Ukrainian National Council says that TV tower broadcasting to Crimea will run at full capacity by April
A member of Ukraine’s National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting, Sergei Kostinsky stated on UA TV that the TV tower at Chonhar will run at full capacity by the end of March, Krym.Realii reported.
“Currently, the TV tower at Chonhar is operating in test mode. However, it will begin to work in normal mode this month. All four radio stations should become operational as of April,” Kostinsky reported.
Iran conducts successful test of Russian S-300 missile system
Iran conducted a successful test of its Russian made S-300 surface-to-air missile system.
According to Iranian Tansim news agency, the Iranian military carried out tests against a wide range of aerial targets, as well as worked out the detection, identification, interception and destruction of targets.
Additionally, IRNA news agency reported that the missile systems successfully hit targets during conditions of radar jamming and the appearance of decoy targets. During the test firing the …
Russia increases the price of gas for Belarus
The price of Russian gas for Belarus has risen by 6.81 percent from January 1, 2017, from 132 dollars to 141.1 dollars per thousand cubic meters. This was stated in a letter dated January 25, addressed by the Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom, Valery Golubev to Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, as reported by RBC news agency.
The authenticity of the letter was confirmed to RBC by officials in the Energy Ministry in Moscow and Minsk. In the letter, Golubev describes …
The United Nations: The number of victims in the Donbas has doubled compared with late 2016
In the first two months of 2017, the number of killed and injured civilians as a result of the conflict in the Donbas has doubled in comparison with November-December 2016, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
“Since the beginning of 2017, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has confirmed 111 civilian casualties (20 killed and 91 injured) compared with 51 casualties in November-December 2016,” …
Ukraine will resume production of Soviet era armored vehicles
During his visit to the Kharkiv Plant of Transport Machinery, President Petro Poroshenko stated that Ukraine would resume production of Soviet-era armored vehicles, specifically the multi-purpose, light-armored towing vehicle or MT-LB.
"Recently the state defense order for 2017 was approved. There is work for the Malyshev [plant], as well as the Lviv, Mykolaiv, Kyiv and Zhytomyr armored machinery plants. The good news is that there is also an order for the Kharkiv Plant of Transport Machinery. …