
The Ulyanovsk, named after a city on Russia's Volga River, is the seventh Yasen-class nuclear-powered attack sub to be built for the Russian Navy. On July 30, a shipyard in Severodvinsk held the keel-laying ceremony for the new sub.

The T-90MS is a New Version of Russia's legendary 'flying tank', the T90 main battle tank

Following the Arab Spring in 2011 a series of anti-government protests triggered mass civil unrest in Syria. A range of Islamist groups took the lead in the anti-government standoff.

Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, while flying to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. All 298 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft died in the incident.

The Syrian Armed Forces and Kurdish self-defense units liberate the areas occupied by Daesh terrorists.

On July 7-8, the German city of Hamburg will host the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) that include many countries, including Russia, China and the United States among others.

The MC-21 is a twin-engine short- and mid-range airliner with a capacity of 150-212 passengers. The presentation of the aircraft took place in June 2016 in the Russian city of Irkutsk. The plane's maiden flight was on May 28, followed by a series of test flights in June.

The T-14, better known as the Armata, is the only postwar third-generation tank in the world. This unique Russian invention featuring Russian-made components alone remains unaffected by sanctions.

On Thursday, the United Kingdom held a snap general election, which was called by May in order to unify the parliament ahead of the Brexit negotiations with Brussels.

The FIFA Confederations Cup is a tournament held once every four years, and one year before the FIFA World Cup.

A deadly blast, which police are investigating as a terrorist attack, occurred outside the Manchester Arena at the end of US singer Ariana Grande's concert on Monday night, leaving at least 22 people dead and 59 injured. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack.

On May 13, Russia's Black Sea Fleet celebrates its birthday.

Today when the subject comes up of the Russian Army's combat equipment, one thinks of Russia's major armaments. But Russian forces have at their disposal equally impressive vehicles and combat engineering equipment, without which it would be either very difficult or impossible to accomplish combat objectives.

Independent candidate Emmanuel Macron won the second round of the French presidential election with 66.1 percent of the votes, the country's Interior Ministry said Monday, after all ballots have been processed.

Centrist Emmanuel Macron has won in the Sunday French presidential election with 66.06 percent of votes after 99.99 percent of all ballots counted, French Interior ministry data revealed.

A fan ID is the main document for visitors to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. Here's how to get it.

The T-72B tank, the direct forerunner to the T-72B3, is a modified version of the T-72.

The Yak-130 lead-in fighter trainer is the world's only training aircraft with the aerodynamic configuration and subsonic flight performance characteristics of modern jet fighters. The two-seat reconnaissance and light attack jet has a combat load of up to 3,000 kilograms (about 6,600 pounds).

After the fall of the monarchy during the February 1917 revolution, the power went to the Provisional Government, which enjoyed little support in Russian regions where local councils known as Soviets ruled supreme. As the war raged on, the political crisis intensified, compounded by food shortages.

The United States launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Syrian military airfield in Ash Sha'irat near Homs on April 6 in response to the alleged chemical weapons use in Idlib, an incident which Washington blames on Damascus.




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