Upon the commemoration of the eighth anniversary of Russian aggression in Georgia, the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that Ukraine was targeted by Russia because it has not received a firm and clear response from the international community following its aggression against Georgia. The lack of response led to the Russian occupation of a significant part of the sovereign country’s territory.  

“Not having received a firm and clear response from the international community …

Ukraine has become a source of contraband arms, which are then shipped to Western European countries. This was indicated in an investigation program of Sky News.

The report states that while in Romania, journalists met one of the local groups engaged in arms smuggling.

The British journalists reported that there were weapons available for purchase in the trunk of the smugglers’ car.  The smugglers said that they “could supply thousands of weapons and ammunition”.

“We will bring as much …

Former Party of Regions MP Volodymyr Medianyk was detained in connection with a case against Oleksandr Yefremov, the former party leader. On August 8th, the courts will consider his formal arrest, as requested by the Prosecutor General’s office.

As the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, posted on his Facebook page on Monday, the Pechersky district court of Kyiv will consider the request for his arrest. On the same day, the case on arrest of Yefremov will be considered at the Court …

NATO’s leadership is preparing a new concept which will facilitate a faster response time to new kinds of threats, such as hybrid warfare.  This was reported by the Financial Times.

“We are now faced with scenarios where the start of the crisis is not obvious.  An example is hybrid war scenarios where non-state and hidden forces take action,” NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), General Denis Mercier, stated.

He also said that ministers of member countries have had …

Deutsche Welle has reported that a Russian drone had violated Israel’s airspace on the 17th of July.

According to media reports, on the 7th of August, Russia acknowledged the violation and explained that it had been caused by a “human factor”.  The media continued to report that the issue had already been telephonically discussed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The media also reported that the Russian drone returned to Syrian airspace after …