Category: Army

© AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File QUNEITRA /Syria/, 3 Aug. /TASS/. The units of the military police secured passage of a column of representatives of the United Nations to the foot of the Golan heights through Syrian territory for the first time since the beginning of the military conflict in the country since 2011. This was reported by the Deputy commander of the grouping of Russian troops in Syria, Lieutenant General Sergei Kurylenko.

© Marina Lystseva/TASS MOSCOW, August 3. /TASS/. Russian pilots five times a week rose to intercept and escort foreign aircraft near the borders of the Russian Federation.

Fighter-bomber su-34 © Yuri Smityuk/TASS TASS, August 3. Aerobatics in the multi-purpose fighter-bomber su-34 will show in Lipetsk military pilots in Novosibirsk at the celebration of the 105th anniversary of the birth three times Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Pokryshkin. As told reporters in the defense Ministry, large-scale air show, dedicated to this date will be held on 4 August.

© Alexander Ryumin/TASS POLYGON DOBROVICI /Ryazan region/, August 3. /TASS/. The main stage of the international competition “Aviadarts-2018” shooting at the site of Dobrovice in the Ryazan region and the airdrops on the accuracy kicks off on Friday, told reporters in the press center of the competition.

Square al-Tahrir in the liberated city of Quneitra, Syria © EPA-EFE/YOUSSEF BADAWI MOSCOW, August 2. /TASS/. Syrian troops backed by Russian space forces completely destroyed the terrorists in the provinces of as-Suwayda, daraa and Quneitra. On Thursday the chief of the Main operational Directorate of the General staff of the Russian Armed forces Colonel-General Sergey rudskoy.

© Nozim Kalandarov/TASS TASS, 2 Aug. The commander of the Central military district Alexander Lapin examines anti-terrorism security located in Tajikistan, the 201st Russian military base. On Thursday the head of the press service of the district Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Shorin.

Landing BMD-2 with the personnel on the exercise of the 76th Guards airborne-assault division of VDV, 2010 © Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation/TASS No army in the world still can’t do it again. Dropping military equipment with the crew inside is a very dangerous and complex process, each step in detail described in the instructions and special documents. Even experienced skydivers airborne troops (VDV) pass a special training course is a serious selection for medical reasons. Drop pod the crew also prepares himself fighting vehicle, puts the canopy, checks the health of all nodes and their reliability.

© Yuri Smityuk/TASS ROSTOV-ON-DON, August 2. /TASS/. Staff of missile brigade, stationed in the Kuban region, raised the alarm during tactical exercises with the use of operational-tactical missile complexes (PTRC) “Iskander – M”. This was announced by the head of the press service of the southern military district Vadim Astafyev.

© Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, August 2. /TASS/. The Ministry of defence of Russia has made the day of the airborne troops made public the unique historical documents about the creation and formation of this kind of troops, which many experts consider to be the most efficient. About TASS reported the press service of the Russian defense Ministry

© Press-service of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation/TASS, archive MOSCOW, August 2. /TASS/. Airborne troops (VDV), said on Thursday the 88th anniversary of the Foundation. As told reporters in the defense Ministry, on August 2 in Moscow, and also in many cities of the country will be held festive celebrations, various events for children and youth, and also demonstration performances of paratroopers.