Russian Armed Forces

Russia's ever-increasing number of intercepts of foreign reconnaissance planes near its borders indicates NATO's drive to detect weak points in the country's air defense, Russian military expert Boris Rozhin told Sputnik.

A Russian military advisor died in the Syrian province of Hamma in a sudden mortar attack. This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense, quoted by TASS.

The ministry said the dead captain was part of a team of Russian advisers training troops from sub-units of Syrian ground troops. It is not specified yet when the officer died. Reported by Mediapool.

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The Serbian armed forces want to take part in the mine clearance operations in Syria, including in Palmyra, Serbian Defense Minister Zoran Djordjevic said after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu.

Russia's military on Jan. 6 said it has begun scaling back its deployment to Syria, with Moscow's sole aircraft carrier ordered to leave the conflict zone first.

A Russian military plane crashed Dec. 25 in the Black Sea as it made its way to Syria with 91 people onboard, including musicians heading to celebrate the New Year with troops.

Japan has conveyed its concern to Moscow over possible Russian plans to build a naval base on a western Pacific island chain, part of which are claimed by Tokyo, a top Japanese government spokesman said on March 28, the latest in a long-running territorial spat. 

Russian military airplanes that were taking part in the five-month air campaign in Syria on Tuesday started to leave the Khmeimim base

The first group of planes has departed the base, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed.

Serbia's Defence Ministry told BIRN that special forces of the Serbian Army will hold a joint tactical exercise in Serbia with Russian airborne units, most likely in the second half of this year.

Russian intelligence services have spotted almost 12,000 oil trucks on the Turkish-Iraqi border, near the Zakho checkpoint, Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy has said.

The chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces spoke in Moscow on Friday, and according to Sputnik, added: