STUTTGART, Germany — The Navy destroyer USS Porter and submarine hunting aircraft joined a large-scale exercise that kicked off Monday in the Black Sea, where Russia recently ordered snap combat readiness drills involving thousands of troops. About 400 U.S. sailors and 2,000 personnel from allied and partner states are participating in Sea Breeze 20, an annual exercise in the

The spokesman refrained from commenting on remarks from reporters that national TV channels practically failed to cover the gatherings in Khabarovsk MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. The Kremlin does not think that the rallies in Khabarovsk demonstrating support for Sergei Furgal, Governor of Russia’s Far Eastern Khabarovsk Region, who is charged with organizing murders, were financed from abroad or by the

He underlined that the peninsula is receiving large-scale orders of the military and industrial complex nature KERCH, July 20. /TASS/. Defense industries located in Russia’s Crimea will have enough orders from the government, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday when speaking to workers of the Zaliv shipbuilding yard in Kerch. He underlined that the peninsula is receiving large-scale orders of

Jan Marsalek, the former management board member of the German payment operator Wirecard AG, which “lost” almost 2 billion euros, allegedly fled to Russia. He is now west of Moscow under the supervision of employees of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service – the General Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, also known as GRU, writes the German

     Commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Rear Admiral Oleksiy Neyizhpapa and U.S. 6th Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Eugene Black have announced the start of 2020 Sea Breeze exercises with participation of eight countries. The commanders made this statement during a telephone briefing held under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State’s Brussels Media Hub, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday named a new leader of the Far Eastern region of Khabarovsk from the nationalist LDPR party after the arrest of its popular governor brought thousands to the streets. Putin officially sacked Sergei Furgal, who was detained this month on murder charges, and named LDPR lawmaker Mikhail Degtyarev to replace him. The arrest of 50-year-old

20.07.2020 16:46 Russia’s construction of warships on sovereign Ukrainian territory, which it seized by force, violates international norms. Sanctions will stay in place until Russia returns control of Crimea to Ukraine. “Russia’s unauthorized construction of warships on sovereign Ukrainian territory, which it seized by force, violates international norms once again. Sanctions will stay in place until Russia returns control of

Ariana Gic Yanukovych regime brutality. This photo of a Ukrainian police officer beating a school teacher in Kyiv who went to rally to protect Ukrainian language in Ukraine screams of what has happened to the country since Zelensky became president. Under Zelensky, Ukraine has rapidly returned to intimidating pro-Ukrainian activists and supporters with violence and prosecution to silence their opposition