News archive on the topic "Buk"

Ukraine has asked Georgia to return Buk anti-aircraft missile systems that were transferred to Tbilisi during the fighting in 2008. Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Georgia Andrei Kasyanov wrote about this in an article for Ukrayinska Pravda, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Ukrainian side is consistent in its requests to all international partners, including Georgia, for the provision of weapons,...

The first brigade of Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems in the Russian Armed Forces has been deployed in the Southern Military District (SMD). Izvestia writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, citing a source in the Russian defense department. It is noted that the formation became part of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Order of Lenin Army of the Southern Military District. Its divisions are stationed in the Volgograd and Rostov regions, and its headquarters...

Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile systems conducted exercises near the border of Russian Crimea. This was reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent in the blog of the command of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “The unit of the Buk anti-aircraft missile systems made a multi-kilometer long march in vehicles to the position area. The crews quickly took up combat duty, automatically escorted and destroyed the detected targets of the mock enemy even before the moment of entry...

In the five years that have passed since the crash of a Malaysian Boeing in the skies of Donbass, it has become obvious that Russia has nothing to do with this. Military expert, editor-in-chief of Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine Viktor Murakhovsky spoke about this in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda. “For me, nothing has changed in five years. Whether the plane was shot down intentionally or by mistake, the fact remains: Russia...

Moscow - Kyiv, March 20 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - The Ministry of Defense called the photos published by the Ukrainian publication "Censor.net" "lies", allegedly proving that the Boeing over Donetsk was shot down by a Russian missile. A similar article was published by the Dutch publication RTLnews, RBC reports. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the publication of "Censor.net" is a "stuffing" and...

Moscow - Kyiv, March 20 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - The Dutch portal RTLnews published an article about the analysis of destructive elements collected at the site of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing crash in Ukraine in July last year. According to the online publication, the version that , and the analysis of the damaging elements indicates a modern version of this complex, is confirmed. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte...

Moscow - Kiev, March 13 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - Residents of the Krasny Oktyabr village in rebel-controlled territory told Reuters that they saw a missile flying over their heads shortly before the Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down on July 17 last year. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The Malaysian airliner fell on July 17 at 16.20 local time.…

Donetsk, December 25 (PolitNavigator, Mikael Chagalyan) – The leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, said that he witnessed the crash of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 on July 17 near Torez. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Kyiv” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “I saw how it happened... There were two planes and there was a Boeing.” Then two planes flew away, and the Boeing crashed. The DPR did not shoot down the plane for two reasons...

Kyiv, August 09 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili believes that Ukrainians in the confrontation in Donbass should rely on air defense and weapons. Subscribe to Navigator - Kyiv news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “Putin had an initial plan. The first plan was a complete Anschluss - the seizure of the Southeast. Did not work out. The backup plan is the defeat of the army, the dissatisfied battalions go to Kyiv,...

Donetsk, July 20 (Navigator, Mikhail Shalyapin) – The Prime Minister of the proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Borodai, said that the “Strela” complexes have appeared in the arsenal of the militia. Subscribe to the Navigator - Kyiv news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “Now, at the moment, new air defense systems have appeared in the arsenal of our armed forces. This is not a Buki at all, I can tell right away. We don’t have Bukovs in our arsenal...

Kyiv, July 20 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) - The United States believes that the cause of the crash of the Malaysian Boeing 777 in the Donetsk region was a missile hit. Subscribe to Navigator - Kiev news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte "We assess that flight MH17 was likely shot down by an SA-11 surface-to-air missile from separatist-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine," the statement said. posted on the Embassy website...

Donetsk, July 19 (Navigator, Mikhail Shalyapin) - The Prime Minister of the proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Borodai, believes that there is an information war against the DPR. Subscribe to the news "Navigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte He stated this while answering a question from journalists during a briefing whether the militia still has a Buk air defense system, from which the Malaysian Boeing could be shot down. "You…

Donetsk, July 18 (Navigator, Mikhail Shalyapin) - The Prime Minister of the proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Boroday, said that the militias do not have the technical ability to shoot down aircraft at an altitude of 10 thousand meters. Subscribe to the Navigator - Kyiv news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte During a press conference in Donetsk, he condemned what happened with the Malaysian Boeing 777 and expressed condolences to the families of the victims.…

Moscow - Kyiv, July 18 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - RBC's source in the ATO command actually confirmed the DPR's statements about the non-involvement of the militia in the downing of the Malaysian plane. He said that rebels in southeastern Ukraine do not have weapons capable of shooting down a plane at an altitude of 10 km. If the rebels have a Buk air defense system, it is without a radar and in Lugansk...