On Thursday, October 20, 2016, the Upper House of the Czech Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Ukraine, which expressed concern about the intensification of attacks in Donbass. The Parliament stressed the need to end support for separatists by the Russian Federation as well as the restoration of the control over the border by Ukrainian.

45 of 63 senators present voted for the resolution, the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Iryna Herashchenko, wrote on her Facebook …

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have a plan to triple their military spending between 2014 and 2018. An estimated amount of $670 million will be spent on arms and other military equipment.

By 2020, it is estimated that the combined defense budget of the three Baltic republics will be $2.1 billion. This is more than double the amount of when the countries first became part of NATO in 2004. It is also the fastest growth in any region. This was reported by Reuters referring to prominent research …

A group of Chinese entrepreneurs visited the Crimea, as reported by Crimean Tatar TV Channel, ATR. According to the source, the purpose of their visit is to find out what projects they can implement on the peninsula and learn how Crimeans live.

“There are no limits to trade. We are confident that the more the Crimea and China can help each other the better. Tourism is a very promising area of cooperation,” Krym Realii reported, quoting Chinese entrepreneurs.

ATR added that the Chinese guests …

The Russian military conducted a training exercise, making simulated strikes from an Iskander-M operational and tactical missile system at the testing site of the Western Military District in the Leningrad region, the Russian Ministry of Defense’s website reports.

The training focused on the preparedness of the missiles complexes for fire, and conducting individual and group e-launches of missiles aimed at targets simulating enemy command posts and radars, which were located at a distance of …

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Polish Sejm have adopted a joint declaration of memory and solidarity. According to information on the parliament’s website, 243 deputies voted in favor, including one representative from the “opposition bloc.” The only deputy who voted against it was a member of the “Radical Party.”

Introducing the document, the chairman of the parliament, Andriy Parubiy, stated that the Polish Sejm will vote for the same document at the same time as the Ukrainian …

The delegation of the Russian Federation will only return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) if their rights are restored, including their right to vote. According to TASS, this was said by the chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Volodin.

“Our delegation can of course return but only if our rights are not violated and if we have a right to our own position. We also want the right to express our point of view and, of course, the right to …

Speaking at the EU summit in Brussels, the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, accused Russia of violating all principles of international law by bombing the city of Aleppo in tandem with the Syrian government. The President of the European Parliament stated that Russia maintains a painful status quo in Syria as well as in Ukraine.

“Russia is a country that poses a threat to the architecture of world security and established principles of international law,” Schulz stated, as …

Belgian Defense Minister Steven Vandeput has said that evidence provided by Russia showing that a Belgian F-16 aircraft attacked a village near Aleppo was fabricated, Novaya Gazeta reported.

According to a press release issued by the Belgian Ministry of Defense, the Defense Attaché of the Embassy of Belgium in Moscow was given a map with a flight trajectory of the F-16s, allegedly showing that Belgian F-16s were responsible for the air strike that caused a number of civilian casualties.

“From …