Civil aviation news
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August 26, 2026
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Turkish Airlines will be able to use Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo as alternate airports when Moscow's Vnukovo airport is closed, according to the Aviatorshina channel. Both airports…
South Korea again warned of the mobilization of up to 50,000 North Korean troops heading to Russia, although Seoul detected no signs of an imminent deployment. The Ministry of Defense…
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow for unannounced talks. US media reports agree the trip coincided…
Ukraine's 2023 summer offensive was meant to mark a decisive turning point in the Russo-Ukrainian war and, according to some observers, even the precondition for a…
One of the world's largest cargo aircraft has been grounded for more than four years at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, after being seized in Canada in the wake of the Russian invasion of…
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Russia has more than 4,000 operational nuclear warheads, according to the UK Ministry of Defence in
The United States Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, which unexpectedly landed in Moscow on Tuesday morning (August 25), returned to Riga that evening. The…
Russia and Belarus are negotiating additional expenses for their joint LMS-192 Osvey aircraft project. According to Russian Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov, there were…
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August 25, 2026
Today the British daily Telegraph devotes a lengthy article to Russian sabotage against defense companies in Europe. The headline is blunt: “Russia sabotages the factories...
In recent months, India has almost tripled its imports of Russian oil to shield itself from the consequences of the indefinitely prolonged crisis between Iran and the United States...
A rare CIA mission to Moscow may explain why John Ratcliffe switched from a C-40B to a C-17.
A discreet trip by the CIA director aboard a C-17 comes as Washington shifts its campaign against Iran toward economic coercion. The move raises the possibility of a…
The arrival of a USAF C-17 in the Russian capital, apparently carrying John Ratcliffe, points to a discreet mission amid the impasse over Ukraine and the widening crisis involving Iran…
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Russia sent one of its largest firefighting aircraft to Serbia to help contain a wave of wildfires that has already burned thousands of hectares. The operation draws attention…
By Ignacio Montes de Oca In recent weeks, the Verkhny Lars border crossing, the only land crossing between Russia and Georgia, once again reflected the mood of Russian society. The…
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The landing of a U.S. Air Force aircraft at Moscow Vnukovo Airport is fueling speculation. The Boeing C-17A Globemaster III flew from Riga to Russia on Tuesday morning.
The landing of a US Air Force aircraft at Moscow-Vnukovo airport is fueling speculation. The Boeing C-17A Globemaster III flew from Riga to Russia on Tuesday morning.
Russia is placing much of its hopes for the future of civil aviation on the Yakovlev MC-21, a narrow-body jet designed to reduce the country's dependence on Western aircraft. The post Russia’s $13…
Performance checks in Bukhara intended to verify capabilities of modernised Russian twin-turboprop. United Aircraft’s Ilyushin Il-114-300 had completed a series of hot-weather tests intended to…
The Russian regional aircraft Ilyushin Il-114-300 has completed an extensive series of trials in high outside temperatures at Bukhara Airport in Uzbekistan. With ground temperatures of…
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Aeroflot (SU) will launch new direct flights between Moscow and Phu Quoc, marking the Russian carrier’s expansion to a third scheduled destination in Vietnam. The post Aeroflot Launching Moscow to…
After 1,643 days of war, Kyiv is striking ever deeper into Russian territory. But according to Gianandrea Gaiani, the real risk is a military escalation by Moscow...
Agenzia Nova – Russia is using a network of military and private aircraft, similar to its maritime "shadow fleet", to support its forces in the Sahel...
Aeroflot is launching a new connection between Moscow and Vietnam. The Russian carrier will fly from Moscow-Sheremetyevo to the resort island of Phu Quoc from 15 October. The aircraft used…
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August 24, 2026
A Russian drone equipped with artificial intelligence reportedly identified the target of an attack that killed three civilians in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on its own. The episode…
A Russian attack drone that navigated and selected its target without intervention from a human pilot killed three… The post Russian drone guided entirely by AI kills civilians in Ukraine appeared…
A Yakovlev MS-21 became the first aircraft to use the new runway at Grozny International Airport. The Russian medium-haul jet had arrived the previous day from Moscow-Zhukovsky…
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A Russian Molniya drone with an unencrypted Nvidia Jetson Orin chose its own target and killed three civilians at a Zaporizhzhia gas station on July 6.
Russia has accused the United Kingdom (UK) of “pouring fuel on the fire” over plans to provide Ukraine… The post Russia says UK’s plan to hand Ukraine Storm Shadow blueprints pours fuel on fire…
