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MILITARY1h agoRussia’s Defense Ministry proposes delaying December military pay until JanuaryRussia’s Defense Ministry has drafted an order that would postpone service members’ December pay to January for the first time in at least 18 years, the independent Russian news outlet Verstka reported.Meduza [en]
MILITARY2h agoThe US Army bought 21 Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum Mach 2.3 fighters to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon launch systemIt was in 1997, when those planes were still at market price and functioning. Moldova had inherited them after the fall of the Soviet Union, but could not maintain them.Clarín
MILITARY4h agoRussia’s Next Mobilization Is Already HappeningWith military recruitment falling short, the Kremlin has switched to stealth and coercion.Foreign Policy
MILITARY14h agoUkraine’s drone defenses debunk the myth of inevitable Russian victoryUkraine’s emergence since 2022 as a drone superpower has made international headlines, but the role of drone-based air defenses on the battlefield has not yet received as much attention as it arguably deserves, writes Mykola Bielieskov. The post Ukraine’s drone defenses debunk the myth of inevitable Russian victory appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
MILITARY20h ago‘I hope this project has no future’: Grigory Sverdlin on helping Russian soldiers desert and building an organization he hopes will one day be unnecessaryIn fall 2026, the Prague Book Tower, a fair for Russian-language tamizdat, presented Grigory Sverdlin’s book Punkt obogreva: Kak ya zanimalsya blagotvoritelnostyu v Rossii i stal vragom gosudarstva (“Warming Station: How I Did Charity Work in Russia and Became an Enemy of the State”), published by Meduza’s publishing house. Sverdlin previously headed Nochlezhka, Russia’s oldest organization helping homeless people. In 2022, he stepped down as director, left the country, and, once in exile, launched the project Idite Lesom (“Get Lost”), which helps Russians desert the army and flee the country.Meduza [en]
MILITARY20h agoFlash: Russia produces more ballistic missiles than the entire world produces Patriot missilesRussia produces more ballistic missiles than the total number of Patriot anti-ballistic missiles manufactured worldwide.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARY21h agoRussian Help Would Make North Korea’s Missile-test Flurry Worse NewsThe Diplomat
MILITARY22h agoWhy is Russia sending fighter jets and air defences to Ethiopia?Experts say Moscow is seeking arms revenue and further diplomatic influence.Al Jazeera [en]
MILITARY23h agoEthiopia receives Russian fighter jets, air defence systems"By equipping itself with these fighter jets, Ethiopia has taken the lead among Sub-Saharan African nations," he said The post Ethiopia receives Russian fighter jets, air defence systems appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times