Ukraine has suggested it was behind the drone attack on a Russian airbase

Ukraine has suggested it was behind a drone attack on a Russian military air base that killed three people. A spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force said the operation was a result of Russian aggression, the BBC reports.

Serbia sends military chief to Kosovo border as tensions rise

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic dispatched the army chief on Sunday night to the border with Kosovo, General Milan Mojsilovic himself announced, as strained relations between the two countries were exacerbated by recent blockades, AFP reports.

South Korea scrambles jets as North Korea sends drones over border

South Korea's military fired warning shots, scrambled fighter jets and flew surveillance assets across the heavily fortified border with North Korea on Monday after North Korean drones violated its airspace for the first time in five years, officials said, AP reports.

Dmitri Medvedev: Only Russia’s nuclear weapons prevent the West from declaring war

Russia’s nuclear arsenal and the rules Moscow has laid down for its use are the only factors preventing the West from launching a war against Russia, a top ally of President Vladimir Putin has said in one article published on Sunday, Reuters reports.

Ukraine is to formally propose the exclusion of Russia from the UN Security Council

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmitro Kuleba, announced that, on December 26, Ukraine will officially raise the issue of excluding the Russian Federation from the Security Council of the United Nations (UN), reports Rador.

Unlucky Christmas for the passengers of the Chisinau-Tel Aviv flight, canceled for security reasons

The Chisinau-Tel Aviv flight on Sunday, December 25, was canceled due to altercations on board the aircraft. According to Air Moldova, the decision was taken by the commander of the aircraft.

Almost half of Germans against supplying Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks

Forty-five percent of the population in Germany are against supplying Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks, considered an icon of the country's military technology, as Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski has been specifically demanding, according to a poll commissioned by the DPA agency.

EU strongly condemns Taliban ban on female staff at NGOs

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday strongly condemned Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration's order to ban women from working at all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs), saying this amounts to erasing women from public spaces, EU reports.

Maia Sandu spoke on the phone with her German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Bilateral cooperation and the security situation in the region were discussed by the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, with her German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

CSE: Ukrainians will cross the border of the Republic of Moldova under a facilitated regime

The Commission for Emergency Situations (CSE) has established a facilitated regime for Ukrainian citizens to cross the state border. The decision is valid until February 1, 2023, during which time citizens of Ukraine will be able to cross the border even if their identity documents have expired.

The Republic of Moldova exported IT and business services worth about 670 million dollars in 2021

This year, the value of the export of IT services and business services will be around 670 million dollars, says the economic expert, Veaceslav Ioniță. The economist noted that for five years there has been a tenfold increase, especially in IT services.

Antony Blinken: Russia shows no "significant" desire to stop war

Russia has not shown any "significant" desire to end the war in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, shortly after Russian leader Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that his country supported an end "as soon as possible" of this war, a term he used for the first time. In this context, security expert Michael Horowitz claims that the war could last years, reports the international media.