Operation in Syria

05.05.2016 (15:02) Body of Alexander Prokhorenko was delivered to his home town Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, State Secretary – Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov, and ex-Deputy Defence Minister Alexei Dumin took part in the mourning rally.

05.05.2016 (13:30) Family from France handed their awards to relatives of the Russian officer heroically fallen in Syria State Secretary – Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov expressed his gratitude to Micheline and Jean-Claude Maguet for theid deed and awarded medals of the Russian Ministry of Defence “For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms”.

21.04.2016 (19:25) Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces and Defence Minister held videoconference with Palmyra on issues of mine-clearing operation Vladimir Putin and Sergei Shoigu listened to report of the Chief of Engineer troops of the Russian Federation Lieutenant General Yuri Stavitsky.

11.04.2016 (19:00) Briefing by Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoy The Russian Federation has been implementing all obligations aimed at establishing ceasefire in territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.

07.04.2016 (06:00) Syrian Air Force in cooperation with Russian fighters delivered about 30 tons of humanitarian cargos to besieged Deir ez-Zor Delivering of Red Crescent cargos to the city became possible by mediation of the Russian Centre for reconciliation of opposing sides in the Syrian Arab Republic

04.04.2016 (15:02) Russian engineers started clearing roads to historical part of Palmyra Servicemen of the International Mine Action Centre of the Russian Armed Forces have detected and defused more than 120 explosive devices and cleared 1.1 km of roads from mines.

01.04.2016 (11:51) Second group of Russian sappers arrived at Hmeymim airbase in Syria Soon a column of military engineers will march to the assigned zone for mine clearance of infrastructural objects in the historical part of Palmyra.

31.03.2016 (13:15) Briefing by Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoy Unique footage: Mi-28N launches guided antitank missile near Palmyra

30.03.2016 (19:25) Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation ordered to send specialists of the International Mine Action Centre to Syria for mine clearance in Palmyra Today the servicemen of a compounded detachment of the International Mine Action Centre have embarked on an air transport and departed to the Hmeymim airbase.

21.03.2016 (11:58) Statement of the Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoy

18.03.2016 (17:25) Implementation of measures aimed at ceasefire establishment in the Syrian Arab Republic has been continued since February 27 within bilateral joint agreements between Russia and the United States

17.03.2016 (15:37) Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces presented the servicemen, who had taken part in the operation in Syria, with state decorations Thus, Colonel General Alexander Dvornikov, Colonel Viktor Romanov, Colonel Vadim Baykulov, Major Andrei Diyachnko were awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union.

17.03.2016 (15:20) First crews of Su-24M tactical bombers returned from Syria to Chelyabinsk The pilots made a fly-past over the airfield in a formation at low altitude. This is how they saluted relatives and colleagues at the airbase.

16.03.2016 (18:30) Group of Su-25 attack aircraft landed at the permanent base in the Krasnodar Krai having performed a long-range flight from Hmeymim airbase The pilots were congratulated by colleagues and relatives. After a short speech of the Southern MD Commander the pilots were presented war decorations.

16.03.2016 (12:45) Another group of Russian aircraft departed from the Hmeymim airbase and headed to the permanent bases The group consists of a “leader”, an IL-76 aircraft, as well as attack aircraft Su-24M.

16.03.2016 (07:21) Another group of Russian aircraft departed from the Hmeymim airbase and headed to the permanent bases The group consists of a “leader”, an IL-76 aircraft, as well as attack aircraft Su-25.

16.03.2016 (06:49) Preparation of aircraft groups of the Russian Aerospace Forces for redeploying to airfields in the Russian Federation has been finished Engineering and technical staff loaded equipment, logistics items and inventory into military transport aviation.

15.03.2016 (14:52) First group of Su-34 bombers arrived at the Western MD airbase in Voronezh region Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Colonel General Viktor Bondarev took part in the ceremony devoted to meeting pilots, who had been performing tasks in Syria.

15.03.2016 (13:52) First group of aircraft has left Hmeymim airbase for permanent location airfields in the territory of the Russian Federation

15.03.2016 (09:00) Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu ordered to redeploy main part of the Russian Armed Forces grouping which had been performing tasks on eliminating terrorists in Syria, starting from March 15, 2016 Technical staff of the airbase started preparing aircraft for the long-range flight to the Russian Federation airfields.

07.03.2016 (16:50) Russian Defence Ministry held briefing about peace-making process, returning of civilians to their houses and delivering of humanitarian aid to the Syrian people

28.02.2016 (15:04) Russian centre for reconciliation of opposing sides in Syria starts issuing everyday bulletin on the course of the reconciliation of opposing sides According to the achieved agreements, Russian centre for reconciliation of opposing sides in Syria starts issuing everyday bulletin.

27.02.2016 (12:45) Russian Defence Ministry held briefing on peacemaking process in Syria Today starting from 00:00, strikes have not been carried out in the areas and on those armed formations which had sent ceasefire applications.

24.02.2016 (17:05) Coordination centre for reconciliation of opposing sides on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic started its work at the Hmeymim airbase For tow days combat actions have been terminated in the settlements of Ghunaymiyah, Laulyat and Burj Islam (Latakia province).

16.02.2016 (18:47) On February 10-16, aircraft of the Russian aviation group in the Syrian Arab Republic performed 444 combat sorties engaging 1593 terrorists’ objects In the course of the last day, the government troops and forces of the patriotic opposition have liberated more than 100 square kilometers.