The Supreme Allied Commander of Europe and the Commander of the United States European Command, U.S. Army General Curtis Scaparrotti said that Russia may be helping the Islamist Taliban in Afghanistan, which is fighting against the U.S.-backed government.

At a hearing in the Senate Committee on Defense Forces, he said he saw evidence that Russia was stepping up efforts to influence the Taliban and, according to him, "perhaps even supply” this group, Radio Liberty reported. The general did not …

Russia’s TASS news agency reported that a snap check of combat readiness began on March 23rd in the Kantemirovskaya tank division in the Moscow region, where more than 1,000 servicemen are taking part. This was reported by the press service of the Western Military District.

"On March 23, a number of units of the Kantemirovskaya Tank Division of the Western Military District were brought to the highest degree of combat readiness. More than 1,000 servicemen and about 300 combat and special …

The Turkish Foreign Ministry told Sergey Panov, Russia’s charge d’affaires to the Foreign Ministry, of its “serious concern” over the death of a Turkish soldier as a result of shooting from the territory of Syria.

This was stated by Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Huseyin Muftuoglu, as reported by TASS.

“Yesterday, our soldier was killed as a result of the actions of a sniper. The shooting came from the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, where Russia is responsible for enforcing the …