Testing of the new Drel (Drill) bomb may not be completed in 2019, reports Interfax, citing Techmash CEO Vladimir Lepin. Journalists asked Lepin if the tests of the Drel would be completed this year. The head of the defense concern answered vaguely, citing bad weather. “It’s aviation. See what the weather is like? And it’s getting only worse,” Lepin said. The

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak expressed the opinion that the gas pipeline from Crimea to Europe could be built in the future, but the Russian government is not considering this idea now, reports TASS news agency. “The Energy ministry has not thought about it. But in the future, such projects can be discussed,” said Novak at the Russian Energy Week forum.

The second person is also described as an intelligence official. REUTERS Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the whistleblower who sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine and triggered an impeachment inquiry, tells ABC News that he is now representing a second whistleblower who has spoken with the inspector general. Zaid tells ABC News’ Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos

Even though Russia is armed with thousands of nuclear weapons, as well as systems of a nuclear retaliatory attack, a decision to respond may take a significant amount of time. Anatoly Nestechuk, chief of staff of the 15th Russian Aerospace Forces Army, said during broadcast of Radio station Echo of Moscow that the decision to respond to a nuclear attack