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EXTRA NEWS June 1, 2025

Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Assault on Russian Airbases, Damaging Strategic Bombers

Updated 20:14 In a significant escalation of its drone warfare campaign, Ukraine has reportedly executed its most extensive drone attack to date, targeting multiple Russian…

Space News April 11, 2024

Russia launches first Angara-A5 space rocket from Far East cosmodrome

MOSCOW, April 11 (Reuters) – Russia on Thursday test-launched its Angara-A5 space rocket for the first time from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East,…

Sukhoi Su-34 Russian Air Force Archive AviationNews.eu Rob Vogelaar

Military Aviation News February 29, 2024

Ukraine says it has shot down three more Russian fighter jets

KYIV, Feb 29 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Thursday it had shot down three more Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers, the latest successes it has reported…

Civilian aviation news August 28, 2023

How Russia keeps its fleet of Western jets in the air

(Reuters) – A Ural Airlines Airbus landed in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Nov. 14 last year. Then it remained grounded on the tarmac….

Accident Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600 RA-02795 23 Aug 2023

EXTRA NEWS August 23, 2023

Wagner boss listed among passengers in plane crash in Russia

Wagner mercenary group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the list of passengers on an aircraft that crashed in the Tver Region, Russian authorities say. Embraer…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News December 27, 2022

Russia explores buying stranded jets from Western leasing firms

Some 400 jets worth $10 billion stranded by war $644 mln offered for 17 Aeroflot aircraft -letter Russian plan would use its National Wealth Fund…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News September 6, 2022

Russia to extend emergency support to airline industry

(Reuters) – Russia will provide its airlines with another 50.6 billion roubles ($810 million) of emergency support as the industry reels from the fallout of…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News August 8, 2022

Russia starts stripping jetliners for parts as sanctions bite

(Reuters) – Russian airlines, including state-controlled Aeroflot, are stripping jetliners to secure spare parts they can no longer buy abroad because of Western sanctions, four…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News May 16, 2022

Russia says it shot down three Ukrainian fighter jets, one near Snake Island

(Reuters) – Russia on Monday said its forces had shot down three Ukrainian fighter jets, one near Snake Island in the Black Sea and the…

Military Aviation News May 2, 2022

Ukraine says it destroyed two Russian patrol boats on Monday

(Reuters) – A Ukrainian Bayraktar drone destroyed two Russian Raptor-class patrol ships in the Black Sea on Monday, Ukraine’s military chief said. “Two Russian Raptor-class…

Civilian aviation news April 4, 2022

Moscow says all foreign leased aircraft will remain in Russia

(Reuters) – All foreign leased aircraft still in Russia after the termination of Western leasing contracts will remain in Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News March 8, 2022

How sanctions against Russia are battering the global aviation industry

(Reuters) – Russia’s size and close integration into the global aviation industry since the end of the Cold War means sanctions related to its invasion…

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