Russian Ambassador to Minsk, Boris Gryzlov, in his first interview after being appointed to a new position, told about the protection of the borders of the Union State. According to him, NATO’s military buildup by Belarusian borders does not go unnoticed. The Ambassador recalled that in November 2021, the updated Military Doctrine of the Union
The first units of the Russian Armed Forces which are going to take part in the “Allied Determination” joint exercises have arrived in Belarus, according to the Belarusian Defence Ministry. The country’s President, Alexander Lukashenko, announced the holding of the Russian-Belarusian exercises the day before noting that they will begin in February. Today, the Head
Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will hold the first-ever joint naval drills off Indonesia in early December of this year, Russia’s Permanent Representative at ASEAN, Alexander Ivanov, said. The Russia-ASEAN naval drills will take place in the area of North Sumatra in Indonesia’s territorial waters on December 1-3, 2021. The large
Dummies for training surgeons, made with anatomical precision, will be used in 11 medical universities of Uzbekistan. The agreement for the supply of more than 500 modern medical simulators worth $23 million was signed by the JSC Russian Export Centre and the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan. It is reported that the financing of the
The crews of the Russian Black Sea Fleet small anti-submarine warfare ships practised hunting down and eliminating a notional enemy submarine during drills in the Black Sea. The drills took place amid the presence of two US warships in the sea that had reportedly deployed there for joint operations with NATO allies and partners in
The final stage of the Defenders of Friendship exercise took place on Wednesday, October 27, in Egypt at the Wadi Sakran training ground in a desert area 60 kilometres east of Cairo. Paratroopers from Russia, together with their colleagues from the Egyptian armed forces, trained to act together performing practical landing on parachute systems of
The Russian-Chinese military exercises “The Joint Sea 2021” have started in the Sea of Japan and will be held till October 17. As specified, the Russian Navy is represented by warships and vessels, including the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Panteleyev, the corvettes of Project 20380 Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov and Gromky,
A wing of Su-25 ground attack aircraft from Russia’s Kant integrated airbase in Kyrgyzstan will take part in the joint drills of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states in Tajikistan, according to the press service of the country’s Central Military District. As specified, the crews will practice eliminating conditional enemy targets. It is
The Russian-Serbian tactical flight exercises “BARS-2021” have begun in Serbia, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. As specified, joint crews of the two countries are taking part in the exercises, which will last until October 16, involving about 10 units of aviation equipment of the Serbian
Russian Ministry of Defence has released a video from the active phase of the ‘Zapad 2021’ (“West 2021”) joint military strategic exercise finished on Thursday, September 16, RT reports. It is reminded that this year, over 800 vehicles and about 200,000 personnel took part in the exercise, including around 2,000 military personnel from other allied
The Uran-9 and Nerekhta reconnaissance and fire support robots were first used during the joint strategic exercises of Russia and Belarus “Zapad-2021” (“West-2021”) in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Vedomosti reports with reference to the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence. The Zapad-2021 exercises are held from September 10 to 16, 2021, at 9
Paratroopers from Russia and Belarus are conducting joint tactical exercises on the basis of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Unit. About 400 military personnel train actions to be performed during special and counter-terrorist tasks, TASS reports with reference to the Russian Defence Ministry. It is noted that in the period from September 7 to 9, a
The opening ceremony of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus “Zapad-2021” (“West-2021”) was held at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defenсe reports. “The exercises as part of the coalition of states
