Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles will be supplied to the Russian Navy in 2022, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the Defense  Ministry and defense industry.

"Tests of the sea-based Zircon hypersonic cruise missile are being completed. From next year, these missiles will begin to be delivered to the Russian Navy," Putin said.

Putin noted that during the tests, the missile hit both land and sea targets from an underwater and surface positions.

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On November 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin 4 will take part in a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, which will be held in the format of a video conference, the press service of the Kremlin reported.

During the meeting, it is planned to approve a "package of important integration documents". These are the "Main directions for the implementation of the provisions of the treaty on the creation of the Union State for 2021-2023", which include 28 sectoral programs, as …

Commander of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army, ex-MP, ex-leader of the right-wing Ukrainian nationalist political party and paramilitary movement Right Sector Dmytro Yarosh was appointed as an adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

"By order of Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny, I was appointed as an adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Thank you for your trust! Together we will win!", said Yarosh on his Facebook page.

Yarosh did not provide …

Russia has amassed near the Ukrainian border and in the Donbas about 90,000 troops, reported the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

"According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, at the beginning of November 2021, a group of troops with a total number of about 90 thousand people is deployed near our border and in the temporarily occupied territories," the statement of the Defense Ministry reads.

This includes the troops of the 8th, 20th armies of …

The Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) sees no obstacles to potential deliveries of the S-400 system to Belarus, said the director of the FSVTS, Dmitry Shugaev, in an interview with RBC news agency .

"After all, we live in one Union State. Naturally, we are not indifferent to how [Belarus’] airspace will be protected," he added.

When asked whether Russia can make a discount to Belarus on the S-400, he replied that "it is premature to talk in advance about some …

The movement of Russian military equipment in Russian territory is exclusively an internal affair of Russia, said Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on reports about the deployment of Russian troops to the Ukrainian border

"Russia has never threatened, threatens or posed a danger to anyone," Peskov said.

He added that Moscow is forced to take measures to ensure its own security "against the background of quite aggressive expansionist tendencies, especially from …

In the near future, Ukraine will begin a full-scale production of Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles, said in an interview with Radio Liberty Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar.

According to him,  Bayraktar production lines in Turkey are currently at full capacity and because of that the Turkish side is interested in opening a new plant for the production of drones.

Bodnar added that soon a center for the production and maintenance of Bayraktar drones, as well as a training center, …

The Ukrainian authorities are trying to draw Russia into hostilities in the Donbas, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on air of the TV channel "Russia 24".

"Yes, the escalation is obvious. Attempts to create a provocative situation, to cause some kind of response from the militia and, probably, to draw Russia into some forceful actions. This is noticeable, " Lavrov said.

“In particular, there is a “mysterious story" that Ukraine used a Bayraktar drone in the Donbas, bought from …