Category: Army

© Vitaly Nevar/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, September 22. /TASS/. Ships of Russia and China on Friday went to sea to participate in the active phase of international exercise “Sea interaction – 2017”, which will be held in the Japan and Okhotsk seas. About this informed the official representative of the Pacific fleet Vladimir Matveev. “Today, the Navy of the people’s liberation army of China and the Pacific fleet went to sea for carrying out the active phase of the exercises “Sea interaction – 2017”. The output of ships was preceded by intensive work in the headquarters of the unified management of the exercise “Sea cooperation – 2017″. The maps were played all the episodes of the exercises, the commanders of the ships reported to the leadership about the readiness of the crews to conduct maneuvers and their decisions,” he said.

© AP Photo MOSCOW, September 21. /TASS/. From areas on the Eastern Bank of the Euphrates, where the militant opposition to Damascus of Syria democratic Forces (SDS) and the special forces of the U.S. armed forces, Syrian forces twice opened fire from mortars and rocket artillery.

The official representative of the defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov © Sergey Bobylev/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, September 21. /TASS/. Russia informed the U.S. special channel of communication about the intention to stop attempts of attacks by Russian special forces and Syrian troops, the Syrian opposition militants.

© Vitaly Nevar/TASS MURMANSK, September 21. /TASS/. Naval strike group of the Northern fleet (SF) destroyed on the teachings of the six cruise missiles-targets. As reported on Thursday the press service of the Federation Council, the event was held in the framework of the teachings of diverse forces SF in the Barents sea with the participation of more than 5 thousand servicemen, more than 20 warships and 10 nuclear and diesel submarines.

© AP Photo/Hassan Ammar MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/. Three military special operations Forces were injured as a result of the breakthrough of the blockade in the area of de-escalation “Idlib”.

Russian military police in the city of Deir ez-Zor © AP Photo MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/. Militants “dzhebhat an-Nusra” (banned in the RF group) launched a large-scale offensive on the positions of Syrian troops in the area of de-escalation “Idlib” in order to disrupt the successful promotion of government troops near the Deir ez-Zor. This was announced on Wednesday by the chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation Sergey rudskoy.

© EPA-EFE/TATIANA ZENKOVICH MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/. Strategic exercises “West-2017” was completed on Wednesday at the sites of Russia and Belarus. The military of the two countries have fulfilled all the tasks.

© Vadim Savitsky/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/. The defense Ministry conducted a test launch of ICBM RS-24 “YARS” at the range on the Kamchatka Peninsula, all objectives met in full, told in the defense Ministry. “On the state test Plesetsk cosmodrome combat crews of the Yoshkar-Ola missile compound conducted a test launch of solid-fuel Intercontinental ballistic missiles [ICBMs] RS-24 “YARS” mobile home, equipped with MIRV warheads. Training combat units arrived at the specified area on the Kura testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula,” – said the Agency.

© Anton novoderezhkin/TASS POLYGON BOBRUISK /Belarus/, September 20. /TASS/. Russian servicemen who distinguished themselves in combat training tasks in the exercises “West-2017” on the territory of Belarus has been awarded the Belarusian military. About it reported in Department of information and mass communications of the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation.

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS SAINT PETERSBURG, September 20. /TASS/. A complex target environment was created for participants of the exercises “West-2017” at the site of Luga in the Leningrad region. This was announced by the head of the press service of the Western military district (ZVO) Colonel Igor Muginov.