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Putin: Russia adopted ten-year armament program
Russia has adopted a new state armament program which will extend from 2018 to 2027, said Putin during a meeting of United Engine-Building Corporation and Ufa Engine-Building Production Association, Interfax reports.
According to him, the military-industrial sector will work consistently and steadily.
On January 24, the Russian President said that after 2020, when the peak of the state defense order will be over, the defense companies will have to maximize their production of civilian …
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Russia conducts artillery exercises in Crimea
On January 24, army corps of the Black Sea Fleet’s artillery units began conducting exercises at the Angarskyi training site in the Crimea, as reported by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.
"Howitzer artillery crews, multiple launch rocket systems, and mortar units will conduct training actions on preparing units for combat and complete testing of engineering equipment and masking and retargeting maneuvers," the report said.
According to the department, the exercises are …
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Former US commander in Europe: Javelin anti-tank systems will force Russia to reconsider its actions in Ukraine
The Javelins in the Ukrainians’ hands could change how the Russian military perceives the conflict in eastern Ukraine, and force it to revise its behavior, stated the former commander of US ground forces in Europe, (retired) General Ben Hodges, during a briefing of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission).
“I don’t know how the Ukrainians will use them, but I am convinced that the Russians will monitor the location of the Javelins, because it is a very …
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Russia tests its newest Su-57 fighter with weapons on board
Testing has begun on the fifth generation of the Russian Su-57 fighter with weapons on board, as announced by Boris Obnosov, the general director of the Tactical Missile Corporation, reported the Russian Air Force service.
Eleven prototypes of the fifth-generation fighter have been built to date, but the state testing program has not yet been completed, and neither the date of delivery to the Russian Air Force nor the number aircraft to be delivered are known.
According to Obnosov, this is an …
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Volker: Russia's goal is to drive a wedge between Ukraine and the West
Russia does not intend to occupy the entire territory of Ukraine, but is pursuing political goals: to "destabilize Ukraine, influence Kyiv's policy and try to drive a wedge between Ukraine and the West," stated US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker in an interview with Deutsche Welle published on Wednesday, January 24.
Volker said that the situation in the Donbas is "certainly not a civil war." According to the Special Representative, Russian-speaking people live in various regions …