There has been fresh shelling near the airport in Donetsk, following overnight attacks in Mariupol, raising fears that the 36-hour-old ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is near to collapse, reports GHN based on BBC. The truce, agreed on Friday, had been holding for much of Saturday. But strong explosions...
In the frame of first official visit the Minister of Defense of Georgia Irakli Alasania met Secretary of Defense of United States Chuck Hagel
Militants have shelled the positions of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces 28 times over the last 24 hours, including ten after a bilateral ceasefire was declared in Minsk, reports GHN based on Ukrinform. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center...
Explosions have been heard in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, despite a ceasefire agreed by the government and pro-Russian rebels, reports GHN based on BBC. A BBC correspondent there says intense blasts from the eastern edges rippled across the city late on Saturday. The fighting subsided...
According to the decision of the Permanent Commission of the Fund of Solidarity, created by the initiative of Prime Minister the treatment of solid tumors of 11 children under 18 years were funded. The decision was made at the first meeting, which was held at the Government Administration. The members...
Ukraine's cease-fire appeared to be under pressure just over a day after it was declared as shelling was reported near the southeastern city of Mariupol, reports GHN based on Fox News. The port has been the focus of an offensive by pro-Russian separatists in recent days that has reversed the gains...
The United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has already arrived in Georgia. Deputy Minister of Defence Mikheil Darchiashvili greeted the Head of Pentagon at the Tbilisi International Airport and wished him a successful visit, reports GHN based on the Ministry of Defense. Ambassador of the United...
In a report published by rights group Amnesty International, Russia is called upon to stop involvement in the crisis in eastern Ukraine. The report says "all sides" are to blame for the conflict, reports GHN based on dw.de Amnesty International has accused "all sides" in the war...
The reinforced platoon of the 13th Battalion of I Infantry Brigade of the GAF has returned to homeland from Afghanistan, reports GHN based on the Ministry of Defense. Georgian military servicemen successfully carried out ISAF mission on the base "Phoenix" for 5 months. Deputy Chief of the...
Ukrinform journalist Oleh Zadoyanchuk died early on September 4 as a result of artillery shelling near Luhansk. He was mobilized on August 29. On September 2, he and 16 other soldiers took the oath in the 12th Kyiv territorial defense battalion. In the early hours of September 4, the enemy's artillery...
NATO recognises Georgia's significant efforts to strengthen its democracy and to modernise its military forces and defence institutions. We welcome the democratic development of Georgia, including through the peaceful transfer of power following parliamentary and presidential elections in 2012 and...
NATO Leaders at the Wales Summit reaffirmed on Thursday (4 September 2014) their commitment to supporting Afghanistan and called on the two presidential candidates to work together and to conclude the necessary security agreements as soon as possible, as they have said they will. The ISAF Heads of State...
The Alliance's 28 leaders at their Wales Summit on Friday (5 September 2014) agreed on a Readiness Action Plan to strengthen NATO's collective defence and to ensure the Alliance is ready to deal with any challenge. "This is a demonstration of our solidarity and resolve," said NATO Secretary...
Ukrainian President and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Petro Poroshenko has ordered the chief of the General Staff to cease fire from 18.00 on September 5,reports GHN based on Ukrinform. "Based on Russian President Vladimir Putin's call to the leaders of illegal armed formations...
Kiev officials and representatives of the two self-proclaimed republics in southeastern Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire, as the contact group met behind closed doors in Belarus, reports GHN based on RT. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has confirmed the ceasefire agreement on his Twitter account. Both...
