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Russia Warns to Shoot down Ukrainian Missiles near Crimea If Threatened
Russia warned it could shoot down Ukrainian missiles in case they represented threat, Russain media reported Thursday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Peskov confirmed the possibility of applying the air defense forces to the Russian Vedomosti newspaper on Wednesday, according to Sputnik. Earlier on Wednesday, Peskov told reporters that...
EU calls on Ukraine to lift timber export ban
The European Union has called on Ukraine to lift a 10-year ban on round-wood exports. …read more Source:...
Ukraine launches missile tests near Crimea
The two-day major missile tests come at a dangerous time of tensions with neighboring Russia. …read more Source:...
Russia deploys warships near Crimea for Ukrainian missile tests: RIA
Warships from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet have taken up position off Crimea’s western coastline to help strengthen the peninsula’s air defenses in response to the start of Ukrainian missile tests nearby, the RIA news agency reported on Thursday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Afghans may get US Black Hawks to replace Russian aircraft
The US military wants to replace Afghanistan’s well-worn fleet of Russian helicopters with American-made aircraft, according to a new budget proposal, a decision aimed at reducing the Afghan air force’s decades-long reliance on Russian equipment.The Afghan air force, trained and assisted by Nato advisers, has slowly gained strength,...
Ukraine warns Russia of missile tests near Crimea
Ukraine ratcheted up tensions with Moscow Wednesday by warning the Kremlin its army intended to hold two days of missile-launching exercises near the border with Russian-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: The Daily...
Talks on Ukraine produce no visible results
A meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany intended to shore up a shaky peace process in eastern Ukraine ended Nov. 29 without any visible progress. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine warns Russia of rocket tests near Crimea
The tests would begin on Thursday and almost certainly further damage relations between two former Soviet neighbours that treat each other as open foes. …read more Source: World...
506,200 tourists visited Egypt in October: CAPMAS
The number of tourist arrivals from all countries reached 506,200 in October, compared to 909,400 tourists during the same month in 2015, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). CAPMAS stated in its monthly bulletin this week that most tourists came from Western Europe in October, comprising 36% of...
No breakthrough reached at Minsk talks on Ukraine: Lavrov
Lavrov says FMs of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have failed to agree a roadmap on how to implement the Minsk peace deal in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
