The Russian military has prevented a series of attempted Ukrainian drone strikes, with three unmanned aircraft shot down in the border region of Bryansk and another one intercepted over Oryol, some 200 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said early on Wednesday. Russian air defense units …
Read More »Russian drones far cheaper than Ukrainian air defenses – NYT
The fact that the smaller kamikaze drones used by Russia are much cheaper than the Ukrainian air defense missiles used against them is creating problems for Kiev and its Western backers, the New York Times has acknowledged. In an article on Tuesday, the paper didn’t question Kiev’s claims that most …
Read More »Cyprus purchases Iron Dome air defenses – media
Cypriot Defense Ministry has struck a deal with Israel to purchase Iron Dome air defense systems, a local branch of the Kathimerini news media outlet reported on Friday. According to the newspaper, the sides had already finalized the deal, although neither Nicosia nor Tel Aviv have confirmed it publicly so …
Read More »Russia could soon ‘break’ Ukraine’s defenses – Spiegel
Russian troops could soon wrest the remainder of the Donbass region from Ukraine’s forces, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, has warned, according to a report by Der Spiegel magazine. The report cited recent classified BND briefings as saying that the agency “fears that Ukrainian resistance could even be broken …
Read More »Syrian air defenses respond to ‘hostile targets’ over Damascus – state media
Syrian air defenses responded to a missile attack targeting the capital, Damascus, early on Wednesday, as sirens sounded off in Israel. The Israeli military claimed that the alarms went off after one of the anti-aircraft missiles launched from Syria exploded. Several “Israeli aggression’s missiles” were shot down around the capital …
Read More »US air defenses intercept rockets targeting Baghdad’s Green Zone – media
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Read More »1 soldier killed as Syria air defenses respond to ‘Israeli aggression’ – state media
The Israeli military reportedly pummeled several areas in southern Syria with missiles shortly after midnight on Thursday local time, Syria’s state SANA news agency reported, citing military officials. The Syrian air defenses were scrambled to repel the attack and intercepted the majority of the missiles launched from the direction of …
Read More »Armed American ships probing Russia’s defenses in Black Sea – Moscow
Commenting on the ongoing visits by American warships, including a guided missile destroyer, to the Black Sea, Sergey Shoigu remarked that the Russian military was well aware that such vessels “have long-range precision weapon systems on board” and were not deployed to Russia’s underbelly “for a tourist cruise.” Speaking with …
Read More »Syrian air defenses shot down 21 of 24 Israeli missiles fired in latest raid on Damascus, Russian military says
“At about 1:30 September 3, four Israeli Air Force F-15 tactical fighters fired 24 guided missiles at targets in the Syrian Arab Republic from Lebanese airspace,” Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of Russia’s Reconciliation Center for Syria, said in a statement on Friday, referring to an attack on Damascus …
Read More »Syrian air defenses downed 22 Israeli missiles fired from Lebanese airspace – Russian Defense Ministry
“On August 19, 2021, six Israeli Air Force tactical fighters launched 24 guided missiles from Lebanese airspace at targets in the Syrian Arab Republic,” Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of Russia’s Reconciliation Center for Syria, said in a statement on Friday. The Israeli strikes originated from around Beirut, Lebanon’s …
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