Ukrainian analytical group InformNapalm reported that Russian S-300VM "Antey-2500" anti-ballistic missile system were spotted in the Crimea. The group states that the appearance of the missile systems in the Crimea is linked to the scheduled missiles tests by Ukraine near the peninsula.

The systems were transported along one of the Crimean intercity freeways and were headed to an unknown destination.

The S-300VM "Antey-2500" missile system is intended to strike tactical, theater and medium …

The Director of the Center for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts at the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexander Shumilin, stated in an interview with Rosbalt that John Kerry’s mission will probably fail. The U.S. Secretary of State is trying to reach new agreements with Russia on Aleppo in the remaining month and a half before the withdrawal of the current U.S. administration.

“Everything that Kerry attempts to do today is being undertaken merely …

NATO knew even before 2012 that Russia was planning to deploy Iskander missile systems to Kaliningrad because the previous-generation Tochka missile systems had become obsolete. However, Moscow is now describing the deployment of the missile systems as a response to the expansion of the alliance.

Russia deployed the Iskander missile systems to Kaliningrad last month. The official representative from NATO negatively assessed the deployment of the Russian missile systems, stated the vice …

Russia has begun testing hypersonic missiles to be used for long-range aviation. The prospective weapons are being tested from the Tu-22M supersonic bomber. This was reported by Lenta.ru, citing a source in the Defense Ministry.

According to this source, the new missiles, which can develop speeds of five to six times the speed of sound, could be used to destroy ground targets and to combat enemy ships.

The source added that the testing of these possible weapons will last several more years, …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met with Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström to discuss, and agree with, Sweden’s position on sanctions against Russia.

According to the press service of the President, the issues of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, and the introduction of the EU visa-free regime for Ukrainians, were also discussed during the meeting.

Wallström spoke about the need to extend the sanctions against Russia, while Poroshenko thanked Sweden for …

Ukraine's representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, Leonid Kuchma, doubts that it is possible to deploy an armed OSCE police mission in the Donbas, as he stated during a briefing in the Zakarpattia region.

"Hope is the last to die. 57 countries hope that they will vote for a police mission. There is no precedent... I see no solution for such a problem," he said.

Kuchma emphasized that the current OSCE monitoring mission does not monitor the withdrawal of forces in the agreed upon area …

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu and his Uzbek counterpart Kabul Berdiyev have signed an agreement on the development of military-technical cooperation and the pursuit of bilateral cooperation between the defense ministries of the two countries in 2017, TASS reported.

According to Shoygu, “The signing of this document today will make it possible for us to tackle the issues of equipping your country’s [Uzbekistan] armed forces without delay and boosting their combat capability. We pay …

German politicians from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and Alliance '90/The Greens demand that fresh sanctions be imposed against Russia for its actions in Syria. In connection with the raids of the Russian and Syrian aircraft on eastern Aleppo, the West must take immediate action, according to a joint statement of the deputies of the Bundestag. The CDU’s Norbert Röttgen and the Greens party’s Franziska Brantner asserted their respective parties’ united stance, which was published …