UBS L-39NG of the Czech company Aero Vodochody with serial number 0476 arrived on April 18 at the air base "Sliac "(Slovakia) for an official presentation to the Air Force of this country.

The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked a terrorist training base near Palmyra, as a result, up to 200 militants and about 500 kg of ammunition were destroyed. This was announced on Monday, April 19, by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Alexander Karpov.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, commenting on the reaction of the US State Department to restrictions on ships entering a number of areas of the Black Sea, said that Russia is acting in accordance with international agreements.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the military-political situation in the South-Western strategic direction remains difficult due to the attempts of a number of foreign states to increase their military presence near the southern and western borders of Russia.

The marines of the Caspian Flotilla together with the sailors of the Northern Fleet conducted exercises on loading and unloading military equipment on landing ships on the Black Sea coast, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reports.

As reported in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet, the flights were performed at extremely low altitudes in difficult hydrometeorological conditions

The exercises, which involved more than 20 ships and boats of the Black Sea Fleet and three squadrons of attack aircraft of the Southern Military District's Air Force and Air Defense Association, were held as part of a control check of the fleet's forces during the winter training period. This is stated in a statement issued on Tuesday by the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.

[b]According to the agency's interlocutor, "in November 2020, during the state tests, a salvo was fired from the Kazan, which confirmed the possibility of such launches."]

Nuclear submarines (NPS) of the project 885M cipher "Ash-M" are capable of firing a salvo of cruise missiles "Kalibr-PL" and "Onyx". This was reported to TASS on Tuesday by a source in the military-industrial complex.

JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has started mooring tests of a large diesel-electric submarine of the project 636.3 "Magadan", the press service of the enterprise reported.

Nuclear submarines (NPS) of the project 885M (code "Ash-M") are capable of firing Kalibr and Onyx missiles in a salvo. The unknown possibility of Russian submarines was revealed by TASS, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.

Seven vessels, a helicopter and a plane took part in an exercise to rescue an emergency ship in the Barents Sea, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported on Tuesday.

A video of the departure of a detachment of ships of the Caspian Flotilla in the Black Sea appeared on the Network. Recall that on the morning of April 17, the detachment passed under the Crimean Bridge. The day before, the ships spent the night in the port of Temryuk, where they replenished their fuel reserves.

The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation will receive another large hydrographic boat of the 19920 project. Yesterday, April 19, the press service of the Vladivostok Shipbuilding Plant named after him. October Revolution reported on the signing of the acceptance certificate on the results of state tests of the boat "Alexander Anishchenko". The timing of the transfer of the vessel to the fleet is not yet reported, but it "will happen in the near future."

As reported, on April 15, 2021, at PJSC " Shipbuilding Firm "Almaz" in St. Petersburg, traditionally without much publicity, the border patrol ship of the 2nd rank "Admiral Ugryumov" (factory number 055) of project 22120 (code "Blizzard"), which is being built for the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, was launched. This is the sixth ship of the project 22120, and neither the order of this unit, nor the beginning of its construction was previously publicly reported.

The Northern Fleet will receive almost 250 units of modern weapons in 2021, and its share in the fleet will reach 62.3% by the end of the year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Minister of Defense noted that the Northern Fleet is constantly practicing the use of fighter aircraft from the airfields of the Arctic archipelagos

The development of Russian military infrastructure in the Arctic and on the coast of the Arctic Ocean will continue, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the board of the military department on Tuesday.

Rostec enterprises are accelerating the development of domestic radio-electronic products due to the fact that foreign supplies can be stopped at any time, said the head of the state corporation Sergey Chemezov.

The holding company "Roselektronika" of the State Corporation Rostec with the support of the Industrial Development Fund (VEB Group.Russian Federation) will increase the production of ultra-high-frequency modules for various radar systems.

The NORA B-52 M21 wheeled 155 mm self-propelled artillery system of the Serbian company Yugoimport-SDSR will take part in the tender of the US Army for the purchase of this type of guns.

In Syria, the firepower of the old BTR-152 was significantly increased. If earlier these wheeled armored personnel carriers were armed with 7.62-mm SGBB, now they can see 14.5-mm CPV.

The Vladimirov heavy machine gun, despite the fact that it was created in the second half of the 40s, is still considered one of the most powerful in the world.

In the repair battalion of the combined arms association of the Eastern Military District, stationed in the Republic of Buryatia, military craftsmen are completing work on the restoration of the legendary heavy tank of the Great Patriotic War (WWII) "Joseph Stalin" (IS-2). The masters plan to put the tank on the move to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War.