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Russia begins withdrawal of troops from T4 airbase in Syria
Russia has begun withdrawal of its military from the T4 airbase, which is located in Tiyas, Homs Province, reported Telegram-channel "The Military Observer" with reference to local media.
T4 is the largest airbase in Syria. In addition to the Russian military, the airbase is home to Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps units and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters. There is no information whether Iranian and Hezbollah forces are also leaving the airbase. The T4 airbase has been regularly …
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Russia sounds alarm over Ukraine’s possible use of Turkish Bayraktar drones in Donbas
The Kremlin is concerned about the fact that the Ukrainian army could use Turkish combat drones Bayraktar TB2 against pro-Russian militants in the Donbas, said the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Alexei Yerkhov, reports the Turkish news agency Hurriyet.
Yerkhov said that, according to Russian experts, the Turkish combat drones Bayraktar TB2 will turn into a "tool of superiority" if the Ukrainian army uses them against the Russian military and mercenaries in the Donbas.
Yerkhov stressed that the …
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Media: several Russian mercenaries killed by rebels in Central African Republic
Rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) killed several Russian mercenaries from the private military company the Wagner Group and took another hostage, reported the local newspaper Corbeau News citing a source.
According to the source, the Russian mercenaries together with the CAR soldiers dismantled an fence, which was earlier built by the rebels. A fire fight broke out because of that, during which Russian mercenaries were killed.
The newspaper notes that the Russian mercenaries are …
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Lavrov: Russia's relations with EU started to deteriorate after Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity
After talks with his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the deterioration of relations between Russia and the European Union has been going on for a long time, and the EU initiated this.
According to Lavrov, "anyone who is not interested in the situation in Europe" understands that this process began many years ago”.
Lavrov believes that it all started in 2014, after the Ukrainian the Revolution of Dignity.
According to Lavrov, it was then …
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Russia completes testing of new missile attack warning system
Russia has successfully completed tests of the new Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN), stated the general designer, the general director of the corporation Vympel, Sergey Boev, reports the TV channel of the Russian Defense Ministry, Zvezda.
"At the end of December 2020, we successfully completed the tests of the SPRN system in general, including the command center," he said.
According to Boev, the main task was to ensure the processing of information and its immediate transmission to …