Latest "Russian defense ministry" stories

With missiles pointing out to sea, ‘Northern Clover’ stakes Russian claim on Arctic waters

The base has enough supplies to remain fully autonomous for more than a year.

4 years ago

The Russian military wants authority to shoot passenger jets out of the sky

Proposed new rules would allow the military to open fire on passenger jets that “refuse to obey commands to land.”

By Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider

4 years ago

Russia claims US ignoring outreach on nuclear treaty dispute

Russia wants to sit down with Pentagon officials for “open and specific” talks on alleged violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

4 years ago

Russia sends 2 nuclear-capable bombers to Venezuela

Two Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers arrived in Venezuela on Monday, a deployment that comes amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions.

4 years ago

Putin seeks to defuse downing of Russian plane off Syria

A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by Syrian forces responding to an Israeli airstrike, killing all 15 people aboard, in what President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday was “a chain of tragic accidental circumstances.”

5 years ago

Russian strategic bombers conduct exercise near Alaska

The Russian military says that two nuclear-capable strategic bombers have flown to the easternmost Chukotka Peninsula, near Alaska, as part of an air force exercise.

5 years ago