A deputy chief of the Russian military general staff, Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin, has been arrested on charges of large-scale bribery, according...

At a meeting with the top military command for Moscow's fight in Ukraine, the chief of the general staff, Valery Gerasimov, who is in charg...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held talks with a top Chinese general, Zhang Youxia, and a defense delegation in Moscow to deepen mi...

A recipient of Russia's top military award, Sergei Surovikin is the most senior Russian military figure to lose his job over the June 23-34...

Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov, an influential lawmaker who chairs the lower house of parliament's defence committee, said the trigger f...

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Moscow had information that Ukraine was planning to strike Russian-controlled C...

"They expressed satisfaction over the continued trust and mutual respect between the two countries, particularly in defence, and reiterated...

The drills come amid heightened tension in the Asia-Pacific region, as the United States and South Korea conduct joint air exercises follow...

The Russian leader has various reasons for keeping Sergei Shoigu, 67, in post, according to Western officials, veteran Kremlin watchers and...

"Only by strengthening the key structural components of the Armed Forces is it possible to guarantee the military security of the state and...

At the headquarters of Russia's Vostok (East) group in an unnamed location, Shoigu was briefed by its commander and heard from commanders o...

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told top generals that to renew the army they would have to take account of the experience of fighting in th...

Last month, Putin issued a thinly veiled threat that Moscow could exercise the option of using nuclear weapons to defend Russian territory ...

"On October 26, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Rajnath Singh discussed the situation in Ukraine. Sergei Shoigu conveyed his concer...

Rights activists have accused Moscow of legitimising Myanmar's military junta, which came to power in a Feb. 1 coup, by continuing bilatera...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will discuss the Agreement on Reciprocal Logistics Support (ARLS) with his Russian counterpart General Serge...

The Mi-35M chopper deal was signed during the visit of army chief General Raheel Sharif to Russia in June when he met top defence officials.