Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war

Russian mercenary

shootdown of a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber aircraft by Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jets

1985 Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier

Russian military operation beginning in September 2015

Airbase located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria

Plane crash killing 39 people

December 2016 battle in Aleppo

Russian private military organisation