Next year France will send 300 servicemen, 5 Leclerc tanks and 13 infantry combat vehicles to Estonia, as stated on Saturday by the Minister of Defense of France, Jean Yves Le Drianto, and the Minister of Defense of Estonia, Hannes Hanso, at a meeting of the security forum in Halifax, Canada, as reported by Estonian public broadcaster, ERR.

"A trusted, allied relationship will be developed between the countries," the French Minister said.

"Estonian and French soldiers have been united in …

The United States National Security Advisor for Barack Obama, Susan Rice, stated that airstrikes on hospitals in the eastern part of the Syrian city of Aleppo are reprehensible because there is no justification for them. Washington strongly condemns the bombardments of hospitals, Reuters quoted her as saying.

“The United States strongly condemns these terrible attacks on medical infrastructures and humanitarian workers. There is no justification for these horrible actions,” Rice noted, calling …

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy noted that the Ukrainian soldiers who are restraining Russia’s aggression protect not only Ukraine but the entire free world.

He stated this on Saturday during a visit to Turkey at a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the press service of the parliament reported.

According Parubiy, “Every dollar invested in the development of Ukraine is saving thousands which are necessary to deter the Russian Federation on the eastern borders of the …

Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, had a telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump and stressed the need to support Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing sources in the EU.

According to the agency, Tusk stressed the importance of transatlantic cooperation, including with regard to Ukraine.

On Twitter, Tusk confirmed that he had a telephone conversation with Trump on Friday; however, no details were officially reported.

The fact that Trump’s campaign promised to …

The Utyos underground coastal missile system has been restored in the Crimea, a source familiar with the situation told Russia's Interfax news agency on Friday.

"It is expected that the regenerated system will carry out several missile launches in order to prove its viability. In the future, Bastion silo-based missile systems are planned to be deployed there as well," the source said.

Earlier, the source reported that the Bastion system, the first coastal silo-based missile system, can be …