• Russia and Assad launch major air attacks against Idlib and Hama

    The Hama and Idlib provinces have been the target of at least 110 air attacks by Russian and Syrian government aircraft, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Saturday 4 May. According to the London-based organization, at least 69 people have been killed since the start of this new escalation on 30 April.

    The new wave of violence in the region could jeopardize the Russian-Turkish agreement to establish a demilitarized zone in Idlib. The agreement was reached in 2018 in the hopes …

  • Ukraine and Turkey consider joint military shipbuilding projects

    The commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Ihor Voronchenko, said that Turkey and Ukraine plan to have joint projects, primarily in the field of shipbuilding, Ukrinform reports.

    After participating in the International Defense Industry Fair IDEF-2019, he noted that the exhibition was "very rich", including representation from many leading and well-known companies, in particular, Turkish ones.

    “We already have some cooperation projects regarding the implementation of the corvette-type ships and …

  • Moldovan MPs demand explanation from prime minister after Ukraine lifts sanctions from Metallurgical Plant in Transnistria at his request

    A group of Moldovan parliamentarians demanded an explanation from the Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip regarding the letter he wrote to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in which he requested to remove sanctions from the Moldovan Metallurgical Plant (MMP), the largest taxpayer in the so-called Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, reports Radio Liberty.

    “What are the legal requirements of MMPs under Moldovan legislation that guarantees the factory's withdrawal from the sanctions of a …

  • US military arrive in Ukraine on a training mission

    The press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that more than 130 of the United States military arrived in Ukraine as part of the mission to train Ukrainian soldiers.

    The U.S. Army Airborne Assault Division took part in the ceremony of taking over the duties in the  JMTG-U (Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine) mission at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in the Lviv region.

    The U.S. Army soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Tactical …

  • Russia says it is ready to negotiate sale of Su-57 fighter jets to Turkey

    Russia is ready to engage in negotiations with Turkey on the possible sale of the latest fifth-generation Su-57E fighter aircraft , said Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of the Russian defense concern Rostec, in an interview with Anadolu.

    According to him, Turkey is "an attractive market for the Russian fifth generation Su-57E combat aircraft ". Chemezov added, "If Ankara shows interest in purchasing this aircraft, we are ready to cooperate on this." At the same time, the head of Rostec explained that …