US plans to announce sanctions against Turkey in connection with the S-400 supply from Russia next week
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France's Macron announces creation of space force command
A German organization suspends the salaries of medical personnel in northern Syria
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 4km E of Krikellos, Greece
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1 year ago[email protected] Spearhead class fast expedition transport ship USNS Yuma is back to Black Sea in two weeks: T-EPF-8 transited Bosphorus en route to Odessa Ukraine to participate in @ExSeaBreeze and transport @USMCFEA (with @FTOKSOY )
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1 year agoLIFTOFF of Proton-MDM-03 carrying Spektr-RG.
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1 year agoDeparture of the Act 35 of the Yellow Vests movement this Saturday, July 13th. The route of the event is from Stalingrad to Mazas Square. "Yellow Vests"
1 year ago[email protected] sailors from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Gulfport, Miss., lay concrete for a new runway in Mykolaiv, Ukraine during @ExSeaBreeze
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the person responsible for the leak of memos from outgoing UK ambassador to the U.S. Sir Kim Darroch "must be held fully to account" but he defends the right of the press to publish the memos if they are judged "to be in the public interest"
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini arrives in Baghdad to meet with Iraqi officials
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West Midlands Police says a murder investigation is under way after a man in his 30s was stabbed in Sparkhill in Birmingham
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1 year agoSomeone fired an RPG at the Kyiv office of Ukrainian channel @news112ua overnight. No injuries; Kyiv Police have classified attack as a terrorist act and are looking for the perpetrator. Photos below from 112 and Kyiv Police.
Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 24 times. 2 Ukrainian soldier were wounded.
And it's official - after hours of delay, @DeptofDefense says the planned on-camera media briefing on Turkey taking delivery of Russia's S-400 "has been postponed indefinitely"
Chairman @RepEliotEngel & Ranking Member @RepMcCaul of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs:"We call on the Dept. of State and the Dept. of Defense to terminate Turkey's participation in the F-35 program and to sanction Turkish individuals doing business with the Russian defense sector, as required by law. Turkey and Erdogan must face stiff consequences for this decision"
1 year agoThe building of the Yasinovatskaya district administration, located on 124 Ordzhonikidze Street, was damaged with ATGM strike
1 year agoElliott Abrams, US special representative for Venezuela: "No one will forget the situation in Venezuela, Greece recognized interim president Juan Guaidó and will not be the last country to do so."
The @StateDept has also approved a possible sale to Germany of 50 Patriot Advanced Capability 3 Missiles for an estimated cost of $401 million
The @StateDept has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Greece for up to seven MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters and support for an estimated cost of $600 million
The European Union agreed to suspend the aviation sector talks in Turkey. — Bloomberg
1 year ago1 policeman killed, another wounded in shooting in Srendekolymsk, Yakutiya. Shooter shot himself dead
Acting SecDef @EsperDoD warns Turkey over taking the Russian S-400 missile system: "We are aware of Turkey taking delivery of the S-400" per Esper "Our position regarding the F-35 has not changed and I will speak with my Turkish counterpart this afternoon"
1 year agoThe moment the #GiletsNoirs occupied the Pantheon in Paris.
Turkish Foreign Minister: Any European sanctions due to exploration in the Mediterranean will face an appropriate response
"All of the three planned planes arrived [in Ankara] and today's operations were completed. This process will continue in the coming days." - Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar
1 year agoThe court in Italy sentenced Ukrainian National Guard Vitali Markiv to 24 years in prison for the death of Italian photojournalist Andrea Rocchelli and his Russian interpreter, Andrei Mironov in 2014
1 year agoHMS Duncan passing through the Bosporous en route to the Gulf
MFA Pavlo Klimkin: "there will be only two people left in Ukrainian politics if new law on lustration adopted, - Zelensky and Medvedchuk, any doubts what next?"
Gibraltar police arrest two additional crew members of the Iranian oil tanker
1 year agoRussia's state TV: "Turkey's S-400 deal with Russia drives a wedge between NATO allies."
1 year agoThe conversion of driving licences, elimination of roaming tariffs for Moldovan citizens, as well as the overall Polish support for the European integration of Moldova were among the subjects discussed by FM @nicupopescu and FM Jacek Czaputowicz.
1 year agoRussian Ministry of Defense video of S-400 delivery to Turkey
1 year agoArea of fire at Russian literature archive in Moscow increased 15 times
850 people positive for hemorrhagic fever in the Saratov region. One fatality already
MFA spox Zakharova: Russia always acts on the basis of reciprocity. British media in Russianeed to be prepared to face the consequences of the actions of the British government.
Britain confirms sending Duncan warship to Gulf
Putin has convened national security council to discuss "issues of Ukraine-Russia relations", especially yesterday phone call with President Zelensky
Director of Russian State Archive of Literature and Art says that fire raging in the building where archive of documents of state institutions is, most valuable works are in another
Russian State Archive of Literature and Art is on fire in Moscow. Original handwriting of Russian writers 1911-1990 and archive of USSR movie company is burning