TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday hailed his country's partnership with North Korea during a meeting with his counterpart Kang Sun Nam in Pyongyang. "For Russia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is an important partner, with which we shar...
Russia shot down 419 Ukrainian drones and 67 missiles during the presidential election that took place last weekend, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday. “During the election events, 419 unmanned aerial vehicles and 67 missiles were shot down,” Shoigu said at a ministry meeting,...
"About 40,000 military forces and 15,000 pieces of military equipment and vehicles are focused next to our territory," Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said. Moscow has also questioned Washington's motives in the Black Sea, where U.S. warships are due to arrive any d...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a joint press conference at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 16, 2016. (Xinhua Photo) MOSCOW, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Russian and Japanese foreign and defense ministers will meet in Tokyo on March...
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, who participated in the talks, pledged to drastically decrease military activities in Kiev and the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, to create the necessary conditions for dialogue. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Istanbul's meeting was...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks to a soldier while visiting a military training center of the Western Military District in the Ryazan region of Russia as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, stands nearby, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kemlin Pool...
serves food to then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at Prigozhin's restaurant outside Moscow, Russia on Nov. 11, 2011. Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner private military contractor who called for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia's defense minister has confirmed in a video...
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had vowed to continue the military operation in Ukraine until achieving the main goal of defending Russia from "Western threats." "The main thing for us is to protect Russia from the military threat posed by Western countries that are trying to use the Ukr...
Russian defense minister presents awards to pilots involved in drone incident From CNN's Tim Lister and Anna Chernova US Air Force MQ-9 camera footage shows the Russian Su-27 intercept of the US drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected infrastructure projects on a visit to the occupied southeastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said on its official Telegram channel Monday. Shoigu also toured a medical center, a new residential district constructed by the mi...