Russia’s defence ministry has insisted humanitarian corridors leading out of Aleppo are still open and that there have been no Russian or Syrian air strikes on the besieged city for seven days now.

No air defence missile systems have ever been sent from Russia to Ukraine, Moscow military officials insist.

Russia’s military rejected criticism by US European Command that a Russian jet had made aggressive maneuvers near a US reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea, a second incident in the region between the Cold War-era foes in the past week.

Russian military jets have carried out air strikes in Syria for the first time, targeting what Moscow said were IS positions.

A MASSIVE fire engulfed a Russian nuclear submarine in an Arctic shipyard yesterday, but there has been no radiation leak or injuries, officials said.

A massive fire engulfed a Russian nuclear submarine in an Arctic shipyard today, but there has been no radiation leak or injuries, officials said.

A Russian soldier shot two fellow servicemen dead and then killed himself today, an armed forces spokesman said.