The sailing vessel “Sedov” sailed from Kaliningrad to the first training flight navigation of 2018

© Lev Fedoseyev/TASS KALININGRAD, April 29. /TASS/. The world’s largest four-masted sailing ship “Sedov” was published on Sunday in the first training flight navigation of 2018 from the port Light near Kaliningrad. This was reported by TASS Irina Obraztsova – the head of the press service of the Baltic state fishing fleet Academy (BGA), which may 2017 has operated the ship.

Russian pilots for a week 10 times rose to intercept foreign aircraft

MOSCOW, April 27. /TASS/. Russian pilots ten times per week rose to intercept and escort foreign aircraft near the borders of the Russian Federation. Such data of the Ministry of defense brings in a Friday newspaper “Red star”. According to the infographic, published in the edition, aerial reconnaissance along the borders of Russia were 17 foreign aircraft. According to the data posted on the newspaper’s website, “violations of the airspace of the Russian Federation is not allowed”.

Missile cruiser “Varyag” in the sea of Japan destroyed an air target using SAM “Fort”

Guards missile cruiser (GRKR) “Varyag” © Yuri Smityuk/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, April 26. /TASS/. Guards missile cruiser of the Pacific fleet (TOF) “the Vikings” on Thursday at the exercises in the sea of Japan destroyed an aerial target with anti-aircraft missile complex (ZRK) “the Fort”. This was reported by the official representative TOF the captain of the second rank Nikolai Voskresensky.

Work on the “Admiral Kuznetsov” will begin in may

The Aircraft Carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” © Lev Fedoseyev/TASS ST. PETERSBURG, April 25. /TASS/. Work on avianese the cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov” will begin in may, the ship will get in the course of modernization a new air defense system, in particular, the “Pantsir-M”. This was reported to journalists by the Deputy commander of the Navy rear Admiral Victor bursuk.

The General staff of the armed forces: Syrian air defense shot down 46 rockets, released April 14 in Damascus and its suburbs

The chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of the Russian Armed forces Colonel-General Sergey rudskoy © Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS MOSCOW, April 25. /TASS/. Syrian air defense forces (PVO) was down 46 cruise missiles, the US and its allies launched in the direction of Damascus and its environs on April 14. This was at the briefing on Wednesday said the chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of the RF armed forces, Colonel-General Sergey rudskoy.

The General staff of the armed forces: Syria, which hit the United States and its allies, it was not chemical weapons

The chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of the Russian Armed forces Colonel-General Sergey rudskoy © Vadim Savitsky/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, April 25. /TASS/. On objects in Syria, which hit the United States and its allies, no weapons, was taken from that sample confirmed it, said Wednesday at a briefing head of the main operations Directorate of the General staff of armed forces Colonel-General Sergey rudskoy. “The first object is a scientific research center “Burza” on the outskirts of Damascus In 2017 in the specified laboratories of the research center of the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons inspections, their results confirmed the absence of any activities related to the development and manufacturing of toxic substances, the Second object is the underground storage, “Chem Shiner” in HOMS province, chemical weapons at the facility were never developed and are