The swift deployment of advanced kamikaze drones such as the Hortensia, Upir, and Boomerang into military operations by the Russian army, as the conflict in Ukraine continues, heralds a strategic shift in modern warfare and alters defense strategy dynamics.
While Ukraine has received a new longer-range ballistic missile from the US, the weapon is of limited use due to its age, against which Russian defense systems are well-adapted, an expert told Sputnik.
Syrian President Bashar Assad was interviewed by Sputnik after his summit with Putin. Assad stressed that modern conflicts between rival powers are waged as proxy wars, citing Kiev s "army of Nazis" and Western-backed jihadists in Syria. The Syrian leader believes only a coalition of countries led by Russia and China can topple the US hegemony.
Sputnik has sat down with Adriel Kasonta, a London-based foreign affairs analyst and former chairman of the International Affairs Committee at the Bow Group think tank, who was one of the first to predict that Russia would overcome Western sanctions.