All trainings are of a defensive nature. The Embassy says the process has been mutually beneficial / Photo from British Embassy Kyiv on Facebook As of today, more than 18,100 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and nearly 4,000 military instructors have been trained by the UK-established Operation ORBITAL mission since 2015. “To date, more than 18,100 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and

August 17. 2020 Pavel Gintov Russian state “media” is calling for Russian military to invade Belarus. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, 14 nations broke away from Russia. Three of them, the most Western and the least Russified countries – Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia – managed to implement all necessary reforms and joined the NATO and the

Belarus’ dictator Lukashenko said he is in favor of holding fresh elections, since the outcome of the current elections is widely disputed. This could be either a sign of Luka giving in to the pressure and protecting Belarus from a Russian invasion, or just another rigged vote. © Ukraine Today ® Euronews TV

US President Donald Trump called the current situation in Belarus “terrible”, reports Reuters. According to Trump, the United States is closely monitoring what is happening. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier on August 17 that Washington intends, together with the EU, “to help the Belarusian people achieve sovereignty and freedom,” adds Reuters. The European Parliament on August 17 announced

I could never imagine that there will be some day a MAIDAN MINSK. Suddenly without any warning, there is and how. 99% hates Uncle Luka. Whatever happens the next few days, he is gone. Russian troops are ready to restore order, but that will be war. Invasion against 99% of the people does not work. Putin has another problem. May

Pro-Russian security forces have kidnapped retired colonel of the Soviet army Oleksandr Muzhetsky in occupied Donetsk. Later, his body was found on the city street. This was reported on social networks by supporter of the “DNR” Roman Manekin. According to him, the military pensioner and his wife were detained on August 11 by officers of the fake Ministry of State

17.08.2020 12:35 The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has terminated an agreement with the Government of the Russian Federation on the mutual establishment of trade missions, which was in force since October 1992. As First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar posted on Facebook, such a decision was made at the Cabinet’s meeting on Monday. “Today, at

Belarusian state television and radio workers walked off the job Monday, becoming the latest public employees to support the opposition in calling for new elections after last week’s official results showed a landslide victory for strongman President Alexander Lukashenko. Around 100 Belteleradio camera operators, directors and recent resignees have gathered outside the broadcaster’s headquarters in Minsk, the independent tut.by news

The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed a “strong protest” to the Netherlands over the “tracking equipment” found, according to the Ministry, in the car of the Russian military attaché. The statement was published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry did not provide any details. Mikhail Klimuk holds the post of Russian military attaché in the Netherlands . The Foreign Ministry has

    Following reports of election fraud in Belarus and the subsequent iron-fisted crackdown on protesters, Danish-led EU sanctions are being levelled against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. The foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, revealed that Denmark has been one of the drivers behind the EU applying pressure on Belarus. “Following strong Danish urging, the EU foreign ministers have today decided to prepare targeted

We will soon see that the Europeans prefer to cosy up to their enemies than ally with America NICK TIMOTHY16 August 2020 • 9:30pm With an eye-roll here, and a put-down there, it has long been sport for the world to watch Angela Merkel’s response to anything Donald Trump says. As amusing for many as this may be, the game makes

Alexander Lukashenko’s rival in  the presidential elections in Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has written down a new appeal to the citizens of the country. Here is its transcript.https://www.youtube.com/embed/UPATUpqAIDE?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&showinfo=0&color=white Dear and beloved Belarusians! All of us and our country are now going through a very difficult period in our history, when meanness borders on heroism, despair – on courage, and love – on betrayal. During this period, we must

On the morning of August 17, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko addressed the workers of the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (MZKT). Employees of the enterprise greeted him with shouts of “Go away!” and “Let it out!”, follows from the video of the opposition telegram channel “Nexta Live”. “Thank you,” Lukashenka said in response, standing on the site of two military tractors. – I answer you

PUTIN’S COLLATERAL DAMAGE By killing4kremlin https://killing4kremlin.net/ Skripal. Everyone knows that name now. Sergei Skripal has now become synonymous with Russian assassination and Putin’s reckless pursuit of his enemies on foreign soil.  Sergei Skripal, former Russian military officer and UK double agent, and his daughter Yulia survived the attack on their lives. The nerve agent, Novichok, used by the Russian assassin,

    Several Belarusian media outlets reported on the arrests after the rally in the center of Minsk. Radio Svaboda and the NEXTA Live Telegram channel spoke about their work during the detention of people in civilian clothes. The exact number of those detained is unknown. The Belarusian media reported on the evening of August 16 about arrests in different districts