Ukrainian border guards recorded the flights of seven Russian helicopters on September 21st in the area of the administrative Crimean border, reported the Ukrainian State Border Service press-service.

“Yesterday border guards from the State Border Service of Ukraine again observed Russian Armed Forces activity near the administrative border with the temporarily occupied territory of the Crimea. In particular, servicemen from the Kherson and Berdiansk units traced seven Russian military …

On September 22, NATO fighter jets patrolling the skies over the Baltic Sea escorted a Russian AN-12 military transport aircraft flying near the borders of Latvia, the National Armed Forces of Latvia reported on Twitter.

"On September 22th, NATO patrol fighter jets detected a Russian AN-12 transport plane belonging to the Russian Armed Forces over the Baltic Sea near the borders of Latvia," the statement read.

Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine and the deterioration of relations …

Media sources recently reported on alleged Russian spies and the advocacy against Swedish servicemen. “Such incidents related to security happen every week,” stated Mikael Frisell, the Head of the Northern Military District of Sweden. One piece of information that drew special attention was about the incident that took place in Lulea, a coastal city in Swedish Lapland where Russians threatened a NATO officer at the local bar, demanding information about military drills that were held at that …

Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers were intercepted by the fighter jets of the British Air Force. The bombers flew near the British borders without entering the country's air space, the British Ministry of Defense reported on Twitter.

"We can confirm that quick reaction alert Typhoon aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth intercepted two Russian Blackjack bombers and escorted them while they were in the UK area of interest. At no point did the Russian aircraft enter UK territorial airspace", …

Estonia has always supported establishing a relationship with Russia, stated Jürgen Ligi, the minister of foreign affairs of the Baltic Republic, in an interview with the TC channel RTV.

According to Ligi, Estonia hardly needs to fear attacks from Russia because Russian authorities realize the pointlessness of such a move.

“We have already done much for it. We have already brought defense spending to such a level where [we have a strong] collective defense. Both Vladimir Putin and Russia are …

The new 150th Motorized Rifle Division in the Rostov region will be fully formed by December 2016. In addition, it will begin receiving arms and military equipment from October. This was reported by TASS, citing a source in the Russian Defense Ministry.

According to the source, commanders of the division's units and subunits have already been appointed and the unit is now being staffed with contract soldiers.

“The construction of infrastructure facilities in the deployment areas is in its …

Russia has intensified the operational and combat training of its Strategic Nuclear Forces. This was posted by the press service of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Facebook.

“Between the 19th and the 22nd of September, command and staff training of the 33 Missile Army (Omsk) of the Strategic Rocket Forces of the Armed Forces of Russia was being implemented. The purpose of the training was to determine the readiness of the Strategic Rocket Forces ( …

NATO declined Russia's proposal to always have the transponders turned on when flying over the Baltic region. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing sources in the Alliance.

“This proposal will do little to improve air safety and will not help in stopping Russian aircraft from flying dangerously close to the ships and aircraft of the Western allies,” the source said.

Moscow discussed this issue during the Russia-NATO Council meeting in July. Then, NATO Secretary General Jens …