Estonia’s state defense investment agency signed a contract for the purchase of short range missiles for Mistral man-portable missile system (MANPADs) for €50 million, Estonia’s Ministry of Defense reported on Twitter.

“The contract was concluded with the French manufacturer MBDA,” the statement reads. “It was signed by the head of the Center for Defense Investment, Rauno Sirk, and Vice President of the MBDA, Didier Philippe. In accordance with the agreement, between 2020 and o 2027, Estonia …

The Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine and the American company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies signed a Memorandum on Cooperation which envisions the construction of a new rapid transport Hyperloop system in Ukraine.

According to the Ministry’s press-service, the memorandum was signed following the public discussion “Hyperloop in Ukraine” with participation of the CEO and Founder of the American company, Dirk Ahlborn, and the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Volodymyr Omelyan.   …

In April, Russia sold out half of the U.S. Treasury bills worth 47.5 billion dollars, leaving a $48.7 billion, according to the data published on the website of the U.S. Treasury.

Thus, Russia has fallen in the ranking of the US government debt holders from 16th to 22d place. China, holding $1.18 trillion of the US debt, and Japan, with $1.03 trillion, are at the top of the list.

On June 15, the President of the United States Donald Trump has launched a trade war against China, introducing a 2 …

Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg and his company Minudobreniya avoided getting onto the list of individuals and legal entities against which Ukraine imposed economic sanctions. The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) told Deputy Serhiy Leshchenko that this was due to lack of proposals from the SBU (Ukrainian Security Service), Economichna Pravda writes.

"In accordance with the law "On Sanctions,” the NSDC deliberates on the application, cancellation and amendment to …

Anatoly Lopata, the Ukrainian former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and former First Deputy Defense Minister, stated that Ukraine should cut off the Crimean peninsula from land access, turning it into an island. 

In an interview with Obozrevatel, Lopata stated that Russia currently “dominates the waters near the peninsula.” “But we can approach this from an entirely different angle by cutting off the Crimean canal from the land, making the Crimea into an island,” Lopata stated. …