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In this image provided on January 24, 2025, by Sepahnews of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, a missile is launched by a vessel during the guard's drill in the Persian Gulf. (Sepahnews via AP)
March 4, 2025, 11:43 am
Russian missile experts flew to Iran around the time of Tehran’s attacks on Israel
Senior Russian officers have visited Iranian missile sites throughout the past year as military ties developed; unclear if they have specific expertise in nuclear weapons
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) meeting with Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu (L) and Russian Army chief of staff Valery Gerasimov (2nd R), as he visits the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, November 9, 2023. (Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP)
June 25, 2024, 3:50 pm
ICC issues arrest warrants for Russian army chief, ex-defense minister
Gerasimov, Shoigu accused of war crimes for targeting civilian infrastructure, crime of ‘inhumane acts’ in Ukraine; Kyiv: ‘Everyone will be held accountable for evil’
By Richard Carter
Illustrative. A British Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon jet fighter departs Gioia del Colle air base, Italy, March 22, 2011. (Donato Fasano/ AP)
June 26, 2023, 11:12 pm
Russia says it intercepted British warplanes over Black Sea
Defense Ministry reports two jets were sent to confront Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters, which turned back
By AFP
The site of the crater after the Russian military accidentally bombed Belgorod, Russia, April 21, 2023. (Telegram Channel of Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov via AP)
April 21, 2023, 2:21 pm
Russia’s air force accidentally bombs its own city
Blast from Su-34 bomber shatters apartment windows, damages cars, leaves 20-meter crater in Belgorod; social media first blames Kyiv, until Moscow acknowledges mistake
By AP
Footage purportedly showing an explosion at Engels air base in Saratov, Russia, December 5, 2022. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 6, 2022, 11:51 am
Ukrainian official claims drone attacks on Russian territory
New York Times cites official saying special forces team penetrated enemy territory to guide strikes; 3rd strike reported in Kursk region Tuesday
By Ash Obel
Damage seen at the Dyagilevo airfield in the Ryazan region, which Moscow says was caused by Ukrainian drones, December 5, 2022. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 5, 2022, 10:12 pm
Moscow says Ukraine drones behind blasts on Russian airfields
Drones aiming to ‘disrupt Russian long-range aircraft’ were intercepted, Russian defense ministry says, but debris fell and exploded on airfields, killing three
By Agencies
Illustrative: In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, September 19, 2022, members of a special forces unit of the Russian army aim their weapons in action at an unspecified location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
October 15, 2022, 11:57 pm
11 killed as two men open fire on soldiers at Russian military training site
Gunmen from unnamed former Soviet states killed by return fire; Russia’s Defense Ministry labels incident a terrorist attack
By Agencies
In this image made from a video released by the Russian Presidential Press Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in Moscow, Russia, September 21, 2022. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)
September 21, 2022, 10:20 am
Putin orders mobilization of 300,000 more troops, makes veiled nuclear threat
Russian president says call-up needed to ‘protect our homeland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity’; threatens West with ‘all the means’ available
By Karl Ritter
Russian President Vladimir Putin,(R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo prior to their talks in Vladivostok, Russia, on April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
September 6, 2022, 10:59 am
Russia turning to North Korea to buy rockets and artillery shells, US intel reveals
Official says Moscow’s decision reflects its growing pariah status and demonstrates supply difficulties faced by its military in Ukraine
By AAMER MADHANI
People attend a ceremony for the fallen soldiers of Ukraine at the Lychakiv Cemetery in western Ukrainian city of Lviv on August 24, 2022 (YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP)
August 25, 2022, 2:34 pm
Russia claims train station strike killed over 200 Ukrainian troops
Moscow says attack took out reserve unit ‘en route to combat zones,’ but Ukraine says 25 dead including kids; occurred on Ukraine’s independence day, 6 months after invasion began
By AFP
A screenshot of video showing explosions at a military base in Mayskoye in Russian-annexed Crimea, August 16, 2022. (Screen capture: Twitter)
August 16, 2022, 5:41 pm
Blasts rock Crimea military depot in new suspected Ukrainian attack
Russia calls explosions at ammo storage facility an ‘act of sabotage’ but doesn’t name perpetrators, a week after similar incident
By AP and ToI Staff
A Russian mine clearing expert with a dog works to find and defuse mines along the high voltage line in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, July 13, 2022. (AP)
August 11, 2022, 1:25 pm
Straining to replenish its military, Russia offers convicts freedom if they fight
Prisoner rights group says at least 1,500 have taken up offer that comes with promises of big salaries and a pardon, but many quickly want to back out of deal
By AP
In this handout photo released by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service on April 20, 2022, the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in Russia's northwest. (Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service via AP)
April 20, 2022, 11:25 pm
Russia tests new intercontinental ballistic missile, threatens West
Putin hails successful launch, saying Sarmat will make countries ‘think twice’ about aggressive intentions against Moscow
By AP
The remains of a Russian missile lies on the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)
April 15, 2022, 12:16 pm
Russia threatens to ramp up missile attacks on Kyiv
Moscow issues warning after alleged Ukrainian helicopter strikes on Russian border towns, which Ukraine has denied; claims to kill ‘up to 30 Polish mercenaries’
By AFP
A woman holds roses as she and others gather for the funerals of five Russian nuclear engineers killed by a rocket explosion in Sarov, the closed city located 370 kilometers (230 miles) east of Moscow, which has served as a base for Russia's nuclear weapons program since the late 1940s, on August 12, 2019. (Screenshot taken from footage provided by the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM press service via AP)
August 12, 2019, 8:16 pm
Russians killed in missile test blast were working on ‘new weapons’
Scientists killed at secretive nuclear research facility were believed to be developing Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile
By Maxime Popov
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