Archive of news on the topic "RF Armed Forces"

The head of Chechnya addressed through social networks the current participants in unauthorized actions against partial mobilization and fugitives from the country about it. The text of the statement was posted on Kadyrov’s Telegram channel. “I’m turning to you, draft dodger. You can come up with different excuses. You can say that you do not support the current policy. You can come up with a fairy tale that the idea is alien to you...

The Russian military is taking operational camouflage measures and trying to mislead Ukrainian Armed Forces units with the help of wooden mock-ups of tanks. This is stated in the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “The occupiers are taking measures for operational camouflage and trying to mislead our units, for which purpose they are installing wooden mock-ups of tanks at defensive positions,” the text of the report says. It is reported...

The prosecutor's office of the Western Military District established the facts of the participation of conscripts in a special military operation in Ukraine. Military prosecutor of the Western Military District Artur Egiev spoke about this at a joint meeting of committees of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “From the very beginning of the North Military District, the military prosecutor’s office of the Western Military District constantly accompanies the troops and garrison prosecutor’s offices, and a field post prosecutor’s office was created,...

The regrouping of Russian troops in the Kherson region and in the liberated areas of the Zaporozhye region indicates Russia's intention to gain a foothold in these territories. Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, stated this on the air of the Radio Liberty project “Crimea.Realities”. “In the Kherson region, in the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, we see a strengthening that occurs as a result of the movement of troops from...

Russia has deployed a group of Terminator combat vehicles to the Severodonetsk direction, which are used to support tanks. The UK Ministry of Defense reported this on Twitter. “The Severodonetsk direction remains one of Russia’s immediate tactical priorities. However, with a maximum of ten Terminators in service, they are unlikely to have a significant impact on the campaign,” the report says. According to British intelligence, the presence of Terminators...

Russia’s most important adversary during the SVO in Ukraine is not the Ukrainian army, but Russia’s own inconsistency, command errors and political uncertainty regarding the final goals of the special operation. This opinion was expressed in his blog by a Ukrainian publicist with Donbass roots, Alexey Blyuminov. “Have you noticed that this strange war, for some reason called a “special operation”, is already in its third month, and the valiant...

The Russian army is numerous, so the military leadership of the Russian Federation has the opportunity to continue sending personnel to storm Ukrainian settlements. This opinion was expressed in an interview with the Kyiv publication UNN by Ukrainian military expert Sergei Grabsky. According to the expert, “our task is not to wait for the enemy’s resources to be exhausted, but to effectively resist.” A Kiev expert rates the mobilization reserve of the Armed Forces quite highly...

20 ships of the Russian Navy, including submarines, are now in the operational zone of the Black Sea. British military intelligence reports this. “Currently, there are about 20 Russian Navy ships, including submarines, in the Black Sea operational zone. The Bosphorus Strait remains closed to all non-Turkish warships, leaving Russia unable to replace the lost cruiser Moskva in...

The Black Sea Fleet and the Russian Aerospace Forces have a full range of weapons that eliminate any threat from Ukraine, especially from the modernized Soviet anti-ship missiles called Neptune. Vasily Dandykin, a member of the Expert Council of the All-Russian organization "Officers of Russia", a military expert, captain 1st rank, stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. “All missiles are formidable weapons, but missiles...

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will conduct 18,5 thousand various military exercises and training next year, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was announced on Tuesday by Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu at the department’s annual board meeting, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reports. “To prepare and conduct 18,5 thousand various exercises and trainings, including the strategic command and staff exercises “Center-2019” and exercises...

Russia, by stationing modern military formations on its borders, is forcing Kyiv to negotiate with the LDPR. Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoly Matios stated this on air on the Pryamoy TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the prosecutor, an offensive army is being built along the Russian-Ukrainian border. “There, powerfully, massively, monthly, personnel units and units, formations and other military formations are lined up, formed and deployed...

During the winter training period of the Armed Forces from December 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015, 886 exercises were conducted, including 260 interservice exercises, said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Almost 250 exercises took place over the past winter period. The increase in the number of trainings is associated with the situation in Ukraine and the increase in the number of NATO exercises in Eastern Europe. Subscribe...

Moscow - Kyiv, January 22 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - The Ukrainian side is not ready to withdraw heavy artillery from the contact line not only for political, but also for organizational reasons, since a number of volunteer battalions and units of the Ukrainian army are controlled not by Poroshenko, but by Kolomoisky, Vedomosti writes. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Despite the meeting of ministers in...

Moscow - Kiev, January 12 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - According to the head of the Lostvan project, cited by Novaya Gazeta, 24 Russian military personnel and 129 volunteers have been killed on the territory of Ukraine since August 146, 22 military personnel and 14 volunteers have been captured. “We have information about soldiers and officers of more than 30 military units and divisions...