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10 September 2024 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
- Russia reports shooting down 144 Ukrainian drones VOA 10 Sep 2024 -- Russia's military said Tuesday it destroyed 144 Ukrainian aerial drones launched in overnight attacks targeting regions across western Russia.
- Ukrainian Drones Threaten Moscow And Its Airports As Russian Drones Target Kyiv RFE/RL 10 Sep 2024 -- Ukrainian officials said on September 10 that a widespread Russian drone-and-missile attack had targeted Kyiv and critical infrastructure in Ukraine's northeast in addition to other regions, while Russian officials said an overnight swarm of attack drones from Ukraine killed a woman near the capital and grounded flights at three Moscow airports.
- Beside ICC Prosecutor, Ukraine Accuses Russian Commander Of Ordering Attack On Children's Hospital RFE/RL 10 Sep 2024 -- Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Andriy Kostin accused an unnamed Russian Air Force commander of ordering a devastating air strike on a children's hospital in Kyiv in July, during a September 10 visit to the scene of the tragedy alongside the International Criminal Court's (ICC) visiting top prosecutor.
- Russian Defence Ministry report on repelling an invasion attempt of the AFU on the territory of the Russian Federation (10 September 2024) Russia MoD 10 Sep 2024 -- Units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army Aviation and artillery repelled six attacks of the enemy in the direction of Apanasovka, Kamyshevka, Maryevka, and Cherkasskaya Konopelka. The enemy's attempts to launch attacks in the direction of Borki, Krasnooktyabrskoye, and Kremyanoye were thwarted.
- Ukraine Loses Over 11,800 Soldiers During Operation in Kursk Region Sputnik 10 Sep 2024 -- The Russian military eliminated more than 11,800 Ukrainian service members and 93 tanks during military operations in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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- Ocean 2024 strategic command-and-staff exercise President of Russia 10 Sep 2024 -- Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in the launch of the active phase of the Ocean 2024 strategic command-and-staff exercise.
- Russia, China kick off joint military exercises, challenging US-led coalition VOA 10 Sep 2024 -- Russia says it launched massive naval and air drills Tuesday that span a huge swath of oceans and involve more than 400 naval vessels, at least 120 military aircraft and upwards of 90,000 troops.
- Russia and China's Navy warships meet in Peter the Great Bay to participate in Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise Russia MoD 10 Sep 2024 -- Warships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, which participate in the Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise, met in the northern area of the Peter the Great Bay.
- Russia's Navy holds Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise Russia MoD 10 Sep 2024 -- In accordance with the training plan of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Russian Navy today launched the Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise, which will last until 16 September 2024.
- Ocean 2024 CPX: mine countermeasures vessels train laying mines at sea and conducting mine sweeping missions Russia MoD 10 Sep 2024 -- As part of the Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise, the group of mine action vessels made up of the coastal and inshore minesweepers German Ugryumov and Magomed Gadzhiyev, as well as RT-234, RT-233, RT-71, operating as part of the surface task force, have carried out combat exercises to lay mines at sea and conduct mine sweeping missions in the designated area in the northern part of the Caspian Sea.
- Ocean 2024 CPX: Baltic Fleet ships deployed at sea Russia MoD 10 Sep 2024 -- More than 30 ships and boats, as well as support vessels of the Baltic Fleet, left their homeport to enter the designated areas of the Baltic Sea as part of the Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise.
- Ocean 2024 CPX: Caspian Flotilla warships put to sea Russia MoD 10 Sep 2024 -- Today, in the course of the Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise, warships of the Caspian Flotilla put to sea to eliminate surface and aerial targets of the mock enemy.
- Russia launches largest joint navy drills of post-Soviet era alongside China Press TV 10 Sep 2024 -- Russia has launched its largest navy drills of the post-Soviet era alongside Chinese warships, in the latest sign of deepening military cooperation between the two global powers.
- Russian Naval Forces Launch Ocean-2024 Strategic Drills Sputnik 10 Sep 2024 -- The Russian naval forces have launched the planned strategic exercise "Ocean-2024" in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
- US Seeks Sound Military Edge Spurring Arms Race - Putin Sputnik 10 Sep 2024 -- Vladimir Putin delivered an address at the opening of the Ocean-2024 naval drills and laid out key geopolitical challenges lying ahead for Russia and its armed forces. Putin explained that the US seeks to maintain its global hegemony and inflict a strategic defeat on Russia using Ukraine as its tool.
- Baltic Fleet's training ship Smolny arrives in Angola Russia MoD 10 Sep 2024 -- Today, the Baltic Fleet training ship Smolny, which is carrying out a long-distance mission for maritime practice of naval cadets, has arrived with an unofficial visit to the port of Luanda, the Republic of Angola.
- Arctic Group of Northern Fleet deployed in eastern areas of Arctic Ocean Russia MoD 10 Sep 2024 -- During the Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise launched today, the Arctic Expeditionary Group of Forces (Troops) of the Northern Fleet was deployed in eastern areas of the Arctic Ocean.
- Echelon 2024: combat service support units undergo drills in highlands Russia MoD 10 Sep 2024 -- The Echelon 2024 special exercise in Kyrgyzstan involving combat service support (CSS) units is carried out to improve coordination and speed of the operations of the CSTO's logistic, technical, and medical support units during a joint operation.
- Iran Gives Russia Short-Range Missiles, While U.S., Partners Expect to Keep Bolstering Ukrainian Air Defense DoD News 10 Sep 2024 -- The United States has confirmed that Iran has given a number of close-range ballistic missiles to Russia. But a U.S. official said from the beginning of the Russian invasion, support to Ukraine has focused on air defense, and that this will continue — including with a focus on the threat posed by the new missiles.
- Iran says will take reciprocal measures after West imposed sanctions Press TV 10 Sep 2024 -- The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry has warned Tehran will take reciprocal measures after the Western countries imposed sanctions on the country over allegations of its weapons delivery to Russia.
- Iranian transfers of Ballistic Missiles to Russia: UK, France and Germany joint statement UK FCDO 10 Sep 2024 -- Foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom gave a statement following Iran's export and Russia's procurement of Iranian ballistic missiles.
- E3 impose new sanctions on Iran for alleged transfer of missiles to Russia IRNA 10 Sep 2024 -- Three European countries of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom - referred to as E3 - have applied fresh sanctions on Iran for what they claim to be the country's transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia.
- Germany, France, UK impose sanctions on Iran over Russia ties Press TV 10 Sep 2024 -- Germany, France, and Britain have imposed new sanctions on Iran under the pretext of claims it has delivered ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the Ukraine war, despite repeated denials by Tehran.
- UK and partners respond to Iran's transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia UK FCDO 10 Sep 2024 -- UK government announcement of significant measures against Iran and Russia, following the Iranian regime's transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia.
- U.S. Levels More Sanctions On Iran After Alleged Missile Transfer To Russia RFE/RL 10 Sep 2024 -- The United States on September 10 issued new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's military support to Russia, including the alleged recent delivery of ballistic missiles, for use in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- US imposes sanctions on Iran over supply of ballistic missiles to Russia VOA 10 Sep 2024 -- Washington is imposing new sanctions on Iran over its supply of missiles to Russia for use in Moscow's illegal invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday.
- Treasury Designates Actors Facilitating Iran's Transfer of Lethal Aid to Russia US Treasury 10 Sep 2024 -- Today, in response to Iran's ongoing military support, including the recent delivery of ballistic missiles, to Russia for its war of aggression against Ukraine, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating ten individuals and six entities based in Iran and Russia and identifying four vessels as blocked property that are enabling Iran's delivery of weapons components and weapons systems, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and close-range ballistic missiles (CRBMs), to Russia. In late 2023, Iran and Russia signed a contract for the supply of hundreds of missiles. In the summer of 2024, Russian military personnel were trained on the use of Iran's Project 360 CBRMs by Iranian personnel, and as of early September 2024, Russia received the first shipment of these CBRMs from Iran.
- US on the back foot over Iran's missiles transfer claims IRNA 10 Sep 2024 -- The US National Security Council spokesman has said that the administration of President Joe Biden could not confirm the alleged reports published by the media about Iran's ballistic missiles transfer to Russia.
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