Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Thursday recognizing two Ukrainian regions - Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - as "independent territories" after pseudo-referendums were held there. Proxy authorities in four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk (both in the Donbas region), Kherson & Zaporizhzhia – held referendums between 23-27 September on joining the Russian Federation
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Russias Tor anti-aircraft missile system is getting an upgrade which will enable it to shoot down high-speed low-flying targets. A software upgrade to Tor will give it this new capability, Vyacheslav Kartashov, assistant to the general director of the Kupol plant was quoted as saying by Zvezda
The United Kingdom has lifted all restrictions on arms exports to Turkey, three years after they were imposed following the latters offensive in Syria. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu last month said that London had lifted the ban, as contacts intensified between the two governments amid Russias invasion of Ukraine
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) officially took delivery of the first two Turkish-made T129 Tactical Reconnaissance and Attack Helicopters (ATAK) on Wednesday. The aircraft arrived in the Philippines last month and were subject to a technical inspection and flight tests
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Almaz, a subsidiary of Almaz-Antey East Kazakhstan concern and Rostecs Fly Dron signed an agreement with two specialized committees of the government of St. Petersburg on the implementation of a pilot project aimed at creating a system to monitor flights of unmanned aircraft
Russias Federal Air Transport Agency has allowed Rossiya Airlines to conduct maintenance on foreign-made aircraft – including Airbus and Boeing planes– registered in the state register of the Russian Federation. The agency said in a statement that the extended FAP-285 certificate will allow the carrier's aviation technical support department at the Pulkovo base to carry out the technical operation of the entire fleet of operated aircraft
Azimut company, a subsidiary of Russian government-owned Rostec, has tested Jupiter complex, designed to organize the movement of drones in an urban environment. The tests took place on the basis of the Skolkovo Innovation Center in the experimental zone of urban air mobility, which is being developed with the support of the Moscow government
Thailands procurement of S26T diesel-electric submarines from China has hit rough seas with Germanys MTU refusing to supply engines that power the vessels. The Asian country decided in 2015 to buy three S26T submarines, an export version of the Type 039A (Yuan class)