Day: February 16, 2018

The foreign Ministry confirmed the death of five citizens of the Russian Federation under attack the us-led coalition in Syria The dead were not soldiers. Moscow. 15 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — According to preliminary data, as a result of air strikes inflicted of the US-led coalition on government forces in Syria killed five Russians, we are not talking about servicemen, said Thursday the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. According to preliminary data, as a result of armed clashes, the causes of which are now being investigated, we can talk about the death of five people, presumably citizens of Russia. There are victims, but all of it requires validation, in particular in the first place, their nationality (…) I want to reiterate that we are not talking about Russian soldiers.Maria Saharanafrican foreign Ministry spokesman The news about the death of “many of the Russian military” in the impact of

The U.S. army has accelerated preparations for a major ground war, the media are writing The armed forces of the United States placed a bid to buy about 150 thousand shells for 155-millimeter howitzers, informs a portal Task and Purpose. The order volume increased by 825% in comparison with previous applications. The list includes rockets “Excalibur” (Excalibur), designed for use in melee. A quantity of ammunition necessary for the soldiers to practice the skills of ordinary ground operations. “We are ready to fight in conflicts that require special determination”, — quotes the portal words of the Director of the U.S. army budget major General Paul Chamberlain. The military stressed that the armed forces do not feel the lack of shells, and restore and upgrade an Arsenal of weapons. Earlier, the White house has asked Congress for $ 6.3 billion in their “European initiative deterrence” — a program aimed at curbing

Poroshenko three days later told, spoke with Putin by phone Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, three days after the conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin said on its content. On Tuesday, the Ukrainian media citing sources reported on Monday telephone negotiations of Poroshenko with Putin. On Wednesday, the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, answering journalists ‘ questions, confirmed the conversation and said that the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, Putin and Poroshenko discussed the continuation of the process of exchange of prisoners between Kiev and Donbass, and also noted there is no alternative to the Minsk agreements and the need for their implementation. “The purpose (of the conversation — ed) consisted mainly of two parts. The first part that was made exactly three years ago at the beginning of 2015 at the conclusion of the “Minsk-2”. We, as the air needs peacekeepers”, — quotes Poroshenko his press service. In

Sergey Kovalev has refused to be a Trustee of Ksenia Sobchak Well-known human rights activist Sergei Kovalev refused to be a Trustee of the candidate in presidents of Russia Ksenia Sobchak. He told this in an open letter published on the website of the “Yabloko” and social networks. According to him, his decision was hasty and erroneous. This job is too much for him, and the main factor that forced him to take this decision was the pressure the team Sobchak: “Suddenly, without warning, without knocking, without calling the group out of nowhere who took people with cameras and microphones. With me it was not the first time, and I said usually, “get out!”. But it was Your people! This is probably professional techniques policy and showwomen,” Kovalev wrote in his letter. Scandal the immediate advantage of opponents Sobchak. Criticism in its address has acted as the representatives of Yabloko