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
Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft during an attempt by the Ukrainian army to strike at the strategic Zmeiny (snake) Island in the Back Sea, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said."The enemy once again made an unsuccessful attempt to strike with aircraft and multiple launch rocket systems on Zmeiny Island
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Eurofighter, NATO EF2000 and Tornado Development, Production and Logistics Management Agency (NETMA), and Eurojet Turbo signed a contract worth $2.14 billion for the acquisition of 20 latest-generation Eurofighter jets at the ILA Berlin International Air Show today
A Department of Defense official on Wednesday strongly urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to quickly approve the request of Finland and Sweden to join NATO. "The Department of Defense assesses that Finland and Sweden are ready for NATO membership," Celeste A
Ukraines airstrike on Snake Island using 15 strike and reconnaissance drones including two Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2s was effectively repelled by the Russian forces, its defense ministry has claimed. Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian MoD, said during a regular press conference today that they spotted a RQ-4 Global Hawk operated by the U