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Conflict Intelligence Team reported on deaths of two Russian servicemen in Syria
The Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) has discovered that two more Russian servicemen were killed in Syria, RBC reported. The CIT is a group of indepedent investigators.
The CIT reported that Russian officers Oleg Arkhireev and Maxim Sorochenko are buried in the Solnechnogorsk cemetery. Their deaths, which occurred during Russia’s campaign in Syria, were confirmed by relatives and comrades-in-arms.
Captain Maxim Sorochenko died on the 19th of November 2015, but the circumstances surrounding …
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Lithuanian Defense Minister: Russia wants to sow discord in NATO with its proposal about flights over the Baltic
According to Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas, Russia wants to sow discord among NATO states with its proposal for the safety of aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea, Postimees reported.
"There an attempt [to apply] ‘divide and rule’ could be made,'' Olekas said.
According to the Minister, the issue of flights of Russian aircraft with transponders turned on should be decided not on the bilateral level but on the international. "I think that their [proposals] should be discussed in …
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The US may tighten sanctions on Russia
If aggression against Ukraine escalates, sanctions against Russia will be tightened. American policy regarding the Crimea will not be reconsidered no matter who wins the presidential elections in the USA. Such statements were made in Kyiv by a delegation from the US Congress.
The US Congress is ready to increase the price that the Kremlin will have to pay if aggression against Ukraine continues. Such a message has been brought to Kyiv by the Delegation of American legislators. Although the …
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Russian MoD: Russia and Armenia may soon establish joint military force
Rossiyskaya Gazeta, commenting on the visit of Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu to Armenia, wrote that after the meeting of the Defense Ministers of Armenia and Russia in Yerevan, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said that Moscow and Yerevan may soon reach an agreement on the establishment of a group of joint military forces, Radio Azatutyun reported.
The Press Secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan said in an interview with Radio Libery that …
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Ukrainian Ministry of Defense: Russia sent portable flamethrowers to the Donbas
A shipment of portable Bumblebee flamethrowers (RPO-A Shmel) and ammunition was delivered from Russia for the divisions of the Russian 100th separate motorized rifle brigade operating in the Donbas in the areas of Pesky and Marinka, as reported by the Chief Directorate of the Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on their Facebook page.
According to the information provided by Ukrainian Intelligence, training sessions for the separatists on the operation of the flamethrowers have …