Contents tagged with Russia
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Human rights activists: Russia used napalm bombs during air strikes in Syria
Human rights activists accuse the Russian air force of bombing the Syrian city of Arbin, killing 37 civilians, Deutsche Welle reports.
According to a twitter post by the Syrian humanitarian organization White Helmets on Friday, March 23, napalm bombs were used during the attack. The majority of victims were women and children, the activists noted.
The White Helmets have repeatedly reported in recent days on the bombings committed by Russian aircraft in the Idlib area.
The Syrian Observatory …
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Russia to dispose of Topol ballistic missiles
Russian state-owned corporation Roscosmos has posted an online public procurement application for the disposal of nine intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) Topol RS- 12M. The maximum contract price is 9.78 million rubles ($170,000 USD).
Lot includes the disposal of the missile parts, sale of the obtained materials and disposal of illiquid waste. The contractor must have a valid license for the dismantling of military equipment, the Russian Armed Forces security clearance with access to …
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NATO calls on Russia to answer all questions in Skripal case
Russia must respond to all the United Kingdom’s questions regarding the incident of the poisoning of former GRU (Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate) colonel Sergei Skripal in the British town of Salisbury, as stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after discussions with the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš.
In particular, he urged Russia to disclose the details of its chemical program since the Soviet Union era.
"We call on Russia to answer all the questions …
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German experts: Nearly all Putin’s weapons still on drawing board
Germany’s Federal Academy for Security Policy has analyzed the capabilities of the Russian army.
According to Deutche Welle, following the poisoning of former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal in the UK, Germany has begun talking about “the threat of a real war, not a cold war”.
Out of all the new strategic weapons showcased by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Berlin believes that the RS-28 Sarmat inter-continental ballistic missile is the only item which really exists at present. The missile can …
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Ukraine puts air force on high combat readiness as Russian warplanes approach its borders
On Thursday, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine observed provocative actions by Russian Aerospace Forces for the second time in March, as reported on Facebook by the Air Force Command.
“Fighter and bomber aircraft of the aggressor country carried out flights from the Shaikivka, Krymsk and Belbek airfields and closely approached the Ukrainian border, the line of delimitation between the mainland of Ukraine and the Crimea; they came within 40 km of the shoreline of the Black Sea, and …
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US-led coalition strikes Syrian and Russian forces in Deir ez-Zor
Dozens of Syrian Army soldiers, Iranian-backed militias, and Russian military came under bombardment by the US-Led coalition on Thursday in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, reports the Euphrates Post, citing its sources.
According to Euphrates Post, in Thursday’s attack, the second in the past few weeks, a large number of armored vehicles and tanks of the Syrian Forces were destroyed.
It is reported that Syrian Armed Forces and allied militias crossed to the east bank of the Euphrates …
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Ukraine tightens entry conditions for Russians
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has brought into effect a ruling by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) from March 1, 2018, which tightens the conditions for Russian citizens to enter Ukraine, as announced on the president’s official website.
The ruling envisages the creation of a mechanism to carry out a preliminary check on the reasons for entering Ukraine. Citizens from the list of migration risk countries, and Russia especially, will have to inform the Ukrainian …
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Russia restricts the entry of trucks at Ukrainian border
Russia has restricted the entry of trucks through the checkpoints in the Belgorod and Voronezh regions at the border with Ukraine due to software failure, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports.
As a result, "a backlog of freight vehicles" is recorded. There were 45 trucks at the checkpoint in the Kharkiv region, and in the Sumy region, there were 35 trucks.
A similar incident occurred in mid-February. At that time, more than a hundred trucks accumulated at the border of Russia’s …
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Russia says UK authorities 'staged' poisoning of Skripal
The Russian Ministry of the Interior said that UK authorities themselves may have “staged” the attack on former intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who were poisoned in Salisbury.
This was stated by the director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Ermakov, reported Nastoyashaya Vremya.
“Here, elementary logic suggests only two possible options: the British authorities either are not able to provide protection …
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Russian and US army chiefs of staff discuss situation in Syria
Russian Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces General Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces General Joseph Dunford discussed Syria in a telephone conversation and agreed to continue contact, reported the Russian Defense Ministry.
“On March 21, a telephone conversation took place between the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, the First Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Valery …
