Russia and China blocked the official release of a report by U.N. experts on Libya that accused its warring parties and their international backers — including Russia — of violating a U.N. arms embargo on the conflict-wracked country, U.N. diplomats said Friday.
Syrian Observatory activists have reported seeing large Russian military column of tens of vehicles carrying military and logistical supplies, heading from Al-Qamishli to Ain Issa. It is worth noting that the column set off from Al-Qamishli to Amuda and Tal Tamr in Al-Hasakah countryside, then it headed to Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Al-Raqqah. Meanwhile, Russian helicopters were seen flying over the area.
Russia continues to develop in its arsenal of armed forces various ballistic and hypersonic missiles, as well as hypersonic missile systems, such as the already available Avangard.
Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 was about maximizing power. Moscow aims to turn the Black Sea into a Russian lake to advance its national interest far and wide. For its part, NATO has been slow to respond to this challenge.
Syrian Observatory activists have monitored several Russian jets consecutively striking ISIS positions in the Syrian desert near Aleppo-Hama-Al-Raqqah triangle. The Russian airstrikes coincide with renewed battles between ISIS and regime forces.
The prosecutor’s office revealed yesterday that two Russian diplomats carried out intelligence activities on the territory of Bulgaria.
According to Bulgarian news agency, it is about the deputy trade attachés at the Moscow representation in Sofia – Sergei Nikolashin and Vadim Bikov.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has published the results of the latest missile tests for the 9A53-S Tornado multi-lead missile launcher [modernized BM-30 Smierch]. This system uses GLONASS satellite navigation and will be able to effectively hit targets at a distance of up to 200 km.
Very reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that Turkish forces withdrew their heavy weapons and gears from Kuramuzat village in Ain Issa city in northern Al-Raqqah. The reasons behind this development, which coincides with ongoing movements by Russian and regime forces in Ain Issa, have not been known yet.
Our sources in Syria, as well as a number of Russian media, claim that yesterday, on September 21, the Turkish artillery units fired on the main defense point of the Syrian army in the city of Sarakib, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.
Radio France Internationale (RFI) has confirmed that there are Twitter accounts close to Egyptian authorities saying Cairo has sent a Russian anti-aircraft system to Ras Lanuf in Libya.