The representatives of defense ministries of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Lithuania, and Poland held a virtual meeting on the situation around Ukraine, as well as potential opportunities […]
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Ukraine’s Navy receives Neptune mobile anti-ship cruise missile system
Ukrainian Navy received the prototypes of the Ukrainian RK-360MTs Neptune mobile anti-ship cruise missile system, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported. The systems were manufactured under a […]
Austrian ex-minister dances her way into Rosneft
Austria’s ex-foreign minister Karin Kneissl is about to join an ever-expanding list of senior Western politicians working for the Kremlin, euobserver.com reported. The 56-year old, who led Austria’s diplomacy between […]
Russia doubled military presence in Crimea over seven years
Since the beginning of the occupation of Crimea, Russia has multiplied its military presence on the Ukrainian peninsula, ukrinform.net reported. “Over the past seven years, the Russian military presence on […]
Ukraine to create online museum of Russian propaganda
The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy plans to create an online museum of Russian propaganda in Ukraine, Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko said, ukrinform.net reported. “The […]
Ukraine climbs 17 positions in Social Progress Index in 2020
Ukraine climbed 17 positions from 80th to 63rd place in 2020 in the Social Progress Index among 163 countries with a score of 73.38 points versus 66.97 in 2019, according […]
Ukraine-EU agricultural trade reached USD 10bn
Trade in agricultural products between Ukraine and the European Union reached USD 10.2bn in 2020, the National Scientific Centre “Institute of Agrarian Economics” (IAE) has reported. Ukraine’s largest trading partners […]
Odesa plant to assemble US military helicopters
The Odesa-based Aviation Plant will launch the assembly of Bell UH-1 Iroquois, a US utility military helicopter in 2021, Ukroboronprom Director General Yuriy Husyev said while visiting the plant, opk.com.ua […]
Ukroboronprom signed USD 1bn agreements with EDGE Group to expand military-technical cooperation
Director General of Ukroboronprom Yuriy Gusev signed agreements and contracts with Tawazun Economic Council and EDGE Group to expand military-technical cooperation totaling more than USD 1 billion. The agreement with […]
Ukraine signs USD 85.6m contract with Pakistan to repair T-80UD MBTs
Ukraine’s participation in one of the largest arms exhibitions taking place offline is difficult to overestimate, said Vadym Nozdria, Director General of the ‘Ukrspeсexport’ State Company, commenting on the progress […]
Former PrivatBank top managers notified of suspicion
NABU Detectives and SAPO Prosecutors notified three PrivatBank ex-officials of suspicion of embezzling over UAH 136.89 million. The notices of suspicion were signed by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Among […]
Ukrainians develop electric multi-role armored vehicle
Ukrainians have developed the world’s first hybrid multifunctional armored vehicle STORM, which can stay afloat and can withstand a wave of 1.5m. The prototype began to be developed in Kyiv […]
European Solidarity is in the lead in Ukraine – KIIS and SOCIS
European Solidarity (ES) holds first place in the ranking of parties. This is the data of a sociological survey conducted by SOCIS and KIIS from 11 to 16 February 2021. […]
Lancet’s report confirms that Russian vaccine is highly effective? Not if you read it closely
An article in “The Lancet” attests that the Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6 percent effective. But the professional world remains skeptical, writes spiegel.de. In September 2020 around 40 experts led by the well-known molecular […]