Author: Steven Sahiounie

Deputy Head of Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has downplayed the impact of Western sanctions on Russia, warning at the same time that economic sanctions, without bases, launched by the Western countries, will destroy the entire global economic structure. ‘In the west, they freeze assets of the financial institutions, even the central bank, and they also talk about seizing these assets or nationalizing them,’ Medvedev said in an interview with Sputnik and RT News Agencies published on Saturday. He added that this is, of course, a war without any bases and it will end up with the destruction of the…

On March 26th, Russian forces entered the city of Slavutich in the Kiev region, located 30 kilometers to the West of Chernihiv. On the eve, the city was surrounded and blockaded by the Russian troops. The administration of the Kiev region confirmed that the city of Slavutich was “isolated”. Clashes were reported on the western outskirts. Several fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed but no strikes have being carried out on the city. Late on March 25, the mayor of the city confirmed that the Russian armed forces attacked a checkpoint of the AFU in Slavutich.He…

Moscow, SANA-Russian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday control of a protected and fortified underground Ukrainian military command center in Nikolayevka town on the suburbs of Kyiv. RT quoted the Ministry as saying in a statement that 61 Ukrainian servicemen of the controlled center voluntarily surrendered, adding that half of them are senior officers of the Ukrainian armed forces. The Ukrainian military personnel laid down their weapons collectively due to the severe shortage of equipment, ammunition and food. All military personnel who laid down their weapons were evacuated from the area, and provided with medical aid and food, according to the…

The state-of-the-art cruise missiles have destroyed an arms depot in north-western Ukraine The Russian military has used its Kalibr cruise missiles to target an arms and hardware depot in Zhytomyr Region in north-western Ukraine, the Defense Ministry has revealed. The high-precision strike was carried out early on Saturday by an unnamed small missile ship in the Black Sea, obliterating a Ukrainian military facility, according to officials. The Ministry also shared a clip of the vessel firing four missiles into the dark skies in rapid succession. Kalibr cruise missiles, which have been widely used by Russia during its military operation in…

On March 25, the Russian Defence Ministry held a briefing in Moscow on the current results of the special military operation in Ukraine. Here are the main topics. You can read the full report HERE. The special military operation is carried out strictly according to the approved plan. In general, the main objectives of the first phase of the operation have been achieved. The combat capabilities of Ukraine’s Armed Forces have been significantly reduced, which allows the Russian military to concentrate the main efforts on achieving the main goal – the liberation of Donbass. With the beginning of a special military…

Moscow is mediating as Yerevan accuses Baku of violating ceasefire in disputed region Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia called Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Friday, to discuss what Yerevan claims is an alarming situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. The region – currently patrolled by Russian peacekeepers – is populated with ethnic Armenians, but internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Armenian media said the two leaders discussed reports of renewed tensions in the area, which endured a 44-day conflict in 2020 that only ended after Moscow’s diplomatic and military intervention. Yerevan claims that Azeri soldiers have “invaded” the territory since Thursday, seizing two villages and…

Riyadh and its allies have conducted airstrikes in response to an attack by Houthi rebels on a Saudi oil depot on Friday Saudi Arabia and its allies in the so-called Arab coalition that is fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched a new military operation in the war-torn country. The decision came on the back of a Houthi missile and drone attack on Saudi oil depots on Friday. On Saturday, the coalition conducted air strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, and major port city, Hodeidah. According to Saudi state media, Riyadh’s military operation aims to “protect global energy sources and…

Russian Su-34 fighter bombers have apparently begun to use an advanced electronic warfare (EW) system to jam Ukraine’s remaining air defenses. On March 24, the TASS news agency released footage showing a formation of Su-34 fighters preparing for a combat mission over Ukrainian. One of the fighters was carrying the advanced EW system, the SAP-14, to provide protection for the formation. The SAP-14 system primary mission is to jam advanced air defenses during ground attack missions by imitating electronic signatures of various aircraft and generating false targets within enemy sensors. The EW system, which was developed the Kaluzhsky Scientific Research…

Ankara says its removal from Washington’s fighter jet program was “unlawful” Fahrettin Altun, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, has shot down the idea that Ankara should transfer its Russian-made S-400 air defense missile systems to Ukraine in exchange for Turkey receiving F-35 warplanes and Patriot missile batteries from the US. Kiev has been pleading for foreign aid to help it fight off the Russian military offensive. “It is the responsibility of the West and especially the US to normalize relations with Turkey,” Altun wrote in a letter to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Wednesday. He added that “what the West…

In the morning on March 24, one of the Russian landing crafts moored in the Ukrainian city of Berdyansk exploded. Several explosions were heard at about 6 a.m. According to the Russian officials in the Zaporozhye region, a Tochka-U missile was intercepted by air defense forces over the city of Berdyansk. The wreckage of the missile hit the port, including Russian landing ships that were unloading fuel. A fire broke out on board one of them and the ammunition detonated, after what the ship was intentionally partly flooded in order to minimize the risks. Two other Russian landing crafts left…