Ukrinform, citing Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesperson Maksym Prauta, reports that a new group of mercenaries from the Russian Federation have arrived in the separatist-controlled territories of Donbas.

According to Maksym Prauta, Ukrainian intelligence has found evidence of the arrival of mercenaries to reinforce one of the motorized infantry units of the 1st Army Corps. The mercenaries are Russian citizens.

"That said, the main motivational factors for them are monetary compensation …

Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, stated that Turkey has decided to go ahead with plans to purchase the S-400 Air Defense Systems from Russia despite sanctions imposed by the United States, Radio Liberty reports.

Cavusoglu stressed that the purchase agreement worth 2.5 billion dollars was signed in December and cannot be revised. According to him, Russia is “accelerating the process” of delivering the Russian missile system, as requested by Ankara.

“We have completed the deal for …

19 Russian women were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Iraqi court for participating in activities of the extremist “Islamic State,” an Agence France-Presse [AFP] journalist reported.

According to the AFP journalist who was in attendance during the court session, the Chief of the Central Criminal Court of Baghdad found all 19 women guilty of “joining and supporting ‘ISIL.’”

Six women from Azerbaijan and four from Tajikistan were also sentenced to life imprisonment on the same charges. …

The Syrian army has reported that its bases in the provinces of Aleppo and Hama had been subjected to missile strikes. Al-Arabiya news agency has published information on the strike, citing military sources. The television channel’s sources called the strike a “new attack by enemies” of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad; however, it is not yet known who specifically launched the strike.

Al-Arabiya’s sources said that the sound of exploding shells was heard in these localities …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is encouraged by the US readiness to lead and support a campaign against Iran's nuclear ambitions, RIA Novosti reported.

On Sunday, April 29, Netanyahu met in Tel Aviv with the new US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, who stated that the US administration has a "comprehensive Iranian strategy" that takes into account not only Tehran's nuclear project but also "non-nuclear" threats, including a military presence in Syria.

"Iran must be stopped. …

The National Armed Forces of Latvia detected two Russian warships near the country's borders.

"In the Latvian exclusive economic zone, five nautical miles from territorial waters, the Naval Forces identified a Steregushchiy-class frigate of the Russian Navy on April 28,” the message of the Latvian National Armed Forces reads.

In addition, eight nautical miles from the territorial waters of Latvia, a Gorin-class Russian tugboat was spotted.

Latvia regularly reports on the Russian warships …

During a meeting with US President Donald Trump on Friday, German Chancellor Angela President Trump to visit the homeland of his ancestors, the village of Kallstadt in the federal state of the Rhineland-Palatinate from where his grandparents emigrated in the 19th century, Bild reported on Sunday with reference to sources in the German delegation.

According to the publication, this was Merkel’s way of reminding Trump that he has a special bond with Germany. In addition, she presented to the …

A representative of Russian engineering company Technopromexport, a subsidiary of Rostec filed an application at the arbitration court of Moscow against German conglomerate AG and its two Russian subsidiaries for a fourfold reduction of the amount of claim, reported RIA Novosti.

“Now, Technopromexport, a minority shareholder of the company Interautomatika demands the recovery of about 46.8 million rubles [or 742 thousand dollars] and 1.4 million for Interautomatika. Initially, a suit was …