News archive on the topic "Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"

The commander of the tank company of the 126th separate coastal defense brigade, which is stationed in the village of Perevalnoye near Simferopol, received the star of the Hero of Russia. During the special operation, Anton Starostin was wounded and is now undergoing treatment at the Central Military Clinical Hospital. As the serviceman said, his task was to hold the crossing, which the enemy attacked with forces up to a battalion. “I took tactics between the warehouses...

Washington believes that Russia is preparing to send up to 100 troops to NATO's eastern borders at the end of the summer, which will be the most ambitious step in military construction that Vladimir Putin has taken and that it will be reminiscent of the most ominous days of the Cold War, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports. , referring to a publication by The New York Times dedicated to the upcoming joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises...

Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed command officers of the 8th Army by a closed decree, Kommersant reports, citing a high-ranking source in the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte As the publication’s interlocutor said, personnel selection was carried out over several months, and some military leaders took part in the strategic command and staff exercises “Caucasus-2016”. According to him, all organizational events are planned...

The Russian Ministry of Defense is forming unique special-purpose reconnaissance companies (RRSpN). Their task is to find targets behind enemy lines and report their coordinates to the crews of the Iskander operational-tactical complexes and the modernized Uragan long-range multiple launch rocket systems, Izvestia reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte In each It is planned to create one such unit in the combined arms army. Experts note that such units are needed in...

In Crimea, at the Opuk training ground, maneuvers of units and formations of the 22nd Army Corps recently deployed to the peninsula took place, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “The corps’ military personnel were especially active “in areas of possible landing of a mock enemy.” These actions were accompanied by “counterstrikes in cooperation with other AK units.” First of all,…

In Kyiv they lament that they cannot send troops to Crimea, because they will be instantly defeated. Ex-deputy of the Kyiv City Council, journalist Dmitry Gordon stated this on TV channel 112. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to him, Ukraine cannot fight the Russian army alone. "Let's call things our own...

Today Russia, despite economic problems, manages to rule the world, writes the Canadian newspaper National Post. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “Russia earns less money per year than Canada. In 2016, its GDP was $1,3 trillion, roughly the same as Australia, which has six times the population and half the area...

At this moment, Russia has no reason to use force in Ukraine. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated by the director of the Russia Matters project at the Belfer Center at Harvard University, Simon Sarajyan, InoSMI reports. “The fact is that the frozen Ukrainian conflict serves the interests of the Kremlin. Yes, the Ukrainian army has somewhat increased its combat effectiveness, but if Russia feels that its vital interests are...

Today, the Ukrainian armed forces are simply not able to resist the Russian army. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated at a press conference in Kyiv by the former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Anatoly Lopata. “The army today is unable to resist the Russian Federation if it uses force as it can today,” Lopata emphasized. -...

The military groups created by Russia on the border with Ukraine are ready to immediately go on the offensive in order to inflict a strategic defeat on Ukraine. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Deputy Director for International Affairs of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Research Mikhail Samus stated this at a press conference in Kyiv. “At the moment, Russia has created three on the Ukrainian border...