intelligence gathering team which runs the website in 24 languages. "The main mission is to tell the truth about the conflict in Ukraine. Originally the website was created by people who...
Pentagon: Russia may suffer casualties in Syria in coming days
Russia may suffer casualties in Syria in the coming days due to unprofessionalism, according to U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter who spoke at a press conference following a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers in Brussels, an UNIAN correspondent reported. U.S. Defense Secretary said he expects that “in coming days the...