Russia’s recent patrol flights in international airspace are a response to the increased activity of US aircraft near Russian airspace and in parts of the world that Moscow considers “sensitive,” President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday. On Wednesday, Russian and Chinese bombers carried out joint air patrols over the waters …
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Another Ukrainian fighter jet taken out by Russian strike (VIDEO)
Russia has claimed a third successful tactical missile strike on a Ukrainian airfield this week, with a MiG-29 fighter jet said to have been eliminated on the ground in Dnepropetrovsk Region. The latest reported Iskander strike hit the Dolgintsovo airfield, located some 10km east of the city Krivoy Rog. The …
Read More »Two confirmed dead in Russian train crash
At least two people are confirmed to have died in a train crash in Russia’s northern Komi Republic on Wednesday, Russian Railways has said. The train was carrying 215 people from the city of Vorkuta above the Arctic circle to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk when it derailed. Nine …
Read More »Inmates reportedly accused of terrorism take hostages in Russian prison
Two Russian law enforcement officers have been taken hostage by inmates at a detention center in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, with talks underway, local officials have said. In a statement on Sunday, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said the two captured agents were working with the penitentiary inspectorate at …
Read More »Russian reporter dies of injuries from Ukrainian attack
One of the members of the NTV crew wounded in the Ukrainian shelling of Gorlovka, in the Donetsk People’s Republic, has died of his injuries. Photographer Valery Kozhin was working with journalist Aleksey Ivliev on Thursday when they came under mortar fire. A Russian military officer accompanying the crew was …
Read More »Putin removes Shoigu as Russian Defense Minister
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 …
Read More »PM Mishustin announces shake-up of Russian government
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Saturday unveiled his first picks for the new cabinet, which is set to undergo a major reshuffle. It was announced on Friday that Mishustin, who has led the country’s government since 2020, would retain his post. Acting Deputy PM and Minister of Industry and …
Read More »Russian military reports new gains in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region
The Russian military has seized two settlements in Kharkov Region and Donbass from Ukrainian forces, the Defense Ministry in Moscow announced on Wednesday. Troops dislodged Ukrainian forces from the village of Kislovka, around 25km east of Kupiansk, a key Ukrainian logistics hub in the region, the ministry said. The announcement …
Read More »WATCH Russian drone strike US-made Abrams tank
A video documenting the destruction of a NATO-supplied tank in Ukrainian service appeared on Russian social media on Tuesday. Initially identified as a German-made Leopard, the tank was later established to have been a US-made Abrams. Only 31 Abrams tanks of the M1A1 type were sent to Ukraine, arriving late …
Read More »Zelensky can’t ‘mobilize God’ – Russian church
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky cannot enlist God in Kiev’s fight against Moscow, the Russian Orthodox Church has said, rebuking a statement Zelensky made during his Easter Sunday speech. In a video address, Zelensky described God as “an ally” of Ukraine who “has a chevron with the Ukrainian flag on his …
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