In September, Russia submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations in connection with the remarks regarding the US presidential candidate Donald Trump, as well as leading politicians of some European countries. This was announced on Friday, October 7th.

According to Russian representatives, these remarks were made by some senior officials of the United Nations. The complaint emphasizes an "extraordinary relationship between the candidate of the Republican Party and the Kremlin,” the …

Russia placed new anti missile systems on combat duty in the Crimea and continues to update the Black Sea Fleet with new ships, aircraft and equipment, as reported by the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Defense Ministry. 

“A regiment of S-400 missile systems and Pantsir-S air-defense missile systems were placed on combat duty in the Crimea,” the statement reads.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla plan to add …

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the deployment of Iskander missile systems to Kaliningrad region. According to TASS news agency the statement was made by the official representative from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Igor Konashenkov.

Previously, this transfer was reported by Western media, including references to US intelligence.

The general said that the Defense Ministry did not make the transfer of Iskanders a secret. “Nobody made a big secret out of the …

An active roll-call of staff has started in the Latvian National Armed Forces, as well as strengthened surveillance of the Latvian border and airspace. The reason for this is the high activity from the Russian army in the vicinity of the Baltic States, Delfi reports, referring to the Ministry of Defense of Latvia.

Over the past three days, planes from the Russian Air Force were identified near the border of Latvia: Su-24 tactical bombers, Su-27 multipurpose fighters, as well as an An-26 …

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Moscow has long shown a “strategic patience” towards Washington, but now there have been fundamental changes in relations between Russia and the U.S., RIA Novosti reported.

During an interview with Channel One, Lavrov was asked to comment on whether the U.S. had missed an opportunity to improve relations with Russia.

“This is, in my opinion, a fact,” Lavrov responded.

“We have, to be honest, for a long time we have shown the Americans ‘ …

Representatives from the Syrian opposition have called on the European Union to impose sanctions against Russia for the use of high-tech weapons, including the bunker-buster bombs that it uses against the civilian population in eastern Aleppo, a senior member of the opposition Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC), Bassma Kodmani, said.

“The EU should immediately introduce targeted sanctions against Russian officials and companies that are directly involved in the uncontrolled attacks …

The first armored vehicle equipped with autopilot has been tested and is ready to join the ranks of the Ukrainian military equipment, reported the press-service of the manufacturer, Ukrainian factory KrAz.

The first Ukrainian unmanned vehicle was created from the KrAZ Spartan armored vehicle and equipped with autopilot. The autopilot sensors include thermal imaging with automatic targeting systems, all-sky camera, front and rear radar for detecting obstacles, a rangefinder and a capacitive …

Ukraine is developing a Grom-2 (Thunder) system which will be “a close analogue” to the Russian Iskander. This was reported by the LIGA.News Ukrainian agency.

“This system,in fact, is a close analogue to the Russian Iskander. It is being created through the efforts of the state-owned enterprise Pivdenmash,” the news agency said.

The initially planned maximum firing range was 300 km, with the possibility of extending it to 500 km. However, currently th system is being designed with the ability …