Russian Military in a sentence

In negotiations with Russian military personnel, Jaish al-Islam pressed for a deal that would let in Russian military police, keep out the Syrian military and allow its fighters to stay as a local security force.

American spy agencies had penetrated Russian military and intelligence services so thoroughly that they knew many details of the Russian invasion plan for Ukraine, but they found no evidence to support Russian involvement in episodes of Havana syndrome.

Russian media reported Saturday that the mercenaries had downed several Russian military helicopters and a military communications plane during the rebellion.

During the exercise, the Russian military will test fire 16 cruise and ballistic missiles, according to the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) Main Department for International Military Cooperation, Major General Yevgeny Ilyin.

The Russian military has long had problems with theft as well as kickbacks in weapons procurement: Russian prosecutors announced in March that military corruption had quadrupled in 2018 to 7 billion rubles (US$110 billion).

After a strike that killed dozens — possibly hundreds — of Russian soldiers this week, one of the deadliest since the invasion began, the Russian military itself acknowledged the problem, using it to explain the heavy losses.

A Russian court this month sentenced a journalist Maria Ponomarenko to six years for a social media posting that Russian military jets were responsible for bombing a theatre in Mariupol where civilians were sheltering.

As Russian army units refuse to fight in Ukraine, it appears that volunteer fighters are continuing to sign up with the Wagner group, in spite of Shoigu's recent decree that all volunteers must sign contracts with the Russian military.

If so, athletes from the two countries could potentially compete if they have not publicly endorsed the Russian invasion and are not affiliated with the Russian military or state security agencies.

Map showing which areas of East Ukraine are under Russian military control, limited Russian control, and territory held or regained by Ukraine.

Putin is likely attempting to reduce Prigozhin's prominence in favor of the re-emerging professional Russian military and Russian government officials," the group said Thursday.

Russian rescue teams from the Emergencies Ministry are preparing to fly to Syria, where Russian military deployed in that country already has sent 10 units comprising 300 people to help clear debris and search for survivors.

Several reached a Russian airbase in Pskov, some 600 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, destroying two Russian military transport aircraft and damaging two more.

The deaths of dozens of Russian soldiers in a new year missile strike on a building in occupied eastern Ukraine have prompted recriminations among critics of the Russian military.

The Institute for the Study of War reported that recent footage of failed Russian assaults near Vuhledar has pushed some Russian military bloggers to call for public trials against the high-ranking officers as they continue to repeat the same mistakes.

The Russian Defense Ministry said preparations are underway for Wagner to hand over its heavy weapons to the Russian military.

While Putin denied that regular Russian troops were involved in the conflict, the Wagner Group was organizations that provided mercenaries who coordinated with the Russian military and supported separatist groups in Ukraine.

Also freed by Moscow was Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, a dual U.S.-Russian citizen convicted in July of spreading false information about the Russian military — accusations her family and employer have rejected.

A Russian military transport plane crashed in a region bordering Ukraine with Russian officials saying that all 74 people on board – including Ukrainian prisoners of war – were killed.

Both Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers with links to the armed forces said Russian troops had reached the outskirts of the town.