Iceland expressed support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and the continuation of sanctions against neighboring Russia, stated the ambassador to Ukraine, Kristín Árnadóttir, during a meeting with the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin.

“Iceland’s position regarding Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and also the sanctions policy against Russia, remains unchanged,” Árnadóttir noted.

As was noted in the ministry, Árnadóttir led the government delegation of Iceland …

The observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission recorded a reduction in the number of shelling incidents in the Donetsk region and an increase in the Luhansk region, according to the Mission’s report published on the Organization’s website. The report revealed that 527 explosions were recorded in the Luhansk region, more than double the incidents observed in the previous recording period when approximately 225 explosions were documented.

“The …

After the recent election of Donald Trump as the next US president, Moscow and Washington may have disagreements on the Iranian nuclear program, according to former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul.

“The first clash will be over Iran as Trump has promised that he will eliminate the six-party agreement,” he said in an interview with the Dozhd TV channel.

McFaul also suggested that Moscow may soon become disappointed with the newly elected American president. “I do not rule out that this …

The Deputy Chairman of the People’s Council of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic, Vladislav Deinego, admitted on air on one of the separatist TV channels that Russia saved the unrecognized Republics of the Donbas from destruction in August 2014, when the Ukrainian Army actively liberated occupied territories from separatists.“When we had difficult times, we received very rapid support from our brothers who are located not far from us. This is where we can be absolutely sure that even if …

Crew from the Tu-160 and Tu-95 Russian strategic bombers at Engels airbase, located in the Saratov region in the Russian Federation, are preparing the bombers for combat use, a military-diplomatic source informed TASS on November 13.

According to the source, “currently, engineering staff from the base are setting cruise missiles on planes and preparing missile carriers for combat use. Air strike groups from the airbase are ready to perform tasks including operational launching of cruise …