Military Command of Ukraine: Kyiv has sent the US a list of weapons necessary for Ukrainian Army
Ukraine has sent the entire list of weapons which it would like to receive to the United States. All necessary negotiations have been completed, and now the decision depends on Washington, stated the chief of the General Staff of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko, as reported by 112.ua.
According to him, Ukraine is asking for air reconnaissance, anti-tank systems, and radio electronic systems.
The chief of the General Staff added that now they must wait for a political decision.
Asked what could …
Saudi Arabia intends to buy S-400 missile systems from Russia
The Saudi military plans to buy "at least four divisions" of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems worth about $2 billion from Moscow, newspaper Kommersant reports citing its source familiar with the course of the talks between Moscow and Riyadh.
Such a "fundamental agreement", as the interlocutor of the newspaper remarked, was one of the results of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, in Moscow. This was also …
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development called privatization ‘one of the biggest failures’ in Ukraine
To accelerate economic growth and attract foreign investors, Ukraine needs to unblock the privatization process, stated the managing director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, Francis Malige, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
According to Malige, the EBRD is still ready to provide technical support and, for certain targets, to act as a buyer of a minority stake. In particular, the bank may be interested in companies in the energy sector, …
European Parliament calls on Russia to stop repression in Crimea
At a plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday, the EU parliament adopted a resolution which accuses Russia of violating human rights in annexed Crimea, especially the rights of Crimean Tatars, Voice of America reports.
European parliamentarians have demanded the release of political prisoners and have called for representatives of the UN, OSCE and the European Council to be granted unobstructed access to Crimea.
The resolution states that the EU Parliament “condemns the sentences given to …
Russian State Duma: Russians captured in Syria have been executed
Roman Zabolotny and Grigory Tsurkanu, who were shown in the video from Syria with captured Russian soldiers, have most likely been killed by Islamic State militants, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for the CIS and European Integration Viktor Vodolatsky told reporters on October 5.
According to the MP, on camera the prisoners refused to renounce their orthodox faith, adopt Islam and join ISIS, and so they were killed by the terrorists. Vodolatsky did not disclose the information’s …