Precision-guided missiles fired by the Russian Navy reportedly left two British Harpoon coastal missile systems in the Odessa region destroyed. "Sea-based high-precision weapons near the settlement of Liman, Odesa region, destroyed two installations of the Harpoon coastal missile system delivered from the UK," Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing on Friday
Several Ukrainian soldiers who were trying to plant their national flag in the Snake Island were killed after Russian warplanes attacked it, Russian defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov has alleged. At about 5am, several Ukrainian servicemen landed on the island from a motor boat and were photographed with a flag
Airbus will provide 42 satellite platforms as well as assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch, and space vehicle commissioning support services to Northrop Grumman to satisfy the U.S
Chinese experts say Russias activities near the Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku Islands) – claimed by both China and Japan – are a ‘warning to Tokyo over its sanctions on Russia for invasion of Ukraine. Japans defense ministry said Chinese and Russian warships were spotted sailing near the disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday morning
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navys Shandong aircraft carrier will soon be deployed for far sea operations, now that it has completed receiving its first scheduled maintenance since it was commissioned. The Shandong's maintenance started in late March, when the carrier set out from its homeport in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province, sailed through the Taiwan Straits and then arrived at Dalian Shipyard
Russian troops abandoned their positions on Ukraines Snake or Zmiinyi Island after Ukraine applied ‘significant pressure on the enemy, and not as a goodwill gesture as it claims, a senior DoD official said at a briefing Friday. "We view this development as that the Ukrainians were very successful at applying significant pressure on the Russians, including by using Harpoon missiles that they recently acquired to attack a resupply ship
Russia says it is tactically withdrawing from Zmeiny (Snake) Island, a strategic Black Sea landmass off the southern coast near the city of Odesa, to allow for grain exports. "On June 30, as a step of goodwill, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation completed their assigned tasks on Zmeiny Island and withdrew the garrison stationed there," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing on Thursday
The Russian defense ministry said several Ukrainian aircraft including MiG-29 and Su-25 jets as well as France-produced Caesar howitzers were destroyed by their military. "The operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Bashtanka region of the Nikolaev region shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian air forces in the air," Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the ministry, said at a briefing on Wednesday
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly flew bombers armed with hypersonic missiles over the Miyako Strait, which separates the Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa. Japans Ministry of Defense of Japan recorded the Chinese bombers flight on June 23
Massive missile strike on Kyiv on Sunday was aimed at Ukrainian Artem Rocket and Space Enterprise which produces ammunition for Ukrainian Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), the Russian MoD announced. "On June 26, the Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the shops of the Artem Rocket-Building Corporation in the Shevchenko district of Kyiv with four high-precision air-launched missiles," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said during a regular press briefing today