Kyiv, Ukraine— Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized the independence of two Russian-backed breakaway republics in the east of Ukraine. Following the announcement, Putin instructed the Russian Ministry of Defense to provide "peacekeeping functions" to the breakaway regions, but it was...
Revelers filled Umayyad Square, where the Defense Ministry is located. Some waved the three-starred Syrian flag that predates the Assad government and was adopted by the revolutionaries. Elsewhere, many parts of the capital were empty and shops were closed. Soldiers and police left their posts an...
"The Ministries of Defense of Russia and Ukraine have agreed on the format of maintaining humanitarian corridors for the exit of the population, and on the possible temporary ceasefire in the humanitarian corridor area for the period of the release of the civilian population," said chief Russian ...
The first logistic support vessel "Elbrus" of Project 23120 on commissioning day atSeveromorsk naval base on 04/09/2018. Picture: Russian Ministry of Defense © Copyright 2018 TASS. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadc...
Mustafin was fined for flying a a Russian flag inscribed with the phrase “Today is not my day” outside the Ministry of Defense in Moscow on 12 June 2022. Milkina made a public art piece about “people who are scared” on a Petersburg square and T-shirts with the word “Peace” ...
Soldiers and police fled their posts and looters broke into the Defense Ministry. Families wandered the presidential palace, walking by damaged portraits of Assad. Other parts of the capital were empty and shops were closed.“It’s like a dream. I need someone to wake me up,” said ...
“At the range [Akhtubinsk] yesterday the Minister [of Defense Shoygu] and I talked about this.Under the arms program to 2027 it’s planned to buy 16 of such aircraft.We analyzed the situation yesterday, the Minister reported. As a result of the work we did, as a result of the fact...
Additionally, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has released several intelligence reports identifying that Russia has used unarmed munitions and aging cruise missiles without nuclear warheads in Ukraine, including the Kh-55 (AS-15 Kent) (United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Citation2022, Citation...
I’m standing next to the Russian Defense Ministry. I’m doing a solo picket in the hope that we, the wives and mothers of mobilized men, will be heard. [I hope that] our pain will be heard, that our request to bring our husbands [and] our boys back home will be heard. ...
The U.K. Ministry of Defense has said the majority of Russia's ground forces remain more than 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) to the north of the Ukrainian capital. The advance of Russian troops on Kyiv has been slowed by Ukrainian forces defending Hostomel Airport, the U.K. Defense Ministry...