Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It took place at Israel’s initiative and concerned, among other things, allegations made earlier by Netanyahu against Iran that Tehran continues its nuclear program in defiance of the "nuclear deal".

During the telephone conversation, the Kremlin’s press service reports, Putin confirmed Russia’s stance that "The JCPOA [plan], which is of paramount importance for ensuring international …

The Anti-terrorist Operation (ATO) officially ended and the Operation of Joint Forces or OJF has begun on April 30. The change in format was mandated by the law for the reintegration of the Donbas.

From now on, all powers to regulate the situation in a war zone in the east of Ukraine are conferred on the Joint Operational Headquarters instead of the ATO headquarters. The press-service of the ATO headquarters announced the termination of the operation and thanked journalists for their …

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko confirmed the delivery of Javelin anti-tank missile systems from the United States to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"I welcome the keen interest—both in Ukraine and abroad—in the delivery of the Javelin systems to us. I can only confirm that yes, the long-awaited weapons arrived in the Ukrainian army and significantly strengthened the powerful deterrent effect of our combat capability and Euro-Atlantic security. We continue to work on strengthening our …

A hidden arsenal of weapons exploded in separates-held territory of the Donbas, resulting in two militants killed and one injured, as reported by the press-service of the Ukrainian military command on Facebook.

It is reported that on April 27, ammunitions detonated in the positions of the separatist 9th Motor Rifle Regiment in the Donetsk region due to violations of fire safety standards.

"A powerful explosion led to the partial destruction of the positions… The scale of destruction and the …

Between 2000 and 2017, more than $430 billion was illegally transferred out of Russia, as stated by the head of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Viktor Bondarev, RIA NOvosti reports.

According to Bondarev, resolving the problem of illegal withdrawal of capital from Russia would impact the development of the domestic economy. He noted that the committee offers a number of measures to improve current legislation in the field of preventing economic crimes.

Among the …

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. …