Russia doubled the number of its soldiers in Syria

The Russian military group in Syria has been increased to four thousand people, Reuters reports, citing sources in the US intelligence services and independent experts. At the end of September, when Russia launched an operation in Syria, the agency recalls, about two thousand Russian servicemen were deployed in this country. Three sources in the US intelligence services also said ...

Russians in Syria: what is known about the dead

On Tuesday, the first reports appeared about those killed on the Russian side in the military operation in Syria. Reuters reported, citing an unnamed source among the Syrian military, that as a result of the hostilities, three Russian citizens were killed and several others were injured. However, confirmation of this ...

How Ukrainian inventor made a revolutionary airship for the Pentagon

Igor Pasternak, who left Lviv in the early 90s, built a multimillion dollar business in the United States. And then, commissioned by the Pentagon, he designed an airship capable of carrying hundreds of tons of cargo and even being a heavenly hotel or an aerial amusement park. “My story could only happen in ...

Internet in the dugouts: how life is at war

“The psychological state of a fighter depends on his everyday life. I, as a commander, set a goal for myself to ensure that each soldier had his own living space. So that under no circumstances should one bed be used by two fighters. Items must be stored separately. And in the dugout...

The US is considering the possibility of military negotiations with Russia

Moscow has offered to hold a dialogue to avoid "unintended incidents" between the military of the two countries operating in the Syrian space. Barack Obama's administration is considering a proposal from Russia to hold talks between the military of the two countries on Syria, where Moscow is increasing the presence of its troops, while ...

Tajikistan’s security forces put down a general’s insurrection

The power structures of Tajikistan have eliminated 13 supporters of the former Deputy Minister of the country Abdukhalim Nazarzoda. The relevant information is contained in the message on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic. “32 members of the Nazarzoda criminal group were detained, 13 of them were liquidated, more than 500 weapons and ammunition were confiscated from ...

Georgia asks the US for more money for the army

The issue of increasing funding was discussed on September 1 in Tbilisi by members of the US Department of State delegation with Deputy Georgian Defense Minister Anna Dolidze. That the US is planning to allocate $ 20 million for the armed forces for Georgia within the framework of the European Security Initiative ...

Russia is increasing its army in the Arctic

The Russian army grouping in the Arctic will be strengthened by the end of 2015, said the country's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. “Currently, work is underway in this region to build up the aviation and air defense forces. By the end of the year, it is planned to complete the formation of the ship’s fighter and...

NATO opens training center in Georgia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, on his first official visit to Georgia, will take part in the opening of the joint NATO-Georgia training and assessment center. The opening of a joint training center in Georgia is part of the so-called “substantial” package of measures that was promised to Georgia for...

The USA gave Ukraine a mobile hospital

In Ukraine, they showed a mobile hospital donated by the United States. The United States has donated a $ 7,6 million military field hospital to the Ukrainian government, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine reported on Facebook. The presentation and transfer of the hospital was solemnly held in Zhitomir. As the US Embassy in Ukraine notes, ...

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