Eacekeeping Forces News Today

In his Christmas greeting to the peacekeeping forces, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen has mentioned Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source: Finnish Defence Ministry on Sunday, 24 December, as reported by European Pravda Details: Häkkänen pointed out that "Russia's policy of force has created a sense of insecurity and uncertainty in Europe, and indirectly around the world".

The Kazakh Defense Ministry denied on Wednesday reports that the NATO Peacekeeping Operations Center opened in Almaty.

Russia's failure to ensure peace and security in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh is a 'betrayal' of the Armenian people, Charles Michel told Euronews on Monday.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Sept. 29 that the military alliance had approved additional peacekeeping forces in Kosovo after unrest along the Kosovo-Serbia border that left four people dead.

Oleg Belyakov, co-chairman of the Joint Control Commission from the unrecognised state of Transnistria, has reported that part of a missile crashed in the village of Chițcani in the breakaway area of Moldova following a Russian missile attack on Ukraine's Odesa Oblast.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan on 20 September. The two sides discussed the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Putin welcomed the agreement on a comprehensive cessation of military operations reached with the active participation of Russian peacekeepers. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the ownership of the Inna Karabik region. Although the two countries reached ...

Turkish Foreign Ministry expresses condolences and renews commitment to support Somalia in the fight against terrorism.

Congo’s military is accusing the M23 rebels of breaching a cease-fire with an attack that killed at least 50 people earlier this week

Britain is withdrawing its peacekeepers from Mali, saying the West African country’s growing reliance on Russian mercenaries is undermining stability

Kenya is sending more than 900 military personnel to eastern Congo to join a new regional force trying to calm deadly tensions fueled by armed groups that have led to a diplomatic crisis between Congo and neighboring Rwanda