Author: Steven Sahiounie

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…

March 24 marked a month of the Russian military operations in Ukraine. After the Russian blitzkrieg thrust in the first days and Kiev’s incapacity to negotiate with Moscow, Russian troops together with DPR and LPR forces have moved to the implementation of their goals by military means, orderly destructing military infrastructure all around Ukraine and eliminating the AFU grouping in the eastern regions. The speed of Russian advance raises doubts about the success of the Russian tactics. On the other hand, the AFU are yet to claim any strategic victories. While the most powerful AFU groupings are surrounded or risk to…

NATO members will discuss additional military aid one month into the Ukraine-Russia conflict The UK said it will send more anti-armor missiles to Ukraine, as NATO member states are set to discuss additional support for Kiev amid Russia’s military campaign, which started exactly one month ago. London will deliver 6,000 anti-tank and “high explosive” missiles, as well as £25 million ($32.9 million) in military aid, the government announced on Thursday. This adds to over 4,000 anti-tank weapons, including Javelin and NLAW missiles, already sent to Kiev. The BBC, meanwhile, will receive an extra £4.1 million ($5.4 million) for its Ukrainian and Russian…

Seoul’s military fires projectiles from the ground, sea, and air in a show of force The South Korean military test-fired missiles from ground, sea, and air platforms in response to an apparent test of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday. The joint test involved a domestically-made Hyunmoo-II surface-to-surface missile, a US-made MGM-140 ATACMS surface-to-surface missile, a Haeseong-II ship-launched cruise missile, and two JDAM-equipped air-launched precision-guided munitions, the agency said, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The launches were meant to confirm Seoul’s “capability and readiness to strike” North Korean missile launch sites and command…

Moscow, SANA- Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that a weapons and ammunition depot in Ukraine’s Orgev was targeted with high-precision and long-range weapons from naval bases. ” Yesterday evening, Russian precision-guided war systems destroyed a Ukrainian arms and ammunition depot in Orgev town, 14 km away from Rovno ” Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said in a press briefing on Wednesday. Konashenkov added that this depot contains weapons and military equipment, a large part of which the Ukrainian forces obtained from Western countries. Konashenkov stated that Russian aircraft and helicopters targeted 97 Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities…

Moscow will use rubles in gas deals with “hostile” countries, the Russian president says Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the sanctions have dealt a large blow to public trust in US and EU currencies. Many Western countries imposed sweeping restrictions on Moscow in response to its ongoing military campaign against Ukraine. “During the last few weeks, as you know, several Western countries adopted unlawful decisions to freeze Russian assets,” Putin said during a government meeting held via video link. “The West has de facto destroyed the credibility of its currencies.” Putin argued that the sanctions showed it “makes no sense…