AviationNews – A Russian military aircraft carrying seven servicemen crashed near the village of Krasnoyanovo in Russia's Far Eastern Amur region on Tuesday, killing six crew members and leaving one survivor injured, defense officials and local media reported. The fatal accident occurred during a planned training mission, underscoring persistent operational and maintenance challenges within Russia's active military aviation fleet. The aircraft, which operated out of the major Ukrainka strategic airbase situated roughly 30 kilometers south of the impact zone, went down in an unpopulated sector of the Mazanovsky District.

First UTS-800 training aircraft delivered On 28 December 2024, the Ural Civil Aviation Plant JSC (UZGA) delivered the first two UTS-800 turboprop training aircraft to the Russian M...

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov labels HTS a terrorist group and calls for coordinated efforts to end hostilities in Syria during the Doha Forum 2024.

Aviation News – A Su-30SM fighter jet from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet crashed in Crimea while intercepting a drone, officials confirmed. The two crew members ejected safely, and an investigation has been launched into the cause of the incident. The crash occurred during a combat mission to destroy a hostile drone. According to preliminary reports, the jet caught fire after launching a missile, forcing the pilots to eject.

Latest undisclosed batch is the third announced in 2026 as Russia continues to conceal the number of fighters handed over to its air force

Aviation News – The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced a new Su-35S delivery Russian Aerospace Forces personnel received on August 27, 2026. The handed-over aircraft reinforce tactical aviation units following extensive flight tests. ​The state-owned corporation confirmed that the fighters underwent a full suite of factory testing and operational evaluation flights prior to deployment. Handled directly by Ministry of Defense test pilots, the aircraft were evaluated in multiple flight regimes to ensure operational readiness before being cleared for military service.

Russia has reportedly lost another aircraft following an aviation accident in Krasnodar Region. According to reports circulating online, the aircraft involved was an L-39 jet trainer. The incident was first reported by the Russian military blogger Fighterbomber on his Telegram channel. Few details have been released so far, although he claimed that the crew had […] Post Aircraft Crash in Krasnodar Region: Russia Loses Another Military Aircraft at Root-Nation.com.

AviationNews – Faced with an increasingly overwhelmed ground-based air defense network, the Russian Aerospace Forces have resorted to deploying their high-value A-50U early warning aircraft and fifth-generation Su-57 fighters as dedicated "drone hunters." This tactical shift highlights the growing threat of deep-strike Ukrainian kamikaze drones successfully penetrating thousands of kilometers into Russian airspace. Recent reports confirm that Russia is combining these advanced aerial assets to detect and intercept long-range Ukrainian drones, as seen during a massive attack on an oil refinery in Omsk, nearly 2,700 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

New paint on a never-exported Russian Su-34 hints at a possible first sale to Algeria or Iran.