MOSCOW, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Russia is currently creating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) forces as a separate branch, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

Russian air defenses shot down 131 Ukrainian drones in the last 24 hours, including 73 devices outside the air defense zone, ...

MOSCOW, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Russia's air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 102 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles overnight, the country's Ministry of Defense said Tuesday via its ...

MOSCOW, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Aviation authorities temporarily closed Domodedovo, Zhukovsky and Sheremetyevo international airports in the Moscow region on Sunday due to potential risks of drone attacks ...

Ever since Vladimir Putin started the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian president has sought to depict the war as a remote military operation with no bearing on Moscow and its ...