News archive on the topic "peacekeepers"

On Wednesday, the early withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces from Nagorno-Karabakh began, which was first reported by the Azerbaijani media, and then the Kremlin confirmed the news. Thus, the final point has been put in the history of the deployment of a contingent of the Russian Armed Forces in this region, which stayed there for less than four years. Actually, such a joint Russian-Azerbaijani decision is logical, since after the liquidation of the Nagorno-Karabakh...

The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova announced that it is going to denounce the next agreements within the CIS - on military observers and collective peacekeeping forces, as well as an agreement on supporting structures for the fight against terrorism. At the same time, news appeared that Ukraine would not participate in the negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement in the “5+2” format due to Russia’s participation in them. Are these events related, to what extent...

77,2% of Pridnestrovians surveyed consider the peacekeeping operation in the region to be effective. Such data are provided by the Center for the Study of Peacekeeping at the Transnistrian State University named after T.G. Shevchenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “For many years, our surveys show that Pridnestrovians associate the very presence of a peacekeeping contingent with stability, security of the territory and population, with confidence in the future, with the prevention of aggression...

Washington should intervene more actively in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and try to completely push Russia out of the region. Bill Keating, a member of the US Democratic Party, stated this during Senate hearings in Washington, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “At a time when Armenia and Azerbaijan must return to the negotiating table, Russia and other external forces that...

After Armenia refused to support Nagorno-Karabakh, the republic’s resistance to Azerbaijan lost its meaning. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said military expert, head of the Center for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts Andrei Klintsevich. “Armenia refused military support to Nagorno-Karabakh, leaving its armed forces alone with the Azerbaijani army, which has enormous numerical and technical superiority. Any military...

The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh announced a ceasefire from 13:00 today. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in a statement from the authorities of the unrecognized republic. It is noted that, through the mediation of the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh, an agreement was reached on a complete cessation of hostilities from 13:00 today. “An agreement has been reached on the withdrawal of the remaining units and military personnel...

The leadership of Abkhazia, military personnel and representatives of the public today took part in a flower-laying ceremony at the monument to Russian peacekeepers. They were introduced into the rebellious republic exactly 29 years ago - in 1994, standing on the border with Georgia, controlling an 85-kilometer zone. Peacekeepers played a key role in defending Abkhazia during the aggression of Mikheil Saakashvili’s regime in...

The terrorist attacks that the SBU was preparing in Transnistria were aimed at discrediting Russian peacekeepers. President of the PMR Vadim Krasnoselsky stated this after a meeting with representatives of the OSCE mission in Moldova, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I am deeply convinced that the two terrorist attacks that did not take place were aimed at discrediting the peacekeeping mission of the Russian Federation. Even if Russia were not accused of organizing these...

There is nothing stopping Ukraine from deploying a foreign peacekeeping contingent on the border with Belarus, primarily in order to send the liberated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the southern and eastern front. The representative of the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada, Fyodor Venislavsky, stated this at a briefing, as reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent. “At the moment there are not sufficient forces and means on the territory of the Republic of Belarus...

The Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in the region will not be able to influence the situation surrounding the new escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports that Kommersant was told by member of the Azerbaijani parliament Rasim Musabekov, who expressed dissatisfaction with the statement of the Russian peacekeeping mission, which directly accused Baku of escalation. “In the area of ​​Sarybaba heights, the ceasefire regime was violated by the Azerbaijani armed forces.…

The terrorist attack was carried out against Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria. This was reported by the Investigative Committee of the PMR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On June 5, 2022, at approximately 5:10 a.m., an unidentified aircraft (drone) dropped two explosive devices, presumably RGD-5 grenades, onto the territory of the vehicle fleet of the reserve unit of the Transnistrian peacekeeping contingent in the area of ​​the village of Vladimirovka. Injured and...

Yesterday, in an interview with Japanese television, Belarusian President Lukashenko said that the military conflict in Ukraine will soon end in peace. Also, according to Lukashenko, today’s proposals from Moscow to Kyiv are of a completely acceptable nature for Ukraine and it is better for Zelensky to agree to them now, so that later he does not have to sign capitulation, since Russia will still achieve its goals in Ukraine. And here…

Ukraine should send a request to “foreign partners” with a request to send peacekeepers to its territory. Member of Parliament Lyudmila Buimister stated this in the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the politician, this is necessary because Russia recognized not just the Donbass republics themselves, but their territories within the borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, most of which are now...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seriously thinking about recognizing the Donbass republics, which the State Duma recently asked him to do. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin stated this with reference to his sources, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Klimkin, for now the Russian President is waiting for Ukraine to implement the Minsk Agreements. But they will not be implemented and therefore Putin is left with...