Category: Army

Soldier of the Syrian army © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, January 21 /TASS/. Syrian army and militia units completed the encirclement of a large group of the terrorist organization “dzhebhat an-Nusra” (banned in Russia – approx. TASS) in the East, Idlib province, as well as gangs released from the aerodrome Abu Duhur, said Sunday the Ministry of defense of Russia. “Assault troops of Syrian government troops, under the command of General Hassan Suhel, advancing along the road of Hama – Aleppo they joined the people’s militia units in the area of human settlements Herbet El-Ghajar and Rasmi al-Harmal. Thus completed the encirclement of a large group of the terrorist organization “dzhebhat an-Nusra” in the Eastern part of Idlib province”, – stated in the message.

The building of the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation © Sergey Karpov/TASS MOSCOW, January 20. /TASS/. The United States under false pretenses initially suspended and now has stopped the destruction of their chemical weapons. This was stated in the defense Ministry on Saturday, commenting on the words of the representative of the state Department that Russia is allegedly trying to protect “the Assad regime continues to use chemical weapons”.

© AP Photo MOSCOW, January 20. /TASS/. The operational group of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties and military police deployed from the area of Afrin in the district of tel-Adjara in Syria in the beginning of the Turkish operation. This was reported on Saturday at the defense Ministry.

Chief of the Myanmar Armed forces senior General Min Aung Hlain and the Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu © Vadim Savitsky/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS Nay Pyi Taw /Myanmar/, January 20. /TASS/. Intergovernmental agreement on a simplified procedure of calling of the military ships in the ports of Russia and Myanmar signed Saturday after talks between Russian defense Minister army General Sergei Shoigu and chief of the Armed forces of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar senior General Min Aung by Klinom. Signatures under the document was signed by Deputy defense Minister Lieutenant-General Alexander Fomin and Deputy defence Minister of Myanmar commander Myint rear Admiral HBe. When signing the agreement it was noted that the document will serve to expand bilateral military cooperation. The plan of bilateral cooperation As said Shoigu, Russia and Myanmar will implement an ambitious plan of bilateral military

© TASS DAMASCUS, January 20. /TASS/. Russian military from the Center for reconciliation of the warring parties (TSPVS) in the Syrian Arab Republic carried out a humanitarian evacuation of residents from Eastern ghouta. In the night from Friday to Saturday together with Syrian Arab Red Crescent, they have helped to take another 10 people from the opposition-controlled village of Duma, among taken three children, who were hospitalized urgently, the correspondent of TASS from the event. Evacuated from Eastern ghouta Syrians announced that the civilian population in this area of de-escalating fast. The militants of the armed opposition impede the transition of people in areas controlled by government forces the districts to preserve the remnants of its authority over other groups.

© Vitaly Nevar/TASS MOSCOW, January 19. /TASS/. Some of the equipment from the composition of the regimental kit anti-aircraft missile system s-400 “Triumph”, sent to China under contract in 2014, returned to Russia from-for damages during a storm. On Friday reported TASS the press service of the Federal service for military-technical cooperation (FSMTC of Russia).

© Russian defense Ministry/TASS In 2017, for service and supply of the engineering troops of Russia was adopted on 18 modern tools. Among them complete sets of diving equipment, military cranes, power plants, mobile saw-mill, kits equipment of checkpoints, engineer observation posts. Since 2013 there is a formation of the army’s engineer regiments are planned to be completed by 2021. As stated by the newspaper “Izvestia” head of the engineering troops of the armed forces Lieutenant-General Yuri Stavitsky, the main directions are construction troops and equipping them with the latest, including robotic engineering samples of weapons. 19 already formed formations, units and organizations of similar profile. It is expected this year to take on the supply of the robot-sapper “Uranium-6” and managed systems “scarab” and “Sphere”, which passed approbation in the course of the operation in Syria.

Combat automated system “Soratnik” © Artyom Korotayev/TASS MOSCOW, January 19. /TASS/. Combat automated system (BAS) “Associate” experienced in the conditions approached to fighting at a temperature above 30 degrees Celsius. On Friday, the TASS reported the press service of the concern “Kalashnikov” (included in rostec) which creates these machines.

© Marina Lystseva/TASS MOSCOW, January 19. /TASS/. Russian aircraft six times per week rose to intercept foreign aircraft, just exploration at the borders of the Russian Federation were 12 foreign aircraft. Such data are the Ministry of defence leads on January 19 the newspaper “Red star”. As noted in the infographic, violations of its airspace was not allowed.

Mobile ground missile complex “YARS” © Vladimir Smirnov/TASS MOSCOW, January 18. /TASS/. Missile regiments, equipped with complexes “YARS”, began combat duty in field positions as part of the teachings in the Novosibirsk region. This was announced by the Department of information and mass communications of the Russian defense Ministry.