Category: Army

© Russian defense Ministry KALININGRAD, December 8. /Offset. TASS Vladimir Oakshaw/. Patrol ship (frigate) “Admiral Makarov” has tested its weapons on the Baltic sea. On Thursday, spokesman of the fleet Roman Martov.

© Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP MOSCOW, December 8. /TASS/. The defense Ministry denied reports about the preliminary causes of the crash of the su-33 when landing on the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” in the Mediterranean sea. About it reported in Department.

Fighter su-30CM © Marina Lystseva/TASS The Russian army is filled up by a modern multi-role fighters su-30CM. This spring, the squadron of eight planes was formed on the black sea fleet in the Crimea, in the autumn two cars got fighter wing in the Rostov region. Recently the party “thirties” gave some Maritime assault regiment of the Russian Navy in the North of the country. In 2017 fighters armed with Naval aviation in the Baltic. It is planned that in the framework of the state defense order until 2018 aerospace forces (VKS) will receive more than 30 aircraft of this type.

© Alexander Elistratov/TASS, archive MOSCOW, December 8. /TASS/. Troops of the two battalions of special purpose (Bspn) “East” and “West” the defense Ministry, stationed in the Chechen Republic will go to protect the Russian air base in Syria Hamim. About it writes on Thursday the newspaper “Izvestia” with reference to informed sources in the defense Ministry.

Su-30CM © TASS KALININGRAD , December 7. /Offset. TASS Alexander Arkhipov/. New su-30SM will go into service of naval aviation of the Baltic fleet in the framework of the state defense orders for 2017, the first aircraft will arrive on 8 December at the airport in the city of Chernyakhovsk near Kaliningrad. About it reported in a press-service of the fleet.

© Alexander Ryumin/TASS, archive SOCHI, December 7. /TASS/. The organizers of the World military games in Russia to 2017 suggested to the military Council of the variants of holding of the relay is symbolic of the fire, told reporters the head of Department of physical training and sports of the Russian Armed forces Colonel Oleg Botsman. From 5 to 8 December in Sochi hosted the last inspection visit of the Commission of the International military sports Council (CISM) under the leadership of the Secretary-General Colonel Doraha Mumby of Koit. Within its framework representatives of the International military sports Council and the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation inspected sports facilities and infrastructure of Sochi, is involved in carrying out III winter World military games in 2017. Two options of lighting the fire “We proposed to the military Council, the President of CISM, to study and to consider the question

© Konstantin Leifer/TASS MOSCOW, December 7. /TASS/. Sappers demining group International, mine action centre of the armed forces have started demining liberated from the militants of the Eastern part of the Syrian city of Aleppo. About this informed the TV channel “Russia 24”.

© Mustafa Sultan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images MOSCOW, December 7. /TASS/. Russian Colonel Ruslan Galitsky died in hospital as a result of wounds received during the shelling by militants of the “opposition” of one of the residential neighborhoods in Western part of Aleppo, said the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation.

© Valery sharifulin/TASS 7 December 2016, the defense Ministry said that the hospital died a Colonel of the armed forces of the Russian Federation Ruslan Galitsky received in Aleppo, Syria wounded in the shelling by militants of the “opposition” of one of the residential blocks West of the city. The Colonel was executed in Syria tasks in a group of Russian military advisers. Ruslan Galitsky is represented by the command to a high state award posthumously. With this incident, and combat loss of personnel and equipment of the Armed forces (AF) of the Russian Federation during the military operations in Syria amounted to a total of 21 people, three helicopters (two Mi-8 and one Mi-28N) and one aircraft (su-24). What about those killed in the Syrian troops at the TASS. Fedor Zhuravlev Died November 19, 2015 during a combat mission in Syria. The officer provided guidance cruise missile air-launched against

© EPA/ALI MUSTAFA MOSCOW, December 7. /TASS/. Killed in Syria, the Russian Colonel Ruslan Galitsky will be presented to the state award posthumously. “There really is a representation (the state awards) if I’m not mistaken, there already was, or will be sent, – said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. – Presentation to the President, and the President signs the corresponding decree”.