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The Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 crashed on 17 July 2014 in eastern Ukraine while en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam, as the region was mired in a conflict with the new government following a coup earlier that year. All 298 people aboard, mostly Dutch c…

Key point: The S-400 is expensive, but Serbia is intrigued. In September 2019, Russia and Serbia held their first joint air-defense exercise, Slavic Shield. In this exercise, Serbian air-defense troops learned how to use the S-400 air defense system, practic…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Lawmakers of the Dutch parliament have required that the government launch a further investigation into the role of Kiev in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine, focusing on the Ukraine's refusal to close the airspace des…

NEW YORK (Sputnik) - The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the MH17 crash is trying to match its investigation with an answer prepared in advance, a high-ranking Russian diplomatic source in New York told reporters Friday."Not Russia 'refuses to work wit…

KYIV -- The secret mission to capture the Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was hailed as a victory for justice, for Ukraine's armed forces, and for President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. But for Private Dmytr…

In September 2019, Russia and Serbia held their first joint air-defense exercise, Slavic Shield. In this exercise, Serbian air-defense troops learned how to use the S-400 air defense system, practicing its employment against a variety of targets, both simulat…

Image copyrightEPAImage caption A big swastika was daubed inside a chapel at the cemetery Vandals have spray-painted graffiti including a big swastika at a British and Commonwealth World War Two cemetery in the Netherlands. Random letters were daubed on m…

Image copyrightEPAImage caption A big swastika was daubed inside a chapel at the cemetery Vandals have spray-painted graffiti including a big swastika at a British and Commonwealth World War Two cemetery in the Netherlands. Random letters were daubed on m…

KYIV -- More than two months after his capture by Kyiv and four days after he was flown to Moscow as part of a major Russian-Ukrainian prisoner exchange, the man who Dutch investigators say is a "suspect" in the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is …

KYIV -- Their mission was top-secret: Slip into enemy territory undetected, capture their target, and return with him to Kyiv. They knew it would be dangerous but their superior said it was worth the risk, and the order came from the top. If successful, it co…