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Media: Moscow urged Armenia to launch Iskander missiles on Azerbaijan during Nagorno-Karabakh war
Armenia launched at least one Iskander ballistic missile on Azerbaijani capital during the last armed clash in Nagorno-Karabakh, reported the publication Middle East Eye with a reference to a high-ranking official. The newspaper’s source said that the missile was fired in November last year, after a month and a half of heavy fighting. The source claims that the initiative to launch a missile at Baku came from Moscow. The Russians allegedly helped to carry out the launch, in an attempt to force …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: 50 Russian snipers currently operate in Donbas
Russian military snipers use the Donbas as a testing ground for Russia’s latest sniper weapons, reported Radio Liberty with reference to the Ukrainian General Military Intelligence Directorate.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russian military snipers have been fighting in the Donbas since 2016. These sniper units are usually accompanied by instructors from Russia.
According to the representative of the Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate, Vadim Skibitsky, about 50 snipers of …
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Turkey: Russian electronic warfare systems unable to counter Bayraktar drones
Turkey believes that Russian electronic warfare systems can not counter combat drones Bayraktar TB2.
Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar told the journalist during an interview that Russian electronic warfare systems will not be able to interfere with the work of Bayraktar TB2 even for one hour. Turkish drones "will always be able to stay in the air."
Earlier, Russia claimed that Russian Orion-E combat drone surpasses Turkish drones in some of its characteristics.
In March 2020, Ukraine tested first …
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Azerbaijani President: Russian peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh will end in 5 years
At a press conference on February 26, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that Russian military who is on a peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh, will leave in 5 years.
Aliyev noted that Russiam troops are in the territory that is wholly owned by Azerbaijan. He assured that the Russian mission in Nagorno-Karabakh will not last for decades.
"The term is 5 years, then, if everything is good, they will leave," Aliyev said.
He said that he would not allow the construction of foreign …
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Washington puts Putin’s friend Prigozhin on wanted list
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has put one of Putin’s closest associates, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, on a wanted list.
Prigozhin is informally known as "Putin's chef" because his companies provide food services for the Kremlin.
The FBI said that the reason for putting Prigozhin on a wanted list is "a conspiracy to defraud the United States." The FBI’s announcement was published in English, Russian and Ukrainian.
The FBI has offered a reward of up to 250,000 U.S. dollars for …