Category: Army

© TASS HOMS /SYRIA/, January 9. The Russian military continues to train sappers to demine the liberated from terrorists areas of Syria. Under the accelerated learning programme prepared 93 specialists from the Syrian military. About it the correspondent of TASS from the ceremony for the graduation of the trainees to the International mine action centre. Specially designed Russian military training program allows us to prepare specialists for mine clearance in the shortest possible time. “Here in the center they (Syrian troops – approx. TASS) during the month completed the training program on cleaning the area from explosive objects. We held them for practical and theoretical study of the means of search and detection of explosive subjects. Also for the destruction of ammunition. This knowledge they will continue to use in practice”, – told reporters the head of the branch of the International anti-mine centre guard Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Bagrov.

© Vadim Savitsky/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, January 8. /TASS/. The Russian military on Thursday successfully repelled the attack of armed drones to the base Hamim and the point of logistics of the Navy in Tartus. Casualties and damage in the attack there, said on Monday the defense Ministry.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin © Alexander Demyanchuk/TASS MOSCOW, January 8. /TASS/. The operational headquarters to ensure the sustainable development of the military-industrial complex in the projected strengthening of anti-Russian sanctions appeared in the Russian Military-industrial Commission (VPK) of the Russian Federation. This was announced on Monday, Vice-Premier of Russia Dmitry Rogozin. “Board MIC formed an operational headquarters to ensure the sustainable development of the defense industry and stable performance GOZ [state defence order] with the projected strengthening of the illegal US sanctions against Russian defense companies”, – Rogozin wrote in his Twitter. “The headquarters will be headed by the Chairman of the Board of MIC Oleg Bochkarev,” – said Deputy Prime Minister.

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, January 6. /TASS/. Various national and regional dishes included in the Christmas menu army canteens of the Central military district (CVO) is, in particular, borscht, Siberian dumplings in Uralsky, rice and Georgian chakhokhbili, told reporters on Saturday the official representative of the CVO Jaroslav Roshchupkin.

Fighter su-30CM © Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, January 6. /TASS/. The flights of Russian su-30SM 23 November and 13 December 2017 over the Baltic sea took place in accordance with international rules of airspace use, their route was agreed with the organs of air traffic control. This was reported on Saturday the press service of the defense Ministry.

Radar type “Voronezh” in the Leningrad region © Yuri Ivanov/TASS MOSCOW, January 5. /TASS/. Space forces of the Russian Federation found all missile launches in the area of responsibility of the warning system missile attack Russia. This was reported in the press service of the defense Ministry. “In the framework of combat duty in 2017, the duty means of the Russian system of missile warning, specialized equipment systems and space surveillance and missile defense was discovered more than 60 launches of foreign and domestic ballistic missiles and space rockets”, – explained in the defense Ministry.

© Ekaterina Shtukina/press service of the Russian government/TASS MOSCOW, January 4. /TASS/. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the staff of the experimental design Bureau “Innovator” with the 70th anniversary of the company. Congratulatory telegram published Thursday on the government website.

BPK “Admiral Panteleev” © Yuri Smityuk/TASS SHANGHAI, January 4. /Offset. TASS Ivan Kargapoltsev/. A detachment of ships of the Pacific fleet (PF) as part of the big anti-submarine ship (BPK) “Admiral Panteleev” and the big sea tanker “Boris Butoma” concluded on Thursday a three-day unofficial visit to Shanghai and headed for Vladivostok. This was reported by the correspondent of TASS in the Russian General Consulate in Shanghai.

The Base Hamim © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, January 4. /TASS/. Two soldiers were killed on 31 December as a result of mortar shelling of the air base Hamim in Syria. This was reported on Thursday in the Ministry of defence. “31 December 2017 with the onset of night time airfield Hamim has undergone a sudden mortar attack mobile sabotage groups of militants. In result of firing two soldiers were killed”, – stated in the message.

Nuclear submarine of strategic purpose “Yury Dolgoruky” © EPA/ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL SEVEROMORSK, 4 Jan. /TASS/. The Northern fleet performed in 2017 213 of the missile firings, two ballistic missile submarines, the press service of the fleet.