Ukraine and the US to sign agreements on military-technical cooperation
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, announced the signing of agreements on defense purchases and the military-technical cooperation between Ukraine and the US in the near future, as he stated during a press conference in Washington.
“For 36 hours, meetings have been held with key players in the new US Presidential Administration. There was a very long conversation with the President, where two important things were noted, the support of the United States for Ukraine's sovereignty, …
Poland: Russia will use Nord Stream 2 as a political weapon
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a political project and threatens the diversification of sources of the energy supply in the region, as stated by Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski during a session of the Council of the Baltic Sea States in Reykjavik, the Polish Foreign Ministry reported.
“The Nord Stream 2 project creates a major risk to the diversification of gas supply sources in the region,” Waszczykowski said.
He added that in the area of regional energy security, solutions …
Poland abandons Russian gas over poor quality
The Polish company GAZ-System has reported a cutoff of gas from the country's pipeline system originating from the reverse side of the Yamal gas pipeline. According to the company's statement, the reason for refusal of the gas injections is their low quality.
GAZ-System's official representative, Tomasz Pietrasienski, explained to RIA Novosti that the issue is "about Russian gas" coming through reverse delivery.
"The gas does not currently meet the quality parameters. The provider of the gas …
Kremlin: Russia will not continue consultations with Washington on normalization of relations
Moscow will not continue bilateral consultations with the US on improving relations after the expansion of US sanctions, as stated by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov ,reports the Press Service of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"It had been planned to continue, in the coming days, bilateral consultations on 'irritants' that have accumulated in Russian-American relations, in order to search for solutions to the extremely difficult situation toward which the American …
NATO fighter approached Russian Defense Minister’s plane over Baltic
On Wednesday, June 21, an F-16 fighter belonging to the army of a NATO state buzzed an airplane with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu on board. The incident took place over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. Shoygu was traveling to Kaliningrad for an off-site session of the Russian Defense Ministry College.
The Minister of Defense’s plane was escorted by Russian Su-27 jets. After one of the escorting fighters approached the NATO F-16 and “tilted its wings to show its weapons”, the F-16 …