The Israeli company Elbit Systems will take part in the modernization of 11 MiG-29 fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force. According to the Ukrainian publication Defense Express, Elbit has received all the necessary permits from Israeli authorities to begin the work. Only issues concerning the interoperability of Israeli innovative systems with Ukrainian-made radar and computer modules that control R-27 air-to-air missiles

Russians detained in Belarus were planning to fly to Venezuela, Turkey, Syria, and Cuba, the head of the Belarusian investigative group Alexander Agafonov on air of the Belarusian TV channel ONT, as quoted by TASS. “It is obvious that while organizing the crime the attackers were preparing alibi for themselves. A similar situation occurred with the detention of 33 citizens of

Russian-British media owner Yevgeny Lebedev has been appointed to the House of Lords in Britain. Queen Elizabeth II conferred Lebedev’s lifetime peerage on Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said. Lebedev owns Britain’s Independent and Evening Standard newspapers. His father, Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev, is co-owner of the independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper in Russia. In summer 2019, then-Prime Minister Theresa May’s government

Despite multiple arrests of protesters this week, Khabarovsk saw a fourth consecutive massive rally Saturday. By Evan Gershkovich KHABAROVSK — As the rain beat down, a sea of umbrellas filled the valley that has become part of the well-trodden path protesters take on their daily march around the city of Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East. Despite a torrential summer downpour, thousands

Fact 1. According to media reports, a group of up to 200 people entered Belarus. This is exactly one full rotation – one infantry company, reinforced by sniper groups and, for urban operations, visual observation and reconnaissance squads. Fact 2. So far, only 32 people living in a single location and one separate person have been detained. This is close to

Despite massive evidence of Russian regular troops taking part in hostilities in eastern Ukraine, Russia has been stubbornly involvement. bbc.com.russian Journalists with the Russian BBC service have discovered the graves of the Russian military who had fought against Ukraine government troops in Donbas. That’s amid the Kremlin’s official denials claiming that its regular army is not involved in the conflict

The article ‘Biden would increase lethal aid to Ukraine’… was reported on the ‘US friends of Ukraine’ FB page. The source: Politico, is accused of having a GOP bias, rather than the other way round. So on balance it appears probably to be true. Biden was not a powerful VP; only a sidekick, like Pence is now. The article claims