DefenceTalkParis’ defence ministry on Monday denied that France breached European sanctions by continuing to sell military equipment to Russia after its 2014 annexation of Crimea. Investigative journalism outfit Disclose reported that around 152 million euros ($167 million) of gear had been approved for export since 2015, citing both “top secret” documents and public sources. Most […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-denies-breaching-sanctions-with-russia-arms-sales-78420/

DefenceTalkA huge Russian military convoy stretching some 40 miles was spotted Monday by a US satellite imaging company just north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, which has already repulsed several assaults. Satellite photos provided by Maxar, a US company, showed that the convoy — which had been massing since Sunday — had mushroomed to more […]https://www.defencetalk.com/vast-russian-army-convoy-spotted-north-of-kyiv-78182/

The upgraded T-90M Proryv tank, developed by UralVagonZavod (UVZ), might be displayed to the public during the Army 2020 forum, UVZ CEO Alexander Potapov said. “I think we will see them [T-90M] soon. This year, we have 75th anniversary of the Victory [over Nazism during the Great Patriotic War], the 100th anniversary of tank building […]

Russia’s Defense Ministry has invited 90 countries, including NATO members, to participate in the 2020 International Army Games, Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the Games’ organizing committee. He noted that the 6th Army Games were scheduled to be held between August 23 and September 5. “Invitations have been sent […]

DefenceTalkSpecial helicopter squadrons will be activated in each of the military districts to infiltrate and exfiltrate commandos and provide close air support for them, according to the Izvestia daily newspaper. The crews of the new units will be trained to fly nap of the earth and attack the enemy while remaining invisible to him. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-army-to-form-helicopter-squadrons-for-army-special-forces-68742/

DefenceTalkRussia’s defense industry continues to maintain that a Russian version of the MRAP (Mine Resistance Ambush Protected) vehicle should be developed, but the Russian military’s need for vehicles in the class is not apparent, expert Alexei Ramm writes in an article in the Military Industrial Courier weekly. The Soviet Army faced the need to protect […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-armys-need-for-mrap-type-vehicles-being-moot-point-68167/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) is partially overhauling its fleet of BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), according to a source in the indigenous defense industry. “In April 2016, the 163rd Armour Repairing Plant (163rd BTRZ, a subsidiary of the Uralvagonzavod scientific-production corporation, UVZ) signed the contract with the Russian MoD to overhaul a number of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-mod-to-overhaul-bmp-2-ifvs-68057/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Army has received another set of the Iskander-M (NATO reporting name: SS-26 Stone) tactical ballistic missile system, the press office of the Machine-Building Design Bureau told TASS. The Machine-Building Design Bureau, part of Russia’s Precision Systems Group, is the producer of the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system. “The entire set of the tactical ballistic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-army-receives-more-iskander-m-tactical-ballistic-missile-system-67746/

DefenceTalkRussia’s advanced self-propelled howitzer, the Koalitsiya-SV, is capable of firing high-precision shells, which are navigated using a GLONASS module, according to the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Russia’s state-of-the-art Koalitsiya-SV 2S35 self-propelled howitzer will be equipped with high-precision projectiles that will be navigated via the GLONASS satellite system, the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta quoted Russian Defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/advanced-self-propelled-russian-gun-gets-satellite-navigated-shells-67328/

DefenceTalkTen Russian mobile strategic nuclear missile regiments have been deployed across the country for military exercises. The systems deployed include Topol (NATO reporting name: SS-25 Sickle), Topol-M (NATO reporting name: SS-27 Sickle B), and RS-24 Yars (NATO reporting name: SS-27 Mod 2) missiles. According to a Russian Defense Ministry statement cited by RIA Novosti, the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-army-rolls-out-strategic-missile-systems-for-drills-66583/