The drone successfully detected an enemy artillery battery in Donbas and destroyed one cannon.The Bayraktar drone passed its baptism of fire in Donbass / Photo from UNIAN, Nikolay Lazarenko For the first time, the Ukrainian military used Bayraktar drones against militants and Russian troops who occupied the regions of Donbass. Volunteer Roman Donik announced this on his Facebook page . “To save the lives of

The German President handed over an important document to Merkel.Angela Merkel Receives “Certificate of Dismissal” from Frank-Walter Steinmeier / Reuters In Berlin on Tuesday evening, October 26, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier handed Chancellor Angela Merkel a notice of the end of her term. Merkel received a “letter of resignation” at the Bellevue Palace, according to photos published by Reuters.Angela Merkel

Qatar Airways, which was recognized as the best airline in the world according to Skytrax, will start flying in the direction of Odessa-Doha on December 9. Now you can fly to Doha (Qatar) and experience all the benefits of excellent Qatar Airways branded service three times a week: every Tuesday, every Thursday and every Saturday. Flight schedule: Doha 08:30 →

26.10.2021 17:50 Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant Aviakon, part of Ukraine’s state defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom, has handed over a batch of repaired and serially modernized Mi-24PU1 helicopters to the army aviation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Ukroboronprom’s press service has reported. The transfer of Mi-24PU1 helicopters to the Ukrainian military took place as part of the state defense order, the report said. Aviakon

The head of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Vasily Piskarev demanded at a meeting with the heads of Google Corporation that the company display annexed Sevastopol, Crimea and the Kuril Islands as part of Russia in the Google Maps service, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the committee. According to Piskarev, at a meeting with Google’s

26.10.2021 14:20 President Volodymyr Zelensky has praised today’s ruling of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal to return the Scythian gold collection to Ukraine “a long-awaited victory.” That’s according to Zelensky’s tweet seen by Ukrinform. “Ukraine’s long-awaited victory in the court of Amsterdam! Scythian gold will return to Ukraine,” Zelensky wrote. Zelensky thanked the court for the fair decision, and the teams of

26.10.2021 15:30 The Investment Promotion Office (UkraineInvest) has received 27 applications from potential investors for a total sum of $2 billion. Executive Director of UkraineInvest Serhiy Tsivkach said this at a meeting with representatives of Polish and Ukrainian investors, which was dedicated to the investment climate in Ukraine in 2021 and plans for 2022, Ukrinform reports. “As of today, we

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, spoke of the possibility of assassinating the country’s king Abdullah with the help of a poisoned ring from Russia. Saad al-Jabri, a former high-ranking Saudi intelligence officer, spoke about this in an interview with CBS television . According to him, in 2014, Muhammad bin Salman told his cousin Muhammad bin Naif, who at that

The representative of Ukraine will take part in the discussion of issues that were previously the exclusive prerogative of NATO member states.Ukraine was for the first time invited to participate in the expanded format of the Conference of National Armaments Directors / photo from UNIAN, Mikhail Palinchak Today, October 26, chaired by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg , a meeting of the

Behind the hacker attacks is the Nobelium group, which is associated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.Microsoft warned of more than 22.8 thousand cyberattacks by Nobelium / photo REUTERS Company Microsoft has accused Russia of a new wave of hacker attacks against hundreds of companies and organizations. According to Microsoft Vice President Tom Burt, the attacks are linked to the Nobelium hacker group based in

After privatization, the abandoned Sistema plant began manufacturing charging stations for electric cars. The company sells a high-tech product around the world and pays about 30 million hryvnias in taxes to the budget every year. Leading manufacturer of chargers and charging stations AutoEnterprise bought in Kharkov at a transparent privatization auction abandoned premises of the plant, which in the past produced

Foreigners beat the border guards with branches and threw stones.Dozens of migrants tried to break into Poland / screenshot Dozens of migrants attacked the Polish border from Belarus. As a result of the attempt to break through, two Polish soldiers were injured. This was reported by the press service of the Polish Migration Service . According to the border guards, about 60 people tried to break through. Foreigners

Top officials of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation pose for the photographs as they present a logo for the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship planned to be held in Russia, on Sept. 21, 2021. For the new logo, Russia has used a fragment from the “Sportsmen” painting by Kazimir Malevich, the iconic Kyiv-born artist of Ukrainian and Polish origin. Russian

On Oct. 19, the employees of the U.S. firm Accenture, the company which hires content moderators for Facebook, run a mobile billboard outside the Accenture office in Washington, targeting Accenture CEO Julie Sweet. Last year she made a total of $17 million, while moderators are pleading fruitlessly for higher pay.Photo by Foxglove/TwitterPopularon social mediaCOVID-19 in Ukraine: ​​14,634 new cases, 330 new

Russian officer Ruslan Vakhitov, legalized in the occupied Donbas as head of the de jure non-existent “DNR representative office in the JCCC Ruslan Yakubov” fears that the detention of his impostor colleague from CALO threatens the inviolability of status of the Centre’s employees. The Russian stated this in an interview with one of the separatist Telegram channels. In his opinion,

Crimean morgues cannot cope with the load during the new wave of COVID-19, Kommersant writes with reference to the Acting Minister of Health of the region Konstantin Skorupsky.  “Due to the increase in mortality, the burden on all departments is increasing: both forensic and pathological,” he said, adding that residents of Simferopol have repeatedly complained that they were given the

Kochevenko said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are today one of the most powerful armies in Europe.Ukraine and NATO can benefit each other / photo from UNIAN, Andriy Krymsky Ukraine is currently not only able to turn to NATO for support , but is also capable of helping the Alliance itself. This was stated on the air of the Dom TV channel by a military

He stressed that the countries must negotiate.Arestovich said that the attack on Ukraine would be “the end of the Russian Federation” / facebook.com/alexey.arestovich Speaker of the Ukrainian delegation in Minsk the trilateral contact group Alexey Arestovich said that the Ukrainian missile tactical level “will be able to get to Moscow.” He said this on the air of the Dom TV channel . So he commented

The cost of illegal transit of one “student” to the EU ranged from 13 to 15 thousand dollars.In Ukraine, exposed a large-scale scheme of “transporting illegal immigrants to the EU / photo npu.gov.ua The police, together with the border guards, exposed a large-scale scheme of “transferring foreigners to Ukraine under the guise of training, followed by illegal transit to the countries of

The president of the Motor Sich plant, Vyacheslav Boguslaev, announced an order for 25 Mi-2MSB helicopters. The order was announced in Zaporizhia during the presentation of the Mi-2MSB-1 helicopter, which is to evacuate patients to the hospital. In Zaporozhye on the basis of the regional clinical hospital there was a unique helicopter pad built by the Motor Sich enterprise. There

In early October, an international project to renovate the country’s main highway, the highway connecting Baghdad and Basra, was completed in Iraq. Part of the project, namely the reconstruction of a 112 km long section of road, was carried out by the Ukrainian group Altcom. This project was funded by the World Bank. According to Farman Ramazan, head of Altcom’s Iraq

The people of Afghanistan have no other choice – they risk dying a cold death in winter.The Taliban decided to pay the Afghans with wheat / photo REUTERS The Taliban government initiated a program to combat hunger in the captured Afghanistan and offered thousands of people to work for wheat. It is reported by NDTV . “This is an important step in the fight

According to the adviser to the Minister of Energy, Russia does not want to use the Ukrainian gas transportation system due to the policy of gas blackmail.Ukraine’s GTS could pump 11 billion cubic meters of gas / photo REUTERS Lana Zerkal, Advisor to the Energy Minister, noted that by the end of the year, the Ukrainian GTS can pump twice as much

The German government has agreed to transfer 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca covid vaccine to Ukraine. Vaccinations are expected to ship shortly. It is reported by DW . Ukraine has become one of the largest recipients of vaccines from Germany. Vietnam, which will receive 2.6 million doses of AstraZeneca, is in first place, followed by Egypt and Ghana, which will receive 1.2 million vaccines

The Kremlin will not be able to interfere with Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration, but is ready to “minimize threats.”Peskov admitted the powerlessness of the Russian Federation before Ukraine’s accession to NATO / photo REUTERS Russia cannot prevent Ukraine from joining NATO , but is ready to do anything to “minimize” the consequences of our country’s Euro-Atlantic integration for itself. This was announced on October 24 by the  press