The conflict between Russia and Ukraine will escalate following the detention of Ukrainian fishing vessel "YMK-0041" by Russian border guards, the permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Crimea, Boris Babin said on Radio Krym.Realii. "Ukrainian authorities have long turned a blind eye to what is in fact a conflict in the sea due to the annexation of the Crimea. That situation cannot last forever. The logic of events suggests that an escalation is inevitable. A year ago, the …

The US Congress has proposed imposing further sanctions on Russian weapons suppliers.

The US House of Representatives of Armed Services Committee made a statement on the possibility of such an initiative on the website for the 2019 US defense budget legislation.

The authors of the bill propose authorizing the US president to impose sanctions on individuals who are supported by Russia's defense industry. In particular, this would impact supplies related to the development or production of …

After the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which took place on May 9 in Moscow, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had no reason to worry that Russia would interfere with Israel's actions in Syria. As reported on the Kremlin website, during a meeting with Netanyahu, Putin intended to talk   about bilateral relations between Israel and Russia, as well as problems in the region. "The situation, unfortunately, is very acute. I want to express the hope that we will not …

Stroytransneftegaz (STNG) has been chosen as the general contractor for the construction of certain sections of the North Stream gas pipeline totaling a length of 538 km, RBC news agency reports. The contract’s value is estimated at 74.6 billion rubles ($1.18 billion USD), and the customer is PJSC Gazprom, represented by Nikolai Shendelev, Deputy Director of Gazprom invest.

RBC news agency reports that there is no information on the contractor included in the contract published on the public …

According to Kyiv, up to 50% of the militants fighting against the Ukrainian army in the Donbas are Russian citizens, as stated by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in an interview with the television channel CBS News.

"We have confirmed figures that in different times they had from 10,000 to 2,500 Russian regular troops in the occupied territory," Poroshenko said, as noted in a statement released by the President of Ukraine’s Press Office.

"Plus they have almost 50 thousand troops, so- …

Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, Stepan Poltorak, stated in an interview with Obozrevatel news outlet that the air defense system around Kyiv was re-equipped at the expense of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s company, Roshen Confectionery Corporation.

 “Roshen helped to re-equip and repair Ukraine’s air defense system. Ukraine used to have three rings of air defense—then during a period when strategists anticipated there would be no threats, the weapons were sold or destroyed despite not …

The Russian Investigative Committee has filed a criminal case against Vadim Primachok, deputy head of Ukraine’s Main Military Procuratorate, on charges of convicting an innocent person. Other members of Ukraine’s military procuratorate also feature in the case, as announced by the Investigative Committee’s press center.

According to the Russian investigation, the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have initiated criminal proceedings which view the treaty on the Annexation of Crimea and …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claims to have prevented the contract killing of a former judge from the Luhansk province ordered by the Russian intelligence agency.

According to the department, the Russian intelligence agency hired a Ukrainian who had served prison time in separatist controlled Donbas territory in order to commit the act of terror. With their assistance, he was released from prison and agreed to engage in sabotage and reconnaissance activity in Ukraine, and to carry out …