Poroshenko urges U.S. Congress to increase aid to Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko held a meeting with a delegation of the U.S. Congress led by Harold Rogers, the head of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, as reported on the web site of the Ukrainian President.
Poroshenko called for considering the possibility of increasing appropriations for assistance programs for Ukraine related to security issues, including the provision of defense-related weapons and the treatment and rehabilitation of Ukrainian servicemen. …
Media: More than 36,000 Russian mercenaries stationed in the Donbas
There are constantly 36,000 Russian mercenaries in the Donbas on a rotational basis, with weapons and equipment. Of them, 2900 are regular soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces (RAF),Ukrayinska Pravda reported with reference to the Crisis Media Center.
As of July 2017, in Eastern Ukraine there were soldiers of the 331st Guards Airborne Regiment, the 20th Motor Rifle Brigade (Volgograd), and the 7th Air Assault Brigade from Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai.
Lyubov Tsybulskaya, advisor to General …
Ukraine ready to deliver new shipment of rocket engines to its European partners
The State-owned enterprise, Makarov Pivdenny Machine Building Plant, is preparing to send the next batch of rocket engines to European partners as part of the Vega project.
According to the enterprise’s press service, in the second quarter of this year the plant has manufactured and is ready to ship two RD-843 liquid rocket engines to the customer.
CR Vega was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) in cooperation with the Italian Space Agency (ASI). It is designed to launch satellites …
Ukrainian Army receives new Ukrainian-made anti-tank missile system
The Corsar light portable, anti-tank missile system was recently added to the Ukrainian army’s arsenal. It was developed by the State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch, the press service of Ukroboronprom reports.
Several tests preceded the addition of a new missile system into the arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. More than 50 missiles for the Corsar were manufactured and delivered ahead of schedule.
The Corsar portable missile system has an effective range of 2.5 km, the same distance as the …
Authorities of separatist LPR called Jehovah’s Witnesses ‘Ukrainian agents’
Alexander Basov, the so-called Minister of State Security of the Luhansk People’s Republic stated that members of the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses who are in the uncontrolled areas of Luhansk region are really agents of the Security Service of Ukraine.
The LPR officials claim that the religious organization was "an active agent of the Security Service's influence in the LPR." According to separatist authorities, searches conducted on the premises belonging to the Jehovah's …