Servicemen stand at attention during a parade as part of the celebrations of the 35th anniversary since the region unilaterally declared independence from Moldova, in Tiraspol, Transnistria region, also known as the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), Moldova.02.09.2025#8994196
Servicemen stand at attention during a parade as part of the celebrations of the 35th anniversary since the region unilaterally declared independence from Moldova, in Tiraspol, Transnistria region, also known as the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), Moldova.02.09.2025#8994180
Servicemen stand at attention during a parade as part of the celebrations of the 35th anniversary since the region unilaterally declared independence from Moldova, in Tiraspol, Transnistria region, also known as the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), Moldova.02.09.2025#8994194
Russian servicemen march during the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992364
Belarusian servicemen march during the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992355
Belarusian servicemen march during the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992363
Servicemen take part in the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992352
Russian servicemen take part in the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992354
Kazakh servicemen take part in the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992351
Servicemen take part in the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992350
Kyrgyz servicemen take part in the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992342
Russian servicemen take part in the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992340
Russian servicemen take part in the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992357
Russian servicemen take part in the opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military drills in the Pobedy (Victory) Square, in Vitebsk, Belarus. Three CSTO drills, codenamed Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025, began in Belarus on August 31. Interaction 2025 will drill a joint response by Collective Rapid Reaction Forces to a crisis situation in a CSTO member state. Search 2025 aims to optimize cooperation between reconnaissance forces, while Echelon 2025 involves logistic support forces.31.08.2025#8992339
Russian Military Historical Society Deputy Chairman Nikolai Ovsienko visits a foundry workshop, where a monument dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kuril Islands landing operation is under creation, in Moscow. The monument will be transported by a special flight, and then by water to the installation site - Shumshu Island in the Sakhalin Region.01.08.2025#8975061
A view shows a fragment of a monument dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kuril Islands landing operation at a foundry workshop in Moscow. The monument will be transported by a special flight, and then by water to the installation site - Shumshu Island in the Sakhalin Region.01.08.2025#8975082
A view shows a fragment of a monument dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kuril Islands landing operation at a foundry workshop in Moscow. The monument will be transported by a special flight, and then by water to the installation site - Shumshu Island in the Sakhalin Region.01.08.2025#8975083
A view shows a fragment of a monument dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kuril Islands landing operation at a foundry workshop in Moscow. The monument will be transported by a special flight, and then by water to the installation site - Shumshu Island in the Sakhalin Region.01.08.2025#8975077
A view shows a fragment of a monument dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kuril Islands landing operation at a foundry workshop in Moscow. The monument will be transported by a special flight, and then by water to the installation site - Shumshu Island in the Sakhalin Region.01.08.2025#8975086
A man works on a monument dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kuril Islands landing operation at a foundry workshop in Moscow. The monument will be transported by a special flight, and then by water to the installation site - Shumshu Island in the Sakhalin Region.01.08.2025#8975047
Men work on a monument dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kuril Islands landing operation at a foundry workshop in Moscow. The monument will be transported by a special flight, and then by water to the installation site - Shumshu Island in the Sakhalin Region.01.08.2025#8975074
A man works on a monument dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kuril Islands landing operation at a foundry workshop in Moscow. The monument will be transported by a special flight, and then by water to the installation site - Shumshu Island in the Sakhalin Region.01.08.2025#8975071
A man works on a monument dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kuril Islands landing operation at a foundry workshop in Moscow. The monument will be transported by a special flight, and then by water to the installation site - Shumshu Island in the Sakhalin Region.01.08.2025#8975064
A view shows a fragment of a monument dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Kuril Islands landing operation at a foundry workshop in Moscow. The monument will be transported by a special flight, and then by water to the installation site - Shumshu Island in the Sakhalin Region.01.08.2025#8975054
A Russian serviceman parachutes during the joint training "Indestructible Brotherhood-2023" with the Peacekeeping Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Edelweiss training ground, in Kyrgyzstan.11.10.2023#8534225
Servicemen parachute during the joint training "Indestructible Brotherhood-2023" with the Peacekeeping Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Edelweiss training ground, in Kyrgyzstan.11.10.2023#8534219
Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting with contract servicemen and deputy commanders of Russian Airborne Forces' Units at the Polivna training ground in Ulyanovsk region, Russia.05.10.2023#8530389
Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting with contract servicemen and deputy commanders of Russian Airborne Forces' Units at the Polivna training ground in Ulyanovsk region, Russia.05.10.2023#8530391
Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting with contract servicemen and deputy commanders of Russian Airborne Forces' Units at the Polivna training ground in Ulyanovsk region, Russia.05.10.2023#8530386
Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev visits the Polivna training ground before a meeting with contract servicemen and deputy commanders of Russian Airborne Forces' Units in Ulyanovsk region, Russia.05.10.2023#8530392
Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev visits the Polivna training ground before a meeting with contract servicemen and deputy commanders of Russian Airborne Forces' Units in Ulyanovsk region, Russia.05.10.2023#8530393
Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev visits the Polivna training ground before a meeting with contract servicemen and deputy commanders of Russian Airborne Forces' Units in Ulyanovsk region, Russia.05.10.2023#8530384
A serviceman parachutes during Eurasia-Antiterror 2023 counter-terrorism exercise by Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states held as part of a CIS and SCO conference on measures against terrorism and extremism, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.21.09.2023#8521730
A visitor takes photos, with a Kornet-M anti-tank missile system based on a Typhoon armoured vehicle in the background, at the exhibition of the Army 2023 International Military Technical Forum at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre, in Moscow region, Russia.16.08.2023#8496674
Former Russian paratroopers celebrate the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490287
Former Russian paratroopers celebrate the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490290
Former Russian paratrooper with his wife celebrates the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490296
A former Russian paratrooper holds an ensign during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490072
Former Russian paratroopers celebrate the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490035
Former Russian paratroopers celebrate the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490033
Former Russian paratrooper with a little girl poses for a photo during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490059
A former Russian paratrooper with his family walks around the Gorky Park during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490060
Former Russian paratroopers celebrate the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490062
Former Russian paratroopers celebrate the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490063
Young women wearing vests and blue berets swim in a fountain during the Russian Airborne Forces Day celebrations in Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490069
Former Russian paratroopers with a family member walk around the city during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490070
Former Russian paratroopers with family members walk around the city during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490073
A believer worships the icon of the Prophet of God Elijah during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8489936
Russian servicemen take part in a religious procession from the Prophet Elijah's Church to Red Square during celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in central Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2, when the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates its patron Saint Elijah the Prophet.02.08.2023#8489916
Russian servicemen take part in a religious procession from the Prophet Elijah's Church to Red Square during celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in central Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2, when the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates its patron Saint Elijah the Prophet.02.08.2023#8489937
Orthodox clergy and servicemen attend a prayer service following a procession from the Prophet Elijah's Church during celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2, when the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates its patron Saint Elijah the Prophet.02.08.2023#8489983
Russian servicemen take part in a religious procession from the Prophet Elijah's Church to Red Square during celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in central Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2, when the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates its patron Saint Elijah the Prophet.02.08.2023#8489926
Orthodox clergy and servicemen attend a prayer service following a procession from the Prophet Elijah's Church during celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2, when the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates its patron Saint Elijah the Prophet.02.08.2023#8489989
Servicemen attend a prayer service following a procession from the Prophet Elijah's Church during celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2, when the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates its patron Saint Elijah the Prophet.02.08.2023#8489992
Cadets of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School are seen before the performance during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8489995
Cadets of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School are seen before the performance during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8489994
Cadets of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School are seen before the performance during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8489996
Spectators watch the performance of cadets of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8489939
Cadets of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School take part in the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490000
Cadets of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School march during the celebrations of the Russian Airborne Forces Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russia annually celebrates the troops' holiday on August 2.02.08.2023#8490001
