Category: Army

Helicopter Mi-8 AMTSH “Terminator” © Yuri Smityuk/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, may 4. /TASS/. Aircraft of the Eastern military district (TSB) in Primorsky Krai and Transbaikal got a batch of new transport and attack helicopters Mi-8AMTSH “Terminator.”

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, may 4. /TASS/. The first rehearsal of air parade of aviation will take place on Friday morning over Moscow, told reporters in the defense Ministry.

© Nozim Kalandarov/TASS EKATERINBURG, on may 4. /TASS/. Exhibition of new and modernized samples of armament and military equipment will take place on Friday at Ekaterinburg during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Volga and Ural military districts. This was reported in the press service of the Central military district (CVO) in the territory of which housed these enterprises.

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS SOCHI, may 3. /TASS/. The decline in defense spending in Russia really exists, it is associated with the completion of the overall technological re-equipment of the Armed forces, but announced in the media figure of 20% is wrong. This was stated to journalists the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the publication, citing a report of the Stockholm Institute of peace studies, concluded that the costs of armament in Russia in 2017 decreased by 20% in dollar terms.

The MiG-31 with complex “Dagger” © AP Photo/ Russian Defense Ministry Press Service MOSCOW, may 3. /TASS/. The upgraded MiG-31K, equipped with the latest hypersonic missile complex “Dagger”, will take part in the Victory parade in Moscow.

The Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu © Vadim Savitsky/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, may 3. /TASS/. The state defense order for the year 2018 will amount to 1.5 trillion roubles, almost 70% of the funds will go towards the purchase of modern weapons, said Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. “The state defense order for the current year includes more than 3 thousand 700 jobs to the amount of 1.5 trillion rubles. Almost 70% of these funds will be used for the procurement of modern weapons and military equipment,” – said Shoigu at the selector meeting of the military Department on Thursday. He noted that at the moment has already signed contracts for almost 85% of the total allocated funds. “Overall, the rates of placement of the state defense order for the year 2018, higher than last year. However, until 15 may (the date of

© AP Photo/Hassan Ammar DUMA /Syria/ may 3. /TASS/. Complete the demining of the Syrian city of Duma, liberated from the militants of the extremist group “Jaish al-Islam”, will take up to three months. About it journalists were reported by the Russian Centre for reconciliation of the warring parties.

Su-25UB during a rehearsal for the aerial part of the Victory day parade at the Kubinka airfield © Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, April 30. /TASS/. Military aviation will take part in the parade dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war, in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In the remaining 26 cities, which will host festive events, planes and helicopters will not be involved, the interactive scheme of the parade published on the website of the defense Ministry.

© Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, April 30. /TASS/. The Ministry of defence of Russia has opened the official website section with interactive diagrams parades on Victory Day in 27 cities across the country, said Monday the press service of the defense Ministry.

Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov” © Lev Fedoseyev/TASS MOSCOW, April 30. /TASS/. The only Russian aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” in the course of modernization of armed Maritime anti-aircraft missile system long-range “Poliment-Redut”, reported TASS a source in the shipbuilding industry.