NATO intercepts Russian jets near Estonian airspace
Spanish and Finnish fighter jets were sent to intercept three Russian planes flying near Estonian air space on Tuesday, the NATO military alliance said in a statement.
Aug 01, 2017, 22:10 PM IST
Russian jets accidentally bombed US-backed forces in Syria: US general
Russian warplanes bombed US-backed fighters in several small villages in northern Syria after they mistakenly thought Islamic State forces were in the area, a top US general said Wednesday.
Mar 01, 2017, 23:41 PM IST
Russian jets pound Aleppo as US clings to diplomacy
Russia was reported on Friday to be sending more warplanes to Syria to ramp up its air campaign.
Oct 01, 2016, 21:41 PM IST
Russian jets regularly violate Estonian airspace: Minister
Russian military planes regularly violate Estonian airspace, the former Soviet state's defence minister said today, describing such behaviour as "incredibly reckless".
May 04, 2016, 01:52 AM IST
Davutoglu says Russia is Turkey's 'friend, neighbour'
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday said his government did not want to fuel tensions with "our friend" Russia, a day after Turkey downed a Russian warplane on the Syrian border.
Nov 25, 2015, 19:40 PM IST
DNA: Russian jets hit 83 militant targets in Syria in 24 hours
Russian planes in Syria over the past day carried out 46 sorties against 83 infrastructure targets of terrorist groups in the provinces of Hama, Idlib, Damascus, Aleppo and Deir Ezzor," the defence
Oct 22, 2015, 23:55 PM IST
US, Russian jets involved in 'near miss' over Syria
US and Russian jets came within visual identification range over Syria, the US military said on Tuesday.
Oct 14, 2015, 15:56 PM IST
Russian jets in Turkish airspace no accident: NATO chief
NATO's secretary-general on Tuesday rejected Moscow's claim that its military incursion into alliance airspace over Turkey wasn't intentional or important, saying there were two separate incidents and "the violation lasted for a long time."
Oct 06, 2015, 21:52 PM IST
Russian air force hits '10 Islamic State targets' in Syria
"Su-34, Su-24M and Su-25 carried out 15 sorties from the Hmeimim airbase in the afternoon," the ministry said in a statement, adding that 10 facilities had been struck on the sixth day of Moscow's military intervention in Syria.
Oct 06, 2015, 04:42 AM IST
Moscow says 600 militants flee Syria, vows to ramp up bombing
Russian air strikes on Saturday targeting the Islamic State group in Syria have sown "panic", forcing some 600 "militants" to abandon their positions and head to Europe, Moscow claimed.
Oct 03, 2015, 23:40 PM IST
