Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it has foiled a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl. The suspect is a Russian citizen who was working for Kiev, and who planned to poison workers of the facility with toxic …
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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it has foiled a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl. The suspect is a Russian citizen who was working for Kiev, and who planned to poison workers of the facility with toxic …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially appointed Andrey Belousov as the new minister of defense. Belousov, an economist by trade, is a former first deputy prime minister and Putin’s long-time adviser on economic matters. Earlier this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained his appointment by the fact that the “battlefield …
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has voiced support for the Russian president’s pick for a new defense minister, amid a cabinet reshuffle. The Federation Council announced on Sunday evening that Sergey Shoigu would be removed as defense minister, a post he had held since 2012, and that Vladimir Putin had proposed replacing …
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President Vladimir Putin has proposed that Sergei Shoigu be replaced as Minister of Defense of Russia by acting First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, the Federation Council said on Sunday evening. Shoigu has been appointed Secretary of the Russian Security Council. Senators are scheduled to engage in consultations regarding the …
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Donald Trump is eyeing plans to push the NATO members to ramp up defense spending from 2% to 3% of GDP if he is re-elected in November, The Telegraph reported on Friday, citing sources close to the former US President. Trump has reportedly been considering an increase for some time …
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Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has met with top military officials to discuss the battlefield situation in the Ukraine conflict, placing special emphasis on weapons production. The Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that Shoigu heard military reports at the headquarters of the United Group of Forces in an undisclosed location. …
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Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov has been arrested for bribery, the country’s Investigative Committee announced on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu have been briefed on the arrest, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media. Earlier on Tuesday, Ivanov took part in an extended ministerial …
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Russian troops are firmly in control of the battlefield situation and are steadily pushing back Ukrainian forces, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said. Speaking at the meeting with top Russian commanders on Monday, the minister announced that Moscow had liberated the villages of Pervomayskoe and Novomikhailovka, west and southwest of …
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NATO members should prioritize arming Ukraine over bolstering their own defense capabilities, the secretary general of the US-led military bloc said on Wednesday. “A part of the important effort we are now making across the NATO alliance to step up our delivery of air defense systems to Ukraine,” Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in …
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