North Korea has shipped about 6,700 containers carrying millions of munitions to Russia since July to support its war against Ukraine, in a sign of ongoing arms transfers, South Korean media reported on Tuesday, citing the defence minister. At a briefing on Monday for local media, Minister Shi...
Russian troops 'advancing quickly' along frontline, Russia's defence minister says Russia's defence minister Andrei Belousov has said the country's troops are advancing quickly along Ukraine's frontline. Mr Belousov said Russian soldiers have pushed ...
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspects implementation of the state defence order at a military-industrial complex facility in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, in this picture released April 6, 2023. Vadim Savitsky | Russian Defence Ministry | Via Reuters Russia's Defense Minister Sergei ...
Taiwan is critical for the US as a base from which to threaten and provoke China. Brandishing this as some sort of defence of democratic values and sovereignty is disingenuous and flies in the face of a real understanding of US foreign policy strategy, as Mearsheimer points out. China’s ac...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Possible drone attacks against key energy infrastructure are a serious threat to Russia's energy security, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said on Tuesday. Shulginov did not mention Ukraine by name, but Russia says it has foiled a number of attempted Ukrainian ...
MOSCOW, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Aerospace Defence Forces will receive 16 new Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers in 2017, TASS cited Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuriy Borisov as saying on Friday. "The Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association (NAPA) has a long-term contract with the Ru...
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that the seizure of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine would allow Russian forces to mount further offensive operations, Russian news agencies reported. Shoigu also said the West was increasing its arms deliveries to Ukraine, but vowed they would not ...
The U.K.'s Ministry of Defence described fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces on the east (or left) bank of the Dnieper river as "confused" and taking place in a "complex" terrain. In an intelligence update on X, formerly known as Twitter, the ministry said that fighting has co...
The Russian leader also proposed "a high-tech duel" between Russia's new hypersonic ballistic missile and US missile defence systems; Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to the comments on missiles and said "simply scumbags"; South Korean politician, Lee Seong-kweun, said at least ...
Russia's President VladimirPutin(C) attends a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow on February 2, 2019. (KREMLIN PHOTO) MOSCOW, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Russian President VladimirPutinon Saturday announced that Russia will suspend its...