Russian state media sources reported on January 4 that Army units operating on the frontlines the disputed Zaporozhye region have for the first time received modernised T-80BVM tanks. The region has seen Western-supplied armour including Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Leopard 1 tanks take
The Russian Military has begun using North Korean short range ballistic missiles in Ukraine, according to a January 4 statement by White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. “Information indicates that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea recently provided Russia with
The Russian Defence Ministry is reportedly set to receive twice the number of Su-57 fifth generation fighters in 2024 as it did the previous year, according to a statement by the CEO of the state owned United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar. “We have completed the state defence order.
On January 1 the Russian Defence Ministry reported that the country’s air defences had shot down one of the Ukrainian Air Force’s highly prized Su-27 Flanker air superiority fighters, which are considered by far the most capable combat jets in the country’s inventory. “Air defences downed a Su-27
Shortly after an unprecedented series of mass missile strikes across Ukrainian territory on December 29, which is considered the largest missile attack in Russian history, Ukrainian Air Force Command spokesperson Yury Ignat singled out the capabilities of the Soviet Kh-22 cruise missile which he
Following major advances on the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine by Russian Army units, including the capture of the strategically located town of Maryinka which was at the centre of Ukrainian forces’ regional presence, the Russian Armed Forces on December 29 the Russian Armed Forces launched their
The Russian Defence Ministry on December 27 received the final batch of Su-57 fifth generation fighters completed in 2023, with 12 aircraft reportedly produced this year at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant. This represents a successful doubling of production compared to 2022 when
Continued From Part OneBearing almost sole responsibility for the security of the Arctic among Russian combat aviation assets, the MiG-31 is by far the largest, fastest and highest flying manned fighter or interceptor anywhere in the word, with a cruising speed of over Mach 2.3 being totally
On December 19 the United States government officially published maps revealing expanded territorial claims to a very large continental shelf in the Arctic Sea, the Atlantic, the Bering Sea, the Pacific Ocean, in addition to two sections in the Gulf of Mexico, and near the Mariana Islands, which
On December 25 an Israeli Air Force precision strike on the Syrian capital Damascus killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Seyed Razi Mousavi. “A few hours ago, during the criminal missile attack of the child-killing Zionist regime on Damascus, Brigadier-General Seyed
