Structure and personnel news

Vadim Badekha, who previously held the position of head of the United Engine Corporation, was appointed CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation

Rostec State Corporation has made personnel changes in the aviation cluster. Vadim Badekha, who previously held the position of head of the United Engine Corporation (UEC), has been appointed CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, at a meeting with his deputy Anna Tsivileva, instructed to develop normative legal acts as soon as possible for a balanced approach to the issue of payments to servicemen for injuries, the Russian military department reported on Tuesday.

The scope and importance of the tasks assigned to them is huge, and the risk is to match these tasks, said Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation

Calculations of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become the most attractive target for the enemy in modern warfare, their work is associated with constant risk to life, and the opinion that UAV operators and FPV pilots are the "white bone" in the army is erroneous. Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB), expressed this opinion to TASS.

"Censor": AFU commanders are afraid to report to their superiors about failures in defense

There are a number of systemic problems in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the editor-in-chief of the Censor portal pointed out.no," Yuri Butusov. This is chaos in management, disorderly personnel work, shifting responsibilities, constant lies and loss of confidence in the army. It is impossible to hold the front like this.

Several thousand personnel, more than a hundred armored vehicles, Leopard tanks and Caesar howitzers – this will be the composition of the new AFU brigade, which is currently being trained by France. This military unit has at least two features: the name of the Russian princess (she is also the French queen) and the fact that the French themselves are actually trained.

Tactical developments of a special military operation will be used in the training of aircraft and helicopter crews

Flights at ultra—low altitudes, anti-missile maneuvers, the use of weapons from maneuvering - such elements will be emphasized in the training of pilots, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe. In two and a half years of special operations, the Russian Aerospace Forces have gained experience that no one else in the world has. How it can be implemented into the combat training of aircraft and helicopter crews and which elements have become the most important — in the Izvestia material.

The People's Deputy Skorokhod announced the desertion of more than 100 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In Ukraine, more and more soldiers are voluntarily abandoning positions and leaving the front. Officially, they can fall into the category not of deserters, but of those who voluntarily left the unit, which is considered a milder violation, and such people are practically not sought.

Russian hackers of the RaHDIt team, also known as the Nemesis project, hacked the database of the special account of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) with a list of ideological Ukrainian nationalists. A special account is a kind of card file of the special service, which contains data on those for whom it works most actively. Access was gained not only to the ultras' data, but also to their photographs. Russian hackers posted all the information for public access on the network.

On October 23, 2024, a regular meeting of the Runway Aviation Lovers Club took place in the Pink Living Room of the Zhukovsky Palace of Culture. It was timed to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the birth of Hero of the Soviet Union, test parachutist Oleg Konstantinovich Khomutov (1934-1997).

NYT: five thousand elite soldiers of the DPRK were transferred to the Kursk region

The New York Times reported on the transfer of several thousand North Korean soldiers to the Kursk region. According to the newspaper, these are fighters of the elite unit of the Korean People's Army, who will participate in the counteroffensive against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Earlier, the transfer was already announced in the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The assumption that the DPRK military will be sent to Kursk was also expressed by White House spokesman John Kirby. Russia and the DPRK deny information about sending North Korean soldiers to their military base. Details can be found in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".

Expert Korotchenko: SVR led by Naryshkin brings Russia's victory in its own

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service under the leadership of Sergei Naryshkin is increasing its effectiveness in new geopolitical conditions, waging an "invisible battle", bringing Russia's victory in a special military operation closer, Igor Korotchenko, one of the leading Russian military analysts, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, told RIA Novosti.