Viktor Bondarev, head of the Federation Council committee on defense and security, said that Russia will help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad oppose attempts to destabilize the country. Bondarev made a statement to this effect when commenting on the topic of US instructors training militants in Syria, RIA Novosti reports.

“I am convinced that Bashar al-Assad has enough forces to oppose this, not to let anyone at all plunge the country back into chaos. For its part, Russia will help,” Bondarev …

Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin stated in New York that "the continuing occupation of the territory of Ukraine by a nuclear state has led to an actual expansion of the geographic area for the deployment of nuclear weapons", as  stated by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister on December 15 during a speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York regarding the North Korean nuclear program, the Press Service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

Klimkin noted …

In February 2018, new international sanctions will be imposed against Russia, including Russian businessmen, as stated by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, on Friday, December 15, on Pryamoi TV show.

"Yesterday, the European Union extended sanctions, and a new portion of sanctions will be introduced in February. They are very serious because they concern, among other things, the assets of Russian oligarchs. We are now discussing how to create such pressure," …