The new land-based, truck-launched system should be armed with hypersonic missiles that can travel well over 3,800 miles per hour. defence blog.com The U.S. Army prepares to accommodate flight testing of hypersonic weapon system flight test vehicles, according to a Federal Business Opportunities notice issued earlier this month. The Army Contracting Command (ACC) has released a request for information on

Four suspects in the case of seizure of the building of the Mariupol Main Internal Affairs Directorate were released from custody on personal commitments on May 9, 2014. The decision to change the preventive measure was made by the Zhovtnevyi district court of Mariupol today, December 26, – 0629 reports. All four filed applications asking them to be included in

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, who oversees the fuel and energy sectors, said in an interview with Russia-24 TV channel, that the Russian government considers that almost $3 billion, which the Russian gas giant Gazprom agreed to pay to Ukrainian company Naftogaz accorfing to the ruling of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, is “a drop in the ocean.” “Neither

The Defense Ministry of Ukraine has signed contracts for delivery of the second batch of the U.S. Javelin anti-tank missile systems (ATMS), the ministry reported on its official website. “During the fourth quarter, due to the concentration of resources of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine, it became possible to conclude contracts for the supply of the second batch of U.S.-made

Pedestrians walk past a poster advertising consumer loans on Aug. 6, 2019 in Kyiv.Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk Ukraine’s government is heading into 2020 with moderate optimism — and not without reason. The Ukrainian economy is growing. The national currency, the hryvnia, is the strongest it has been in four years. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved its next loan to

26.12.2019 14:07The salaries of prosecutors of a new Prosecutor General’s Office will be significantly increased after passing of the competence assessment and the adoption of relevant government’s resolutions. Prosecutor General Ruslan Riaboshapka stated this at a briefing on December 26, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Due to the government, the salaries of prosecutors will grow significantly, by 50% to 75%. The

26.12.2019 13:39The People’s Republic of China has transferred 52 units of machinery and equipment worth over 95 million yuan, which is about 318 million hryvnias, to the Ukrainian State Emergency Service. The parties signed the transfer act on Thursday, December 26, the press service of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported. “I want to thank both the Ambassador and the leadership

The department is supposed to consist of 2,000 patrol officers. “We need more cops,” Gerashchenko says / facebook.com/mvs.gov.ua Ukraine’s Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko has said the patrol police in the capital city of Kyiv are undermanned by 34%. “Today we have a 34% shortage in Kyiv’s patrol police, out of 2,000 patrol officers. Taking into account those who are

Trains that illegally cross the Kerch Bridge between St. Petersburg/Moscow and Sevastopol/Simferopol hide their belonging to the state Russian Railways in order to avoid sanctions. This was reported by Radio Liberty, the correspondent of which was one of the first to travel by rail to the occupied Crimea across the bridge. The Tavria operator – this is the name of

The journalist was detained, while her home was raided and searched. REUTERS Searches have been carried out at a Moscow home of Novaya Gazeta correspondent Yulia Martalieva (Polukhina), who wrote about the illegal armed groups operating in the occupied Donbas. “Officers of the Krasnodar Territory Investigative Committee with the support of SOBR [SWAT team] raided the home of Novaya Gazeta’s

26.12.2019 10:24Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii has stated that the ministry intends to increase the share of low cost airlines in the Ukrainian aviation market to 45% in 2020, and to 63% in consecutive years. “We will make every effort so that air travel for Ukrainians to become as common as travel by bus or train,” Kryklii noted, the ministry’s

At the same time, Russia will insist that Ukraine pay off a US$3 billion “debt” on eurobonds, the so-called “Yanukovych loan”. The Zanukovzch loan was off the table at gas talks, Novak says / Photo from UNIAN Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak says once a new agreement with Ukraine is signed on the extension of gas transit, Russia’s Gazprom gas

As the world prepares to celebrate Christmas, Chinese Communists have announced plans to rewrite the Bible so that it falls in line with the Party ideology. The bizarre requirement was reported by respected French newspaper Le Figaro yesterday evening, quoting their correspondent in Beijing, and it apparently extends to all major religions, including Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. Apparently, China wants