Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
26 March 2024 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
- Russia Reports Thwarting Ukrainian Aerial Attack in Belgorod VOA 26 Mar 2024 -- A Russian official said the country's air defenses shot down 18 Ukrainian airborne targets involved in an attack early Wednesday in the Belgorod region.
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 26 Mar 2024 -- On 26 March 2024, the Russian airspace control systems located a group aerial target over the Barents Sea waters approaching the State border of the Russian Federation.
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 26 Mar 2024 -- At around 07:00, the Russian Armed Forces' Grad MLRS foiled the Kiev regime attempt to launch a terrorist attack on the territory of the Russian Federation.
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 26 Mar 2024 -- Last night, the Russian Armed Forces foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to launch a terrorist attack using the Vampire RM-70 multiple-launch rocket system.
Defense Policy / Programs
Foreign Policy
News Reports
- Expanded meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office Board President of Russia 26 Mar 2024 -- Vladimir Putin spoke at the expanded meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office Board.
- Why Putin Is Trying To Pin The Concert Hall Attack On Kyiv And The West RFE/RL 26 Mar 2024 -- In his first remarks following the assault on a concert hall outside Moscow on March 22, more than 18 hours after gunmen killed at least 139 people in the deadliest terror attack in Russia in 20 years, President Vladimir Putin made no mention of the extremist group Islamic State, which had already claimed responsibility.
- Interview: Putin, The Terror Attack, And The Threat Whose Name He 'Dare Not Speak' RFE/RL 26 Mar 2024 -- Gunmen entered a concert hall just outside Moscow on March 22 and opened fire, killing at least 139 people in the deadliest terror attack in Russia since the hostage crisis at a school in Beslan, in the North Caucasus, in September 2004. The extremist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, which came five days after President Vladimir Putin secured a new term in a tightly controlled election marred by evidence of massive fraud.
- Lukashenka Contradicts Putin's Claim About Concert Hall Attackers' Escape Plan RFE/RL 26 Mar 2024 -- Belarusian authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka said on March 26 that the gunmen who attacked a concert hall near Moscow last week tried to flee into his country but were unable to because of additional security measures.
- Russia strengthens security, vows to combat terrorism following Moscow concert hall shooting People's Daily 26 Mar 2024 -- Russia is reeling from a bloody terrorist attack in Moscow, a tragedy that has prompted a significant tightening of security measures nationwide.
- Turkmenistan To Repatriate University Students Studying In Russia After Terror Attack RFE/RL 26 Mar 2024 -- Turkmen authorities are exploring how to bring Turkmen students studying at Russian universities back home, amid fears of an anti-immigrant backlash in the wake of last week's terrorist attack on Moscow's outskirts.
- Tajik Authorities Detain, Question Relatives Of Suspected Moscow Gunmen RFE/RL 26 Mar 2024 -- Tajik authorities detained relatives of four Tajik men accused of storming a Moscow-region concert hall and gunning down scores of people, questioning the relatives as the investigation into Russia's worst terrorist attack in decades widens.
- Imprisoned Russian Politician Kara-Murza's Wife Backs Prisoner Swap RFE/RL 26 Mar 2024 -- Yevgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of imprisoned Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, has said she would support a possible prisoner swap between Russia and the West to save her husband and other political prisoners in Russia whose lives might be in danger.
- West Reliant on Russian Nuclear Fuel Amid Decarbonization Push VOA 26 Mar 2024 -- A new report and research from a British defense research group has found that many Western nations are still reliant on Russian nuclear fuel to power their reactors, despite efforts to sever economic ties with the Kremlin following its February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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