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The same day, Russian news agency Interfax reported that, as part of a surge in Russian military activity due to the intensification of the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Russia deployed MiG-31K fighter jets with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles and long-range Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bombers to its Hmeimim air base on Syria'a Mediterranean coast.
The Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war started on 30 September 2015, with 4,000 Russian military personnel being stationed in Syria. The Russian forces also consisted of 25 strategic bombers, [2] 20 tactical bombers, [3] 12 attack bombers, [4] 8 fighter aircraft, [5] [6] 16 attack helicopters [7] [8] and various other aircraft.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reports that nearly one third of the Belarus Army is deployed along the Belarus–Ukraine border, in response to Ukraine stationing more than 120,000 troops at the border.
Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drone aircraft over Syria on Wednesday, setting off flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers to take evasive maneuvers, the Air Force said.
On 24 June, two civilians were killed by Russian airstrikes near the village of Basbat, west of Jisr ash-Shughur. [86] While a civilians was killed by an HTS drone attack in the town of Deir Shamil. [87] On 25 June, the Russian Air Force conducted the most intense air strikes in the Idlib province since the onset of the clashes.
Russia expanding shadow fleet to evade Western oil sanctions – report. 05:30, Vishwam Sankaran. Russia is increasing the number of its secret fleet of oil ships to evade Western sanctions ...
On 30 September 2015, Russia launched a military intervention in Syria after a request by the government of Bashar al-Assad for military support in its fight against the Syrian opposition and Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian civil war. [ 155 ][ 156 ] The intervention was kick-started by extensive air strikes across Syria, focused on attacking ...
A number of Russian general officers [ a] have been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of 28 November 2023, Ukrainian sources claimed that 16 Russian generals and 1 admiral had been killed during the invasion, while Russian sources have confirmed 7 deaths. Although seven of the Ukrainian claims were rebutted, the loss of even two ...