News archive on the topic "Russian Aerospace Forces"

The Russian military space forces have developed and begun to use new tactics for launching missile strikes, which allows them to significantly bypass Ukrainian air defense systems. Ukrainian military expert Ivan Kirichevsky stated this on Radio NV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We have to admit that the Russians have developed a very dangerous combination when all [missiles] come at the same time - subsonic and supersonic. They do it...

The US Department of Defense said Russia launched more than 1900 missiles against Ukraine during the 63-day war. A Pentagon official said this during a briefing at the department. “On day 63 we can report that more than 1900 missile launches have been made since the invasion began. Most of the missile launches and, frankly speaking, aircraft strikes on Ukraine...

Ukrainian propaganda encourages supporters of the Zelensky regime with statements that Russia is supposedly deprived of the opportunity to continue modern weapons production programs, such as the “Dagger” that caused a stir and frightened the Ukrainian military. This “discovery” was made during a telethon on Ukrainian TV by the head of the Center for Military Legal Research, financed with Western grant money, Alexander Musienko. “Russia is deprived of such... to produce modern missiles or modernize existing ones...

Additional information has emerged about which Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities were damaged by this morning’s attack by the Russian Aerospace Forces. According to the mayor of Lvov, Andrei Sadovoy, the attack took place in the vicinity of the Lvov airport. The airport itself was allegedly not damaged. But the missiles hit the aircraft repair plant. The company carried out orders for the repair of MiG-29 fighters for the Ukrainian Air Force and other...

The United States is preparing to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine - for this purpose, the destroyer Arleigh Burke entered the Black Sea. In addition, the United States can supply Ukraine with Stinger MANPADS capable of shooting down aircraft. Ukrainian political strategist serving the interests of ex-President Petro Poroshenko, Taras Berezovets, stated this on his video blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke, which is entering...

A Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Murmansk region. This was reported by the local publication SeverPost, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is reported that the emergency occurred when the aircraft was landing at the airfield of the long-range aviation regiment in Olenegorsk at about 13:40 Moscow time. Of the four crew members, only two managed to survive - the commander and the navigator. What caused the disaster, now...

Russia has successfully tested the Project PL-19 Nudol anti-satellite missile. It is designed to destroy reconnaissance satellites of a mock enemy, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to Novaya Gazeta. It is reported that the tests were carried out in December last year, but they became known only now. It is noteworthy that “Nudol” hit the target on the eve of the launch of the new American reconnaissance satellite KH-11 Key Hole,…

The Russian army is capable of causing irreparable damage to the Ukrainian military group without even crossing the border. This was stated on TV channel 112 by the former head of the SBU, Colonel General Igor Smeshko, who was appointed head of the Intelligence Committee under the President of Ukraine in September 2014, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. According to the general, the so-called martial law does not in any way strengthen the Ukrainian army and does not...

Ukraine did not raise military aircraft during the incident that occurred in the Kerch Strait last weekend because it could have lost it. Political scientist Vladimir Fesenko, who collaborates with the administration of the President of Ukraine, stated this on air at UkrLife, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, the forces of Ukraine and Russia are unequal and it is unlikely that it will be possible to achieve parity in the air...

The martial law in Ukraine was decided in advance, because in the event of a real offensive by the Russian army, the Verkhovna Rada would not have time to meet. The representative of the President of Ukraine in parliament, Artur Gerasimov, said this on the air of the talk show “Freedom of Speech,” a correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “If we have military men here in the studio, they understand what modern warfare is – it’s a watch...

Air defense units, ground and anti-aircraft missile forces of the Ukrainian Air Force conducted live-fire exercises at the Yagorlyk training ground of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region. This was reported on the official website of the Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine Alexander Turchynov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The shooting used anti-aircraft missile systems S-300 of various modifications, “Buk”, “Tor”, “Osa-AKM”, as well as air defense systems that have undergone “deep modernization” at Ukrainian defense...

Russian military pilots carried out bombing at the Chauda air range in Crimea and destroyed a naval strike group of a mock enemy in the Black Sea. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is reported that targets for airstrikes were transmitted directly during sorties by Marine air controllers. “For targets simulating columns of armored vehicles and aircraft at the airfields of a mock enemy...

In Crimea, the modernization of the Belbek airfield is being completed, which, if necessary, can become a permanent base for strategic missile carriers and long-range bombers. Izvestia reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the bulk of the work is planned to be completed by the end of this year, and not only the Belbek military airfield itself is being modernized, but also the infrastructure facilities that ensure its functioning.…

A military parade dedicated to the next anniversary of the independence of Belarus is taking place in Minsk, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The military parade, according to tradition, began at 10.00 near the stela “Minsk – Hero City”. It should be noted that for the first time, female military personnel, as well as soldiers of the People's Liberation Army of China, were part of the parade squads. Also, aircraft from the Russian Military Space Forces flew in the sky over Minsk. On the eve of the parade, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko...