Russia has created two humanitarian corridors in the Black and Azov Seas, according to the country’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on a conference call in Moscow. “A set of measures is being implemented to ensure the safety of navigation in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas. […] The mine danger in the waters
An attempt by Ukrainian armed forces to seize the Black Sea’s Snake Island by air and sea over the weekend resulted in failure and substantial casualties, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense on May 10, 2022. “Over the past two days, the Kiev regime has made several desperate attempts to land by air
Russia sent its Il-114LL reconnaissance aircraft to shadow a US Air Force Boeing P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane over the Black Sea near Crimea, as stated in the Russian Telegram channel Voennyi Obozrevatel. It is reported that the Russian Il-114LL, also known as “the flying laboratory”, “is conducting counter-surveillance” of the P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft, which
Yesterday, on December 8, it was reported that Russian Su-27 fighters took to the air to escort two Mirage-2000 and Rafale tactical fighters over the Black Sea, as well as a C-135 tanker aircraft of the French Aerospace Forces. This was reported at the Russian National Defence Control Centre. “The crews of Russian fighters identified
On November 9, from 2.15 pm to 7.28 pm, an E-8C ground target reconnaissance and strike control aircraft of the US Air Force was detected over the Black Sea, as stated by the Russian Ministry of Defence. All this time it was accompanied by Russian radar. The plane, which took off from Ramstein Air Base in
Ships entering the Black Sea with high-precision long-range weapons of the US, NATO and other non-Black Sea countries are trying to test the protection of the Black Sea coast and the south of Russia, as considered by the Russian Defence Minister, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. “Well, you know, of course, we understand: when
The Black Sea is becoming a zone of dangerous military confrontation due to NATO exercises, the director of the fourth European department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yuri Pilipson, said in the interview with RIA Novosti. According to him, the alliance’s manoeuvres in the region provoke conflicts. “It is quite obvious that this
On Victory Day Yalta rescuers raised a red flag on the Ai-Petri peak, TASS reports. According to the Black Sea Fleet press service, about 5,000 servicemen, representatives of the Russian Guard and the Emergencies Ministry, cadets and Yunarmiya (“Youth Army”) detachments, as well as more than 200 units of military equipment, took part in the
On May 13, Russians celebrated the Day of the Black Sea Fleet, with the ceremonial forming-up on the missile cruiser ‘Moscow’, VM.RU reports. The festive day of May 13 was established in 1996. In 1783, on this day, 11 ships and vessels of the Azov Flotilla, under the command of Admiral, Fedor Klokachev, entered the
