Category: Army

© Ladislav Karpov/TASS MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/. Holding “Helicopters of Russia” (included in GC rostec) to the end of the year will sign the first export contract for the supply of the latest multi-purpose helicopter Mi-171A2, and plans to certify the easy helicopter “Ansat” in Brazil. About it on Monday have informed in a press-service of the holding. They said that this statement was made General Director of holding Andrey Boginsky in the forum “Trade and industrial dialogue: Russia – Mexico”.

Fighting calculations of antiaircraft rocket complexes With-400 “Triumph” © Vitaly Nevar/TASS MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/. Concern “Almaz-Antey” was transferred to the Ministry of defense of Russia, the second in 2017 regimental kit anti-aircraft missile system s-400 “Triumph”. About it on Monday have informed in the press service of the concern.

© AP Photo/ Gabriel Chaim MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/. Combat aircraft United States and the coalition Raqqa bombed like Dresden during the Second world war. The operation to liberate the city from the terrorists of the “Islamic state” (IG, an organization banned in Russia) killed thousands of innocent Syrians, said on Sunday the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia major-General Igor Konashenkov.

The Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu © Mikhail Metzel/TASS BELGRADE, 20 Oct. /TASS/. Russia has fulfilled the promise to deliver to Serbia six MiG-29 on the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade from Nazi invaders, said the Russian defense Minister, army General Sergei Shoigu on Friday at a meeting with defense Minister of Serbia Aleksandar by Volnym. “In August, when you were in Moscow, I promised that for this holiday, the aircraft will be in Belgrade. Aircraft in Belgrade. I’m sure they will serve as a reliable shield and the guarantor of the independence and security of Serbia” – said Shoigu. Six MiG-29 selected by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Earlier it was reported that six MiG-29 flew from Russia to Serbia in early October. Big plans Also Shoigu said that Russia and Serbia has big plans for military and military-technical cooperation. “In accordance with the

Fireworks at Poklonnaya Gora, dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war © Sergey Bobylev/press service of the defense Ministry/TAS Volley, second, third — and over Moscow, there are huge flowers. Yellow, green, red. Over the Kremlin, on the Cathedral, on the waterfront, in residential areas. Celebratory fireworks in the capital usually do not last longer than ten minutes. These moments — months 449-th separate guards salute battalion of Western military district. It was in honor of the national holidays brighten the sky over Moscow. On 21 October the division is 50 years old. “This is not entertainment, and the military ritual” Colored lights in the sky — it’s fireworks. Their unprofessional, unsafe and not so beautiful — can suit anyone. Fireworks is artillery fire. What to do in Moscow on May 9 or February 23 in honor of the inauguration of the President, is

The official representative of the defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov © Press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. The state Department for the first time confirmed not only the presence but also the use of terrorists in Syria of chemical weapons. This was stated on Friday the official representative of the defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov, commenting on the publication of the American foreign Ministry. “The U.S. Department of state on their official site was updated with a very important statement, explaining why American citizens undesirable to come to Syria, especially in Idlib. The text describes in detail that in this province there is a terrorist group “Hayat Tahrir al-sham” associated with “al-Nusra Dzhebhat” (banned in Russia as a terrorist organization – approx. TASS), which uses “small and heavy weapons, improvised explosive devices and chemical weapons.” I want to note that this is the first

© Yuri Smityuk/TASS MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. The detachment of Pacific fleet ships arrived in the capital of the Philippines – Manila. About this informed the head of Department of information support a press-services VVO on Pacific fleet Nikolay Voskresenskiy.

© Vadim Grishanin/Office of the press service and information Ministry of defense of Russia/TASS MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. Air and space forces (VKS) Russia destroyed for a week in Syria more than 1.2 thousand objects of international terrorist groups, having made more than 400 sorties. This was reported in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda on Friday. From the infographic published, it follows that aerial reconnaissance along the Russian border were 16 aircraft in other countries. “Violations of the airspace of the Russian Federation is not allowed”, – stated in the message Department. It is noted that to date, approximately 92.6% of Syria liberated from the militants of banned terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG).

© Russian defense Ministry MOSCOW, 19 Oct. /TASS/. Anti-aircraft missile systems s-300V air defense (PVO) of the Western military district (ZVO) conducted combat launches at Kapustin Yar in the Astrakhan region. About it reported in a press-service of the district.

Fighter-bomber su-34 © Yuri Smityuk/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, October 19. /TASS/. Bomber unit of the army, air force and air defense of the Eastern military district (TSB) in Khabarovsk Krai received new batch of modern multipurpose fighter-bombers su-34, reports the press service of BBO.