Category Eastern Europe

The operation of the oil refining unit “in connection with the incident” has been temporarily halted, Russian media reported.

It is reported that fighters from the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberian Battalion have entered the Russian regions "as part of a joint operation". There are reports of gun battles in border villages, and locals have recorded the movement of tanks. There are several armed groups in pickup trucks on the border. 

Russian President Putin has signed a law that denounces the agreement with Britain on the access of British fishermen to the Russian zone of the Barents Sea — it was signed during the existence of the USSR, in 1956.

The relevant bill was supported by the State Duma. Acts aimed at destroying or damaging enterprises, structures, transport infrastructure in order to undermine the economic security or defence capability of a country are considered acts of sabotage.

Baek Won Soon was detained in Vladivostok. He was then transferred to Moscow for investigation. The nature of the charges against him was not disclosed.

‘When President Putin launched his full-scale invasion two years ago, he wanted less NATO and more control over his neighbours,” Stoltenberg said, adding that Ukraine is “closer to NATO than ever before”.

Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi has said that the country faces numerous threats from Russia on its way to EU membership.

The war in Ukraine has had a significant impact on the global arms trade. The United States traditionally ranks first in arms exports, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). France is in second place.…

This bomb, weighing 1.5 tonnes with almost half consisting of high explosives, is delivered from fighter jets from a distance of 60-70 kilometers, making it challenging for many Ukrainian air defenses.

Russian warships have not been on combat duty in the Black Sea for five days after the loss of the corvette Sergei Kotov