Russian military began patrolling around the Syrian Manbij
Russia conducts independent and joint patrols around the Syrian city of Manbij located in the north-east of the Aleppo Governorate. According to the local sources of the Turkish news agency Anadolu, Russian military patrol independently in some places and “together with the so-called el-Bab Military Council formed by YPG forces” in other places.
The footage of the Anatolian Agency captures the military in armored vehicles with the Russian flag patrolling around the town of Arima. In addition, …
Contingent of Belgian armed forces arrives in Estonia
A contingent of the Belgian Armed Forces arrived in Estonia, err.ee reports. The Belgian have joined the British-led NATO battle group stationed in Tapa. They will stay in Estonia for four months replacing a Danish contingent that rotated out in 2018.
The Belgian units arrived in three convoys of 100 vehicles in total. The core of the contingent is made up of troops from Belgium's historical Chasseurs Ardennais battalion. The unit has approximately 300 personnel along with some 100 units of …
European Commission plans to allocate 4.5 billion euros for Ukrainian infrastructure
Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan stated that the 39 Ukrainian infrastructure projects which are part of the Drive Ukraine 2030 strategy are included in the indicative plan for construction of the trans-European transport network TEN-T.
The Ukrainian Centre for Transport Strategies reports that almost 4.5 billion euros has been allocated for these projects. The plan was prepared by the EU and the World Bank for the development of transportation in "Eastern Partnership" …
Klimkin: Foreign Ministers of Denmark and the Chezch Republic to visit Donbas
At a press conference on Friday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin announced that the Foreign Ministers of Denmark and the Czech Republic are going to visit the Donbas in late January.
“At the end of this month, we will have another strong group of our friends, ministers of foreign affairs. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, who will visit Mariupol and the Ukrainian Donbas and inform of their visit at the next meeting of the ministers of foreign affair of the European Union,” …
President of Belarus Lukashenko refuses to use Russian rubles as common currency
Belarus is not against having a single currency with Russia, but it should not be the Russian currency, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko stated on Friday at a meeting dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Belarusian diplomatic service.
“We do not mind a common currency, but it should be a common currency, not the currency of the Central Bank of Russia. There should be an emission center on equal terms,” TASS quoted Lukashenko as saying.
Lukashenko said that Belarus is ready to …