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“I would have rather taken [Assad] out,” Trump told Fox & Friends on Tuesday, insisting “I had him all set,” but “Mattis didn’t want to do it.” The admission flies in the face of Trump’s 2018 claim during a White House briefing that the suggestion of killing Assad was “never …

Speaking to Russian TV on Sunday, Shoigu noted a sharp increase in foreign surveillance and training flights testing the country’s borders and air defenses. Last month such activities increased by some 30 percent compared to last August. Moreover, the bloc’s aircraft have been actively training in conducting air strikes , routinely …

The Ministry of defence of Ukraine stated about the sharp aggravation of the situation in Donbass from the beginning of the present day. Reported sighting the 12 attacks of positions of the joint forces. “In addition to 12 the impact of attacks on our positions from the beginning of the …

Japan has decided to abandon the plan to deploy the country’s missile defence of the us production of Aegis Ashore. This was announced at a meeting on the security of the ruling liberal democratic party, Japan’s defense Minister Taro Kono, the Agency Kyodo. According to the Minister, the decision was …

The Russian government continues to increase public spending on defense and security forces, despite a sharp deterioration in the Federal budget, which in may was faced with a 3-fold decrease of oil and gas revenues. For the first five months 2020 military expenditures reached 1,409 trillion rubles, it follows from …

Medical center of the defense Ministry in Buryatia, intended for patients with coronavirus, was unfinished, although the military reported to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the commissioning of the facility, writes, “Taiga.Info” with reference to the Deputy of people’s Khural of Buryatia Bair Tsyrenov. According to …

Some Russian defense companies slow down production because of the pandemic, COVID-19. This was reported by the analytical company Orbital Insights, which is located in the United States. Among the companies affected by the pandemic, NPTS “salute”, which produces parts for Russian su-27 and Chinese fighter Chengdu J-10. The number …

The defense Ministry proposes to establish three new holiday for the Russian military. The relevant draft decree published on the Federal portal of draft regulations. So, in the text of the decree says “about establishment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation day of service for fuel, Days of …

At the working meeting with Deputy Prime Ministers Mikhail Mishustin rather rigidly expressed about the situation in the sphere of online trading. He noted that after the introduction of the isolation the residents of the regions have become much more actively to use remote services, such as delivery of food …

Ksenia Shoigu, the daughter of the Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu, will be the managing partner of the new venture Fund Sistema. His target volume will amount to 5 billion rubles. The Fund will invest in startups in the early stages, writes “Kommersant”. Venture Fund Sistema SmartTech will …