The Zhytomyr Armored Plant that is part of the Ukroboronprom state military industrial company has completed a full cycle of industrial testing for the new BMP-1UMD (infantry fighting vehicle - IFV).

The new armored fighting vehicle is a thoroughly revamped earlier version BMP-1, and is equipped with a modern combat module, a digital fire-control system, and powered by a German Deutz engine, according to information provided on the Ukroboronprom website.    

The military enterprise states …

During a meeting of the Tripartite Contact Group (TCG) in Minsk, Ukraine plans to raise the issue of an "imprudent" OSCE observer who exchanged a friendly greeting with a militant, as stated on Facebook by Iryna Herashchenko, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and Ukrainian Humanitarian Envoy to the TCG.

"The OSCE is making justifications for its observer, who, greeted the militants as if they were family. They say this is was just an oversight. Of course, this is not an oversight, …

Lithuania is interested in enhancing cooperation with the military educational institutions of Ukraine, as stated by the Chief of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Vitalijus Vaikšnoras, in a meeting with the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, Stepan Poltorak, the web-portal of the Ukrainian government reports.

As noted, during the meeting enhancing cooperation and the exchange of experiences between the two countries' governmental universities were discussed.

"We are interested in …

The Ministry of Education of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Russia) has sent out guidelines to regional schools for operation "during mobilization, in wartime, and under martial law",  reported Govorit Moskva radio station.

The document refers to bringing "subordinate institutions into readiness for operation during mobilization, in wartime, and under martial law."

The radio station further specified that a photograph of the document was published the day before, on the Internet. Its authenticity …

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Polish historian, Henryk Glebocki, was expelled from the country in response to Warsaw’s "unfriendly act,” as stated in a comment by the Press Secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, and posted on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"We would like to remind that on October 11th, Polish authorities expelled a Russian historian from Poland, who was engaged in teaching there, on absurd charges, and the measures taken against …

The Russian Ministry of Labor and Social Protection released information on November 27 listing the annexed Crimea among regions with an increase in the number of unemployed citizens.

At the same time, the Russian Ministry did not release exact data on the Crimea. It did note that the education, industry, construction, agriculture, and healthcare industries have the greatest staffing demand.The Kremlin-controlled Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Crimea did not directly report on …

There are about three thousand people now subordinated to the "Minister of Internal Affairs" of the self-proclaimed "Luhansk People's Republic," Igor Kornet, as announced by the Deputy Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons, Heorhiy Tuka on the Freedom of Speech program on channel ICTV.

"When Kornet became ‘Minister of the Internal Affairs,’ he had 219 subordinates; today there are about three thousand people in his divisions," Tuka stated.

Tuka …

The S-400 missile systems that Moscow will supply to Ankara do not pose a threat to NATO, said Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli.

"In the S-400s, which will be delivered to Turkey in 2019, "friend-foe" identification systems will be modified," he told the newspaper Yeni Safak.

Turkey and Russia signed a contract for the delivery of the S-400 in mid-September. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Ankara had already made the first payment.

The contract was criticized in the …