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      More 4 Russian ground attack aircraft Su-25 arrived to Syria
      Jan12

      More 4 Russian ground attack aircraft Su-25 arrived to Syria

      The Russian Federation has deployed four Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft to Syria, Fox News reported, citing two U.S. officials. “[The Russians] say they are pulling out, but we have seen no evidence to support that. On the contrary, we have seen new things coming in,” the report said. See also: Russian behavior in Syria has made the ending...

      Russian militants attacked in Donbas 49 times in last day, one Ukrainian killed in action, three wounded.
      Jan12

      Russian militants attacked in Donbas 49 times in last day, one Ukrainian killed in action, three wounded.

      Russian militants attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 49 times in last day in the past 24 hours, one Ukrainian troop killed in action, 3 troops wounded. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, Russian militants fired mortars on the villages of Talakivka and Vodiane. Grenade launchers of various calibers were used to shell the town...

      Trump Must Stand Up to Russian Cyberattacks
      Jan11

      Trump Must Stand Up to Russian Cyberattacks

      In light of the intelligence report unequivocally attributing cyberattacks during the US presidential election to Russia, US President-elect Donald Trump must take stock of the magnitude and implications of the Kremlin’s actions, and react appropriately, according to John E. Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu...

      Russian militants attacked Donbas using “Grad” multiple rocket launcher and heavy weapons in last day
      Jan10

      Russian militants attacked Donbas using “Grad” multiple rocket launcher and heavy weapons in last day

      Russian militants used multiple rocket launcher in the vicinity of Stanytsia Luhanska and organized new positions close to Luhanske and Novoluhanske in the Donetsk sector. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector Russian militants continue firing on Ukrainian forces. They violated ceasefire in Mariinka and Pavlopil-Shyrokyne area. Most of the...

      Ukrainian budget-funded structures are served by Russian accounting systems – Ministry of Finance of Ukraine
      Jan10

      Ukrainian budget-funded structures are served by Russian accounting systems – Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

      Ministry of Finance of Ukraine in its report of 2016 on facebook admitted the strange fact that 10% of e-cabinets on the official public finances portal of Ukraine E-Data are registered from Russian domains. “Russian capital, Russian IT solutions are actively presented on the Ukrainian market,” states the report. Ukraine’s...

      U.S. Senator McCain to join with Democrats in pushing for “comprehensive” sanctions on Russia
      Jan10

      U.S. Senator McCain to join with Democrats in pushing for “comprehensive” sanctions on Russia

      John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senate Republican said on January 9, 2017, that he would join Democratic Senators Ben Cardin and Robert Menendez in introducing the legislation for “comprehensive” sanctions on Russia because of its alleged attempts to influence the 2016 Presidential election....

      The UN International Tribunal on Crimea maritime to begin in 2017, annexation of Crimea by Russia is not in question
      Jan10

      The UN International Tribunal on Crimea maritime to begin in 2017, annexation of Crimea by Russia is not in question

      Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine for European Integration Olena Zerkal states that the tribunal within the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which will study the issues related to Crimea, to start work in the middle of 2017, and will announce their verdict in 2019-2021. “We have completed all the necessary pre-trial procedures. The...

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 51 times in the past 24 hours, used heavy weapons
      Jan09

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 51 times in the past 24 hours, used heavy weapons

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 51 times in the last day, 5 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in actions. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, Russiaian militants attacked 30 times, eight of them involved use of heavy weapons. They fired 122mm artillery systems on the village of Shyrokyne, as well as 120mm and 82mm mortars in the town...

      Russian behavior in Syria has made the ending of the civil war harder -U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter
      Jan09

      Russian behavior in Syria has made the ending of the civil war harder -U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter

      U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter who has watched Russian aggression in Ukraine, Crimea, Syria, and the 2016 interference issue, states in his interview to NBC that the Russian Federation helps the civil war in Syria to continue and doesn’t make an effort to get rid of ISIS out of Syria and Iraq: “No, they haven’t done anything...

      European Commission suspects Russia in cyber attacks on EU servers
      Jan09

      European Commission suspects Russia in cyber attacks on EU servers

      During 2016 there were recorded more than one hundred attempts of cyber attacks on European Commission. Eighty percent of them, didn’t make critical damage to the servers, because the data protection systems worked properly, reports the Financial Times with a reference to its informed source. “It’s clear that many institutions across...