On 19 July, Israel attacked the Ashraf military base in Iraq, 80 kilometers from the Iran-Iraq border, reported the London-based news outlet Asharq Al-Awsat, citing diplomatic sources.

According to the newspaper, the target of the Israeli F-35 of was an arsenal of ballistic missiles which were delivered from Iran. Several Iranian military advisers were killed in the attack.

Al-Arabiya TV also claimed earlier that the base contained Iranian-made ballistic missiles, which were delivered here in …

India and Russia signed an agreement for the supply of a batch of R-27 aircraft missiles, which will be used for Su-30MKI fighter jets of the Indian Air Force, reports Asian News International news agency.

According to this information, the cost of the contract was 15 billion rupees (more than $200 million). These missiles have increased range and will allow fighters to hit enemy aircraft from a long distance, notes ANI.

The news agency does not reveal any other details of the agreement.

Russia has started serial production of Su-57 fifth generation fighters, according to a brochure for the 80th anniversary of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, which developed the aircraft, RIA Novosti reports.

“In 2019, serial production has been launched and a long-term contract has been signed with the Defense Ministry to supply more than 70 aircraft,” the company stated.

At the end of June, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov announced that a contract had been signed to purchase 7 …

Former Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valery Chaly said that Ukraine is actively working on a contract to purhase of a large batch of lethal weapons from the United States. The contract can be concluded and implemented this year, reports Ukrinform news agency.

"We expect that this year a large project for the purchase of lethal defensive weapons will be completed," he said.

Chaly noted that the progress towards the conclusion of such a large-scale contract was made possible "thanks …

Deputy Chairman of the Office of Ukrainian President Kirill Tymoshenko said that the administration of the Ukrainian President plans to launch an international Russian-language channel, reports Interfax-Ukraine.

According to him, such a channel is needed so that Ukraine could “fight for the minds of Ukrainians in the occupied territories of the Donbas and Crimea, as well as the minds of Russians living in the Russian Federation”.

"We have developed a plan for the launch of the Ukrainian …

The Russian authorities have once again refused to allocate radio frequencies to the developers of the OneWeb global satellite internet project. The State Commission for Radio Frequencies announced its ruling on Monday 29 July. All members of the commission voted against granting frequencies to the project, said Russian Deputy Communications Minister Oleg Ivanov as quoted by the newspaper Kommersant.

The creators of OneWeb have been trying to obtain frequencies in Russia since 2017. Russia’s …

A double agent recruited by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) who worked in the Military Prosecution Office of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has been evacuated from the occupied territory, the Ukrainian Military Portal reports, citing materials from the Facts of the Week program.

The double agent Serhiy Lukyanenko had already provided the SBU with important information about Ukrainian hostages and the presence of Russian military personnel in the temporarily occupied territory. …

Moscow and Tehran have signed a memorandum on expanding military cooperation between the countries, stated by the commander of the Iranian Navy Hossein Khanzadi during his three-day visit to the Russian capital, reports the news agency Mehr.

"This is the first memorandum of this kind which can be seen as a turning point in the relations between Moscow and Tehran in the military sphere," Khanzadi said.

He added that Russia and Iran have also held talks on the development of military …