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Commander of Russian 'little green men' in Crimea will be new commander of Russian airborne troops
The Russian Defense Ministry appointed Lieutenant-General Andrey Serdyukov as commander of Russian airborne troops, Izvestia reports.
According to the publication, the 53-year-old General held all command positions, and also led a special operation in the Crimea in the spring of 2014. The submission on the appointment of Serdyukov has been sent to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
“Currently, the decision on the appointment of Andrey Serdyukov has already been made by the Ministry of …
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Polish Defense Minister: Russia's aggression against Ukraine is a 'clash of civilizations'
Poland’s Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz, believes that Russia's aggression towards Ukraine, terrorism and the migration crisis are all elements of a clash of civilizations.
According to Interia news agency, he said this addressing the participants of an international conference in Washington.
The news agency reported that Macierewicz has not ruled out the possibility that Moscow supports the Islamic terrorists’ plans to destabilize the West.
He stressed that the “collision …
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Media: Russia has spent more than $900 million on military operations in Syria
According to the calculations of the RBC news portal, Russian military activities in Syria over the past year cost the Russian budget no less than $900 million. Most of the funds, were spent on 13,000 aircraft flights and towards launches of Kalibr cruise missiles, 56 of which have been launched in the past year.
During the past year of hostilities, Russia lost one Su-24 aircraft, shot down by the Turkish Air Force, and three helicopters (Mi-8, Mi-28N and Mi-35).
Maintenance of Russian …
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Lavrov refuses to apologize for MH17
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, didn’t bother to apologize for the crash of a Malaysian Boing airliner in 2014 or the death of the passengers of flight MH17, ВВС reports.
An English journalist, Stephen Sackur, suggested Lavrov apologize for what happened in the Donbas.
“Apologize for what?” Lavrov asked and added that Moscow intended to wait for the final results of the investigation as it is not yet complete.
The Minister also stated that “a hundred names” appear in the …
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Russia is developing a autonomous missile system to deploy in the Arctic
Russia is developing a fully autonomous missile system for deployment in the Arctic, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, Colonel-General Oleg Salyukov, RIA Novosti reported.
“In order to ensure defense in the Arctic region and the Far North... the fully autonomous short-range air defense system Thor M2DT is being developed, which will be adapted to the particularly harsh climatic conditions and capable of performing combat missions in extremely low temperatures …