Russian strategic bombers carry out air strikes in Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor

Six Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bombers flew from their bases in Russia and carried out air strikes at the targets in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, as reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, strikes were carried out against ISIS facilities near the town of Abu Kamal.

"Six Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bombers that have taken off from the Russian territory, …

Russia has caused significant damage to the ecology of annexed Crimea, as stated by the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev, at a briefing on the draft resolution of the UN Security Council on human rights in the Crimea. "Russia has violated all agreements by its actions. The ecology of the Crimea has been damaged. Groundwater dropped, the territory will require billions of dollars to rehabilitate," said Dzhemilev.

The leader of the Crimean Tatar people also noted that …

In the Estonian military town of Tapa, the construction of a large defensive complex for the deployment of a NATO battalion group has been completed, Postimees.ee reports.

“The complex [at the NATO military base in Tapa] will be ceremonially opened by Defense Minister Jüri Luik together with representatives of the Estonian Defense Forces and representatives of [our] allies. The complex includes 20 buildings, including three barracks, a cafeteria, training facilities and auxiliary buildings. …

The Constitutional Court of Moldova recognizes the Liberal-Democratic Party’s alleal to change the country’s official language from Moldovan to Romanian as legal, the court’s press service announced, as reported by Ukrinform.

“The initiative of a group of MPs [to change the designation of the official language from Moldovan to Romanian] corresponds to the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova,” the court’s ruling observes.

The court’s ruling is final and is not subject to …

Billionaire Yevgeny Prigozhin is prepared to buy the news outlet Fontanka, which recently published a series of articles about his activities, reported Novaya Gazeta with reference to its own sources.

According to the newspaper, the offer to sell Fontanka (and simultaneously Delovoy Peterburg) to Prigozhin was made by people who have no relation to the news outlet “on paper”, but “hold weight in deciding its fate”. As Novaya notes, pressure was exerted “on the level of presidential …

The Russian Federation has neither the legal nor the moral right to talk about the situation in Ukraine in the UN Security Council until it returns the occupied territories and compensates Ukraine for the losses incurred, said Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Yuriy Vitrenko, at a UN Security Council meeting about children and armed conflict, in response to a statement by the Russian delegation about the situation in Ukraine.

“The UN General Assembly has …

Ukraine can be the safest and most efficient start-up to invest in, as stated by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman during the Toronto Global Forum on Monday, October 30, which he attended as part of a working visit to Canada.

"Businesses are often looking for those startups that can be invested into in order to get a high-quality business and become successful. I believe that Ukraine can be the safest, most effective start-up, where we can invest and know that we can receive income and develop …

Since the beginning of the year, the Armed Forces of Ukraine has received 875 units of weapons and military equipment, as reported by the official spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Andriy Lysenko, Ukrinform reports.

"Since the beginning of the year, 875 units of weapons and military equipment have been delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including 10 aircraft, 2 helicopters, 67 armored vehicles, 26 missile and artillery armament units, and 319 cargo, ambulance, and …