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The Pentagon announced its readiness to help reform the Georgian army
The Pentagon is ready to assist Georgia in implementing military reform. This is stated in Pentagon Chief James Mattis’s letter to Defense Minister of Georgia Levan Izoria, the text of which was published by the press service of the Georgian Defense Ministry.
"I had the honor to meet with you at the February meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission. I deeply appreciate your steadfast commitment to shared democratic values and bow to the sacrifices made by Georgia with us in Afghanistan," Mattis …
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Belarus has created an unmanned attack helicopter
At the MILEX-2017 exhibition, Belarus presented for the first time a reconnaissance and attack unmanned helicopter capable of carrying missile weapons, RIA Novosti reported.
The drone is called INDELA-I.N. SKY. It was developed by the Belarusian KB INDELA LLC. The machine’s takeoff weight is 150 kilograms. It is armed with 90 mm thermobaric rockets.
The unmanned vehicle is capable of hitting enemy armored vehicles and it is able to monitor the terrain. It has already been factory-tested. …
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Large-scale tank drills will be held during Spring Storm international military exercise in Estonia
The training exercise of tank units are scheduled to take place during the Spring Storm international military drills, which will be held next week in Estonia, as reported by the country’s Defense minister.
"On May 23rd, at the main training ground of the Defense Forces, training drills with the use of heavy equipment, that is, tank units, will begin" Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces Riho Terras stated while visiting the command center of the military exercises.
The heavy military …
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Poroshenko and Merkel discuss possible pressure on Russia to fulfill Minsk agreements
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced that he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had discussed a possible scenario of putting pressure on Russia to fulfill its part of the Minsk agreements, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
“A significant portion of time was devoted to the coordination of actions to implement the Minsk agreements. It was established that Russia is not fulfilling the Minsk agreements, and we have to develop a scenario which would motivate Russia to sit at the negotiation …
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Russia submits a dispute claim against Ukraine to the WTO
Russia has submitted a dispute case to the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement body in connection with the sanctions imposed by Ukraine. This was reported by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, Maxim Oreshkin, on Saturday, May 20. "The Russian mission to the WTO in Geneva sent a request to the WTO dispute settlement body and the Government of Ukraine for consultations in connection with the constant restrictions being imposed since 2014, including prohibitions, …