• New NATO headquarters opened in Latvia

    The press service of the Latvian Ministry of Defense announced that Latvia, Estonia and Denmark opened the Northern Division headquarters for the multinational troops in Adazi near Riga.

    The main task of the Northern Division will be the management of military operations in its area of responsibility. The new headquarters will begin planning and managing military operations, as well as planning and integrating the NATO units’ activities in order to strengthen the security of the region and …

  • Poroshenko: Ukraine has been liberated from 'cultural occupation'

    The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko stated that the country has been liberated from “cultural occupation.” According to him, since 2014, when “separatism” started in the southeast of Ukraine, the Ukrainian language strengthened more than ever.”

    “For the last five years, the Ukrainian language, songs, books, films, have taken a reliable position in the space around us, the President said. The same thing, he noted, happened “in the hearts of all Ukrainians.”

    Poroshenko concluded that …

  • Polish officer: Russia made Kaliningrad region a ‘military scarecrow’

    Colonel of the Reserve Marek Wrzosek called the Kaliningrad region of Russia a “military scarecrow” because of the number of weapons deployed there. The Colonel noted that Moscow has recently been increasing equipment stationed near the western borders of the country.

    Earlier this week, air defenses in the Kaliningrad region were reinforced with a regiment of S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile systems. Wrzosek also referred to reports by Russian media in early March regarding the transfer of …

  • Erdogan: Turkey’s purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia does not impact NATO security

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a rally in Diyarbakir, which was broadcast by TRT TV channel on Saturday, that the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems does not impact the security of NATO, the United States or fifth-generation F-35 fighters, which Turkey expects to receive from Washington.

    Erdogan emphasized that "the terms of use of Russian S-400s are not being concealed”. The Turkish President expressed hope that problems in relations between Ankara and …

  • Russia accuses US embassy employee of an attempt to smuggle a land mine through Sheremetyevo airport

    Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport officials discovered a land mine with a fuse, but without an explosive when inspecting the luggage of the United States embassy employee. According to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs report, an object resembling a land mine was discovered on Saturday morning, March 9, during the screening of luggage belonging to the U.S. embassy employee when he entered the airport’s D terminal.

    Airport security specialists confirmed that it was indeed a land mine with a …