Separatists arrested the so-called Minister of Coal and Energy, Eduard Golenko in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), as reported on Facebook by Konstantin Dolgov, a former spokesman of the so-called Foreign Ministry of the DPR. According to Dolgov, the "arrest" was authorized by Alexander Zakharchenko and his "purse,” the Vice Prime Minister for Economy, Alexander Timofeyev, known also as "Tashkent.”

"Golenko was inconvenient because he proposed to establish a state enterprise for the sale …

The European Union has officially confirmed that it has stopped funding the projects that would have reinvigorated several crossing checkpoints at the western state border of Ukraine and that Ukraine must return the unused funds.

This was said in an official statement provided by the European Commission to the Eurointegration news media at the media’s request. The information was also confirmed to the media by several sources within the EU. EU Press Secretary Maya Kocijancic confirmed that the …

The Russian Navy has begun drills in the Baltic Sea which will involve more than 20 military and auxiliary vessels, TASS reported, citing official Russian Navy spokesperson Roman Martov.

“The strike forces of the Baltic Naval Base – small missile ships and motorboats, minesweepers and various vessels from the auxiliary fleet – carry out missions. In total, the maneuvers will involve more than 20 ships and auxiliary vessels from the fleet,” he said.

Martov clarified that in the first stage of …

Ivan Bliznyuk, a local police officer and the son of Russian immigrants, was detained at Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina after arriving from Rome with an acquaintance on February 21. He is suspected of involvement in the creation of a cocaine supply chain to Russia. This was reported by the local publication Clarin.

Thanks to his knowledge of the language, he acted as the "connecting link" between Argentine police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of …

Around 200 Russian soldiers have arrived in the separatist-held territory of the Donbas, the press center of the Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donbas reported on Facebook.

“In order to avoid losing control of the temporarily occupied portion of the Donbas and the illegal armed formations, the Kremlin handlers recently sent several unusual humanitarian loads – roughly two hundred officers,” the post reads.

According to the intelligence, these are most likely representatives of …

Two fifth-generation Su-57 fighter planes landed at the Russian Khmeimim Airbase in Syria.

This was reported by Syrian blogger Wael Al Hussaini.

According to him, he received a video from “friends” from the “Syrian pro-government news resource Syrian Military Capabilities.” Al Hussaini noted that this is “unofficial media.” He lives in Beirut and last visited the Khmeimim region in 2016.He said that journalists and activists, including military and civilians who are supporters of the Syrian …

The UN Security Council was unable to adopt a resolution for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria. Due to Russia’s position, voting on the measure was not held on Thursday, February 22nd.

The permanent representative of Moscow in the Security Council, Vasily Nebenzya, made it clear that he would not vote for the resolution submitted by Sweden and Kuwait, and proposed a number of changes to the document.

Since Russia has the right of veto and can block any resolution of the UN Security Council, the …

The elite 72nd Brigade of the Slovenian Armed Forces has failed the NATO combat readiness test, calling into question Slovenia’s ability to fulfill its obligations to the Alliance, reports  Delo.si news outlet.

Slovenia is supposed to ensure the combat readiness of the 800 soldiers of the 72nd Brigade of its Armed Forces by April 1. However, last week, the soldiers of this grouping failed a combat readiness test, and some soldiers received frostbite due to poor-quality equipment. …