The Souyz-5 booster is expected to launch for the first time in December, Roscosmos has said A successful ground test of the first-stage of the Souyz-5 rocket has concluded at a range in the Moscow Region, the Russian space agency Roscosmos has said. The Soyuz-5 is a two-stage, medium-class launch…
Sebastien Lecornu has been reappointed amid intense political turmoil but says he will stay only if conditions allow Reappointed French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has cautioned that his time in office might be short‑lived – again – unless political conditions improve. French President Emmanuel Macron reinstated Lecornu on Friday, just…
The bloc’s finance ministers are exploring a ‘reparations’ loophole in effectively seizing the assets EU finance ministers have discussed the use of frozen Russian assets to fund a €140 billion loan to Ukraine at an ECOFIN meeting in Luxembourg. It would be repaid if Kiev receives ‘reparations’ from Moscow, European…
“One country” has already made such an error and it did not end well for it, Dmitry Peskov has said The authorities of Moldova are making a “grave mistake” by pursuing confrontation with Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Earlier this week, the Moldovan government under pro-EU President Maia…
Threats are not “the right way” to get along with China, the Commerce Ministry has said Beijing has made it clear that it won’t yield to Washington’s latest tariff threats, urging the United States to seek a negotiated settlement instead of escalating tensions. The warning came as part of an…
The US-made systems are having trouble intercepting upgraded Russian missiles, according to Igor Romanenko Kiev’s US-made Patriot air defense systems are proving increasingly ineffective at repelling Russian missile strikes, former Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Igor Romanenko has claimed. The first of the missile systems…
Belgium’s defense chief has indicated that troops could join police patrols in Brussels as authorities confront gang violence Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken has said he could deploy soldiers to patrol Brussels before the end of the year, as the government faces mounting pressure to curb violent crime and restore…
The UAV strike on Donetsk’s Sigma complex sparked a massive fire that led to the collapse of the building’s internal structure A hypermarket in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) was struck by a Ukrainian drone and burned to the ground on Saturday night, local authorities have reported. An earlier attack…
A spate of violence on the border between the two countries adds to rising tensions after Kabul accused Islamabad of air raids Heavy fighting erupted on Saturday along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, officials from both sides have confirmed, after mutual accusations of airspace violations and attacks. Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said its…
At the CIS summit, Russia’s regional alliance quietly evolved from post-Soviet bureaucracy into a functioning pillar of the multipolar world At Dushanbe’s Palace of the Nation, the atmosphere was formal yet assured – the kind of measured ceremony that has come to define Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summits. Flags…