Media: Subsidiary of Russia’s Ministry of Energy becomes a monopoly fuel supplier to separatist-held territories of Ukraine
Russian export company, Promsyrieimport, owned by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation is a monopoly supplier of fuel to the uncontrolled territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts, as reported by Ukrainian Liga.net news website.
According to the publication, in 2016 Promsyrieimport supplied the separatist-held territories of Ukraine with more than 200,000 tons of gasoline, diesel fuel, and motor oils for $116 million. This is 86% of all the fuels and lubricants sent to the …
A pro-Russian separatist agent detained in Mariupol
When trying to cross the border into Mariupol, an informant of the separatists of was detained, reported the press service of the Donetsk regional police.
It was noted that a 43-year-old resident of the village of Vesele, in the Volnovakhsky district, has been providing information on the rotation and movement of Ukrainian military personnel and equipment to the separatists for over a year and a half.
At the beginning of war in the Donbas, the detainee had a conflict with the Ukrainian Armed …
UN has enough evidence to indict Assad but Russia prevents it
International Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said that the investigation of crimes in Syria has yielded enough evidence to prosecute President Bashar Assad.
Carla del Ponte became famous for her investigations of war crimes in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Last week, she said that she is withdrawing from the UN Commission on Syria in protest. She is unhappy that the UN Security Council is not creating a special tribunal for Syria, to bring to justice those responsible for war crimes.
One of …
Russian Minister of Defense: Damascus-controlled territory has increased by 2.5 times
In a broadcast of the TV channel Russia 24, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said that Damascus-controlled territory has increased by 2.5 times in the last two months.
According to him, this is a “serious success”. Shoygu said that half of the province of Deir ez-Zor is controlled by Syrian state forces. Its liberation will be decisive in the fight against the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS).
He specified that in Syria, since the start of the Russian Armed Forces’ operation, there …
Ukrainian state-owned company Antonov announces it will build 70 aircraft in next five years
The marketing plan of the state-run company Antonov provides for the building of at least 70 aircraft in the next five years, reports the press service of the state enterprise Ukroboronprom.
“A clear marketing plan was created for the state-run company Antonov, which is based on the assessment of specialists as well as forecasts of independent experts and leading companies. It takes into account the prospective markets and the potential of each product line in these markets. It is also based …