Polish armed forces need urgent changes to the command and control system as well as a new National Security strategy and improvements in personnel policy in the army, as stated by the heads of the Polish Defense Ministry and the National Security Bureau at a meeting with the President of the country, Andrzej Duda, the Polish Press Agency reports.

The joint statement was issued after the meeting between Duda and the Defense Minister, Mariusz Błaszczak, who was appointed on 9 January, says that …

US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker announced that Russia is ready for a UN peacekeeping mission to be located not only on the contact line in the Donbas, but also on its wider territories. Hromadske reports that Volker announced this during a telephone conference with journalists following a meeting with presidential aide Vladislav Surkov.

"This time [during the meeting with Surkov] I think there was more openness [from Russia] in thinking about a wider mandate for the …

In an interview with Gazeta Prawna following Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Prime Minister said he raised the issue of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which is currently under construction. "We want this project to fall under the sanctions. And this is a very important point in our negotiations with the United States," said the head of the Polish government, referring to Nord Stream 2 as a threat not only to Poland's energy …

Ukraine will receive the next credit tranche from the International Monetary Fund in the amount of $1.9 billion this year, experts of the international rating agency Fitch believe. According to them, the constant interaction with the IMF and other international partners remains a key condition for Ukraine's access to external financing for national debt service in 2020-2021.

The nomination of Yakov Smolii as the chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) should reduce uncertainty regarding …

Starting on Monday, January 29th, the United States can start introducing sanctions on individuals and companies located in any part of the world that enter into “significant” contracts with companies from the Russian defense sector, reports Russia’s RBC news agency.

Such sanctions are stipulated by the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) enacted by United States President Donald Trump in early August 2017.  

The US State Department drew up a special list comprised …

In an interview published the website of Evropeyskaya Pravda, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu claims that Ankara will continue military operations in Syria, even if this goes against the interests of the United States.

“When a member of NATO arms terrorists who attack another member of NATO, this grossly violates the fundamental principles of the Alliance. This type of policy is not normal, and it must be rectified,” said Cavusoglu with regard to the United States’ decision to arm …

The US Treasury Department submitted to the Congress a list of 114 Russian politicians, government officials and businessmen included in the so-called “Kremlin Report”. The “Kremlin report” includes Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, his deputies and other members of Russian government.

The list also includes First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Deputy Prime Ministers Sergey Prikhodko, Alexander Khloponin, Vitaly Mutko, Arkady Dvorkovich, Olga Golodets, Dmitry Kozak and Dmitry …

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Deputy Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Vadym Skybytsky claimed on Radio Liberty’s Donbas.Realii that two routes are used by the Russian military to supply to the Donbas Ukrainian weapons seized in annexed Crimea.

"Two routes were used to deliver weapons seized by the Russian army from occupied Crimea to the separate areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions: through the waters of the Sea of Azov and through the territory of Russia. The arms supply is …