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Top 20 world’s strongest militaries – personnel, aircraft, tanks and more; Here’s where India stands

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="20506587" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ukrainian-troops" source="keywords">Ukrainian troops</keyword> in Russia have an advantage that they haven't had before in this war.</li><li>Being on foreign soil means less pressure to defend everywhere and more strategic options, experts said.</li></ul>Ukrainian troops fighting on Russian soil have a kind of flexibility in combat that they haven't had before in this war. Ukrainian forces <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-weakness-ukraine-kursk-shows-big-putin-flaw-remains-expert-2024-10" target="_blank">surged into the southwestern Russian region of Kursk</a> in August, and at the peak of the incursion, they held about 500 square miles. Russia has taken back some territory, but the Ukrainians still hold ground inside. Ukraine's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine-putin-politics-motive-2023-6">fight against Russia's invasion</a> had, prior to the <keyword id="22763182" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kursk-incursion" source="keywords">Kursk incursion</keyword>, taken place exclusively on Ukrainian soil, its <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/one-drone-liutyi-behind-majority-ukraine-attacks-russia-oil-facilities-2024-5">long-range drone strikes on military facilities and oil refineries</a> and Black Sea battles aside. Though there are certain advantages to fighting in your home country, the desire to defend as much as possible hinders the ability to be brutally strategic in combat, conflict experts told Business Insider. Michael Bohnert, a warfare expert at the RAND Corporation, said that Ukraine's advantage in Kursk is that "they don't have to defend any of those cities" because they're Russian. "You just fight where it's advantageous and pull back when it's not. And that's a really efficient way of fighting." <h2>A new advantage</h2>Fighting at home, Ukraine's forces have clung to some cities fiercely, battling the Russians for them until they had no other choice but to fall back. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bakhmut-how-ukraine-lost-city-russia-won-hollow-victory-2023-12">Bakhmut</a> is one example, but there have been others as Ukraine focuses its efforts on defending as much territory as possible. <div type="image" title="Destroyed Russian military vehicles in a field." height="3360" width="5040" msid="114814026" hostid="261"></div><keyword id="20549604" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Russias-invasion" source="keywords">Russia's invasion</keyword> of Ukraine has been an unusual one, at least as far as major wars go, in that it has largely only taken place on one country's soil, which has put Ukraine at a big disadvantage and often left its troops stuck. But that's no longer the case. <div type="image" title="An aerial view of the city of Bakhmut shows the rubble of remaining buildings" height="1500" width="2000" msid="114814029" hostid="261"></div>Inside Kursk, "they can just take advantage of the terrain, fight in the most efficient way possible, and ultimately they can leave" if they need to protect their forces or equipment or pursue some other objective. And they can do so without repercussions, which is not the case inside Ukraine, Bohnert said. He said of settlements in Kursk that "they're not Ukrainian towns, so they can choose to fight and defend from the most advantageous positions so they can make fortifications. If you're outnumbered, just pull back to the next one." Russia is advancing and taking back territory in Kursk, and it is unclear how Ukraine will ultimately fare against its forces there. William Alberque, a warfare expert at the Stimson Center, said Russia was so far taking "the easy parts to take back" and that "they'll have a much harder time with the rest of the Ukrainian salient." He said that "it's very easy now for Ukraine to do some sort of fighting retreats and cede territory that they could never legitimately hold." Bohnert said "it's going to be very costly for the Russians to take back" because Ukraine can now "pick when and where they defend." Ukraine has signaled that its Kursk operations are aimed at seizing territory it could trade in negotiations, but there are other advantages to the fighting there. Matthew Savill, a <keyword id="21659783" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="military-strategy" source="keywords">military strategy</keyword> expert at the Royal United Services Institute think tank and a former intelligence analyst at the UK Ministry of Defence, previously told BI, that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-may-seek-to-bleed-russia-troops-in-kursk-expert-2024-9">a Ukrainian motivation to hold territory in Kursk may be the idea</a> that "if they set themselves up in a strong defense, they can effectively bleed the Russians." Alberque said that in Kursk, Ukraine can ask itself: "Where can we actually defend? What are the good places to really fight the Russians?" Ukraine can create "kill zones" and "traps to slow Russia down," he said. "They don't have to defend the entire salient." <h2>Less need to defend</h2>Looming over Ukraine's military at home is the threat that Russia will keep any territory they capture indefinitely. Russia has been holding territory like Crimea since 2014 while Russian-backed separatists have been trying to tighten their grip in the Donbass. Russia has already declared that area a part of its sovereign territory and clearly intends to keep it. But Ukraine doesn't need to worry about what happens to the territory they give up in Russia, and that allows it to approach war in this area differently. It's unclear to what extent Ukraine is taking advantage of the possibility, but it's there. <div type="image" title="A pair of Ukrainian soldiers standing in front of a brick building in Russia." height="683" width="1024" msid="114814028" hostid="261"></div>"It's a huge operational advantage for a commander, where you don't have to draw any lines in the sand, Alberque said. When choosing where to defend in Ukraine, Ukrainian forces are '"not only looking at terrain, they're not only looking at defendable positions, but they're also looking at the symbolism of different villages that are Ukrainian, that have Ukrainian citizens, that have deep, deep roots in Ukrainian history," he said. "The demoralization of losing a Ukrainian village is entirely different than giving up a Russian village that the Ukrainians don't care about at all," Alberque said. In contrast, in eastern Ukraine, where the war has been focused, "Ukraine really has to feel the pain of surrendering a village that they had retaken from the Russians, or a historic location that Russian forces haven't been to before or something like that," he said. <div type="image" title="A view from a car shows buildings destroyed in Avdiivka on March 16, 2024." height="3903" width="5635" msid="114814022" hostid="261"></div>Ukraine is now fighting on someone else's territory, giving Ukrainian commanders more freedom to design the fight based on what it actually needs, Alberque said, unlike back home, "where every single inch of territory lost is a dagger into the heart of all Ukrainian." Correction: October 31, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misstated the location of the Kursk region. It's in southwestern Russia, not southeastern Russia.

Ukrainian troops fighting on Russian soil have an advantage they've never had in this war

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Fighting in Ukraine has given some of the ex-convicts Russia recruited their swag back.</li><li>These men are granted freedom after surviving their military service.</li></ul>Ex-convicts who fought for Russia in Ukraine are heading home with newfound wealth and swagger, <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/world/europe/russia-convicts-war-murder.html">The New York Times</a> reported on Saturday. Olga Romanova, who heads a Russian NGO focusing on prisoner issues, told The Times that around 15,000 ex-convicts have returned to Russia after fighting in Ukraine. The returning men, who are released without any rehabilitation, often go on to commit crimes once back home. Kirill Titaev, a Russian sociologist at Yale University, told The Times that the wave of "invisible violence" was a "big problem for the society." Experts The Times spoke to said some former prisoners gained confidence after their stints in Ukraine, and see their wartime service as a form of rehabilitation. Fighting in Ukraine has also left them financially well-off, as they were paid a base monthly salary of about $2,000 from The Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary organization, per The Times. That is also more than double the average salary of a Russian worker, who makes around $756 a month, Russia's statistics agency said in a <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/almost-half-russians-say-salary-does-not-cover-basic-spending-survey-2023-10-23/">survey</a> released in October. Romanova told The Times that even the local police officers are afraid of the returning convicts and their newly-attained veteran status. Russia's <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-losing-about-1000-soldiers-daily-not-stop-mass-attacks-2024-4">reliance on attrition warfare,</a> however, has seen the country <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-recruited-over-100-000-prisoners-to-fight-in-ukraine-report-2023-12">continually drawing on its prison population</a> to boost its military manpower. Wagner first started the practice of recruiting inmates to bolster its ranks, offering the convicts full pardons if they <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prigozhin-russia-tells-ex-con-wagner-fighters-not-rape-free-2023-1">survived a six-month stint in Ukraine</a>. The practice was then <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-copies-wagner-prisoner-recruitment-10000-signed-up-april-uk-2023-5">adopted by Russia's defense ministry</a> in 2023. Sending prisoners to the battlefield, the UK's defense ministry said in May, would allow Russia "<a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1656535955338063873?s=20">to avoid implementing new mandatory mobilization, which would be very unpopular with the Russian public.</a>" The move, however, has not been without controversy. In November, <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.sibreal.org/a/vlasti-vypustili-na-svobodu-ubiytsu-4-chelovek-i-lyudoeda-s-sahalina/32696512.html">Russia</a><a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://76.ru/text/criminal/2023/11/21/72933266/"> media</a> reported that <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-frees-2-men-convicted-cannibals-fought-in-ukraine-reports-2023-11">two prisoners who were convicted of murdering and eating their victims</a> had been released after fighting in Ukraine. But even Russia's prison population is a finite resource. A local official told lawmakers last month that some prisons would be shut down due to "<a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-shutter-prisons-inmates-ukraine-war-2024-3">a one-time large reduction in the number of convicts</a>." Russia's need to recruit more troops could put further pressure on its economy. Besides dealing with <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-putin-ukraine-war-moscow-outlook-2024-3">crippling sanctions</a> from the West, Russia has had to grapple with <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-worker-shortage-ukraine-war-military-wages-unemployment-2024-1">severe labor shortages</a>. The <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-short-around-48-million-workers-2023-crunch-persist-izvestia-2023-12-24/">Russian Academy of Science's Institute of Economics</a> said in December that the Russian economy had a <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-lacks-workers-ukraine-war-labor-crisis-worker-shortage-2023-12">shortage of around 5 million workers</a>. "Unemployment is 3% and in some regions, it is even lower. This means there are practically no workers left in the economy," Russian Central Bank Governor <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russias-depleted-workforce-threatening-economic-growth-says-central-bank-2023-11-09/">Elvira Nabiullina</a> told lawmakers in November. "The situation with personnel is really very acute." Representatives for Russia's defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Russian convicts who earned their freedom fighting Ukraine are going home with swagger and a stash of money to burn: NYT

The <keyword id="19905108" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ministry-of-defence" source="keywords">Ministry of Defence</keyword> has sanctioned over Rs 300 crore through its <keyword id="20416767" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="technology-development-fund" source="keywords">Technology Development Fund</keyword> (TDF) to create an ecosystem aimed at enhancing capabilities in cutting-edge technology and promoting '<keyword id="20460685" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="aatmanirbharta" source="keywords">Aatmanirbharta</keyword>' in defence, an official statement said on Thursday. The Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Defence, executed by <keyword id="19948662" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="drdo" source="keywords">DRDO</keyword> under the '<keyword id="20018809" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="make-in-india" source="keywords">Make in India</keyword>' initiative. Under this initiative, the government provides grants-in-aid to Indian industries, including <keyword id="19910977" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="msmes" source="keywords">MSMEs</keyword> and <keyword id="19945815" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="startups" source="keywords">startups</keyword>, as well as academic and scientific institutions, for the development of defence and dual-use technologies that are currently not available in the Indian defence industry. With these initiatives, the Ministry aims to engage private industries, especially MSMEs and startups, to foster a culture of design and development in military technology and support them with grants-in-aid. The TDF seeks to enhance the capacity and capability of Indian industries for the design and development of defence technologies in the country. It aims to create an R&amp;D ecosystem where industry and academia work together to meet the current and future requirements of the Armed Forces and the defence sector. The government aims to achieve 'Aatmanirbharta' in defence technology by building a robust defence manufacturing ecosystem in the country. The <keyword id="19910956" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="defence-ministry" source="keywords">Defence Ministry</keyword> on Wednesday highlighted several successful startups benefiting from the scheme. Pune-based startup <keyword id="22281521" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Combat-Robotics" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Combat Robotics" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Combat Robotics">Combat Robotics</keyword>, with the help of the scheme, has successfully developed an innovative simulator for <keyword id="20146841" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="unmanned-vehicles" source="keywords">unmanned vehicles</keyword>. This multi-domain simulator supports unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), serving as an excellent development tool for agencies working on autonomous systems. Another Pune-based defence equipment startup, ChiStats Labs Private Limited, is developing virtual sensors for aero gas turbine engine health monitoring, which helps to increase the operational reliability and longevity of the engines. The system is built on modern artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) technologies. Bengaluru-based NewSpace Research and Technologies Pvt. Ltd., under the project titled 'Autonomous Drone as First Responder for Search and Report Operations in Enclosed/Indoor Environments', has created a cutting-edge UAV capable of exploring indoor environments under various conditions, including zero light. The success of this project will open up various applications, including search and rescue operations, surveillance, industrial inspections, environmental monitoring, and hazardous environment exploration, contributing significantly to technological advancements in unmanned aerial systems, the Ministry added. The technology has been developed under the technical guidance and mentorship of CAIR, Bengaluru.

Defence ministry allocates Rs 300 cr for technology development fund to promote Make in India products

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Vladimir Putin appointed a relative to a top defense position, reports say.</li><li>The relative, Anna Tsivileva, is Russia's new state secretary of defense.</li></ul>Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to appoint a relative to a top defense role tested "even Russian tolerance for corrupt practice," <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/DefenceHQ/status/1828705761200881873">the UK's ministry of defence (MoD) said.</a>The Kremlin announced in August that Putin had appointed <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://en.kremlin.ru/acts/news/74881">Anna Tsivileva,</a> the daughter of Putin's cousin, as the state secretary of the military.According to the MoD, Tsivileva is often referred to as Putin's niece in Russia.Tsivileva was appointed to the new role after being assigned the job of deputy minister in June.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/DefenceHQ/status/1828705761200881873">The MoD said </a>her new job is a prominent role that's "elevated above ordinary deputy defence minister" and involves overseeing the Russian defense ministry's relationship with other government departments.However, the UK's MoD pointed out that, before last year, Tsivileva had "no known background or relationship to defence matters.""She trained as a psychiatrist before making money in a number of medical supply companies.""Tsivileva's original appointment in June drew muted criticism from the Russian press for the nepotism that tested even Russian tolerance for corrupt practice," the MoD said.Sources close to the Kremlin <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://archive.is/DExd4">told Bloomberg in June </a>that Tsivileva still had personal contact with Putin, elevating her above other officials, as the Russian president has become increasingly isolated and paranoid.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://theins.ru/en/news/272460">According to </a>Russian independent media outlet Insider, Tsivileva is married to Russian energy minister Sergei Tsivilev, and trained as a psychiatrist before running a mining firm and tourism business.Ahead of her appointment to government, she ran an organisation known as Defenders of the Fatherland, which was responsible for collecting donations for Russia's war in Ukraine.With the war in Ukraine now in its third year, Putin has, in recent months, moved to reform the Russian military and elevated loyalists to key positions.In the wake of the humiliating incursion into Kursk by the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-appoints-aleksey-dyumin-bodyguard-russia-defense-kursk-ukraine-2024-8">Ukrainian military,</a> Putin appointed his former bodyguard, Alexei Dyumin, in charge of overseeing the military operation to repel the invasion.He nominated economist Andrei Belousov, a longtime loyalist, as defense minister in May, as part of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-economy-putin-appoints-civilian-economist-belousov-defense-minster-wartime-2024-5">attempts to make the ministry more efficient amid a large budge</a>t increase.Of Tsivileva's new role, the UK's MoD said that "there is a realistic possibility that her further elevation is indicative of the increasing insularity of the Russian elite."

Putin gave a niece with no military experience a key defense job: UK Intel

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The UK donated old military equipment to Ukraine that was set to be scrapped.</li><li>The Ministry of Defence prioritized older items, like old army boots, according to a NAO report.</li></ul>The UK donated military equipment to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/videos-capture-back-to-back-ukrainian-strikes-on-russian-bridge-2024-9">Ukraine</a> that was so old it would have been thrown away, according to a new <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Investigation-into-military-support-for-Ukraine-1.pdf">report</a> from the National Audit Office (NAO) published on Wednesday.According to the NAO, the UK's Ministry of Defence "prioritized older items" that were "often due to being scrapped or replaced" after <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-war-anniversary-how-kyiv-business-owner-survives-2023-2">Russia's invasion of Ukraine began</a> in February 2022.For example, in March 2022, the UK donated 17,010 pairs of unused army boots that were "nearing the end of their usable life," the report said.The equipment donated from UK stockpiles between February 2022 and March 2024 was valued at £171.5 million, or around $224.5 million, it added.The report added that the UK has committed to donating £7.8 billion, or around $10.2 billion, to Ukraine's military before March 2025, making it the third largest donor to the country after the US and Germany."As the MoD plans its future support, it must continue to balance the UK's strategic interests with maintaining the UK's own military capabilities," Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said in a statement to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.ft.com/content/f44bf7d0-0895-4f63-9fce-d3de8e686b57?accessToken=zwAGIdSQS36QkdP0S_fQCJVPY9OfztPejmhrVw.MEUCIQCuBtc69Gn0hKR_P_6lusdgAN3mJ9SxyNnzgbKXOxKEAAIgPznGsVmUv0CLhFR80yzeVlG9X6SF-khsT6mzngp0dBY&amp;sharetype=gift&amp;token=4b060483-510e-42f0-8c1a-2b3b45dec5e9">Financial Times</a>."This includes making sure there are appropriate stocks of equipment and sufficient training provision for UK forces," he added."The war has tested our stockpiles, but it's a good thing for us that we have cleared out old kit and can now replace it with new equipment," one unnamed defense official told the FT.The report estimated that the UK will spend £2.5 million, or around $3.2 million, to replace the donated stockpiles.It comes against a backdrop of criticism over Western-supplied military equipment to Ukraine. Ukraine has been receiving military aid from its allies throughout <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine-putin-politics-motive-2023-6">Russia's full-scale invasion, which started in February 2022</a>.But Western aid has often come in fits and starts, as Ukraine's allies debate what and how much to give, leaving soldiers on the front lines struggling with shortages over different periods.In April, a high-ranking military officer, speaking to <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-great-risk-front-line-collapse-war-russia/">Politico</a>, said <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/drone-deep-russia-ukraine-brag-new-620-mile-range-war-2024-4">Ukraine</a> is struggling with weapons from the West because they are no longer a significant match for Russia."Often, we just don't get the weapons systems at the time we need them — they come when they're no longer relevant," the officer said."Every weapon has its own right time. F-16s were needed in 2023; they won't be right for 2024," he said.In the same NAO report, the impact of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-has-training-problems-but-its-better-than-russia-experts-2024-6">military training</a> provided to Ukrainian soldiers from the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Romania, Kosovo, and Australia was investigated. The various trainings took place in the UK and covered weapon handling, trench fighting, law of armed conflict, urban warfare, live firing practice, and battle inoculation, the report said.According to self-assessments cited by the NAO, around 89% of people who took the training said that they felt better equipped to survive in the war.However, others said some elements could be better targeted toward conditions in Ukraine. For example, they said there was a lack of drone training, which the MoD said was due to "military and civil aviation restrictions."It added that it was "exploring ways to mitigate the shortfall," the report said."All UK forces have access to the relevant training required to be held at readiness to protect the UK and meet our NATO commitments," a MoD spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider."But we welcome the NAO's report, which recognises that Ukrainian troops are better prepared to defend their country from Russia's illegal invasion thanks to the UK providing training," they added.In July, the global military alliance NATO <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nato-fueling-ukraine-fight-concerns-about-us-politics-2024-7">pledged to continue supporting Ukraine</a> with the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine, or NSATU, a new initiative to coordinate the supply of military aid and training.It comes as future support from the US remains unclear prior to the election. In April, Congress <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-us-aid-kill-russia-momentum-wont-win-it-war-2024-4">approved a $61 billion US aid package</a> to Ukraine which had been held up over opposition from far-right Republicans."Such a large aid package may be the last this year," a former Ukrainian officer who operates the Frontelligence Insight newsletter said in comments cited by the <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://www.ft.com/content/099e668a-61c8-43c0-87a4-546dc09b73c2">Financial Times</a>."Moreover, there is a fairly high probability that all subsequent aid packages for Ukraine will be much smaller in size," they added.The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Large supplies of military gear Britain sent to Ukraine were 'due to be scrapped or replaced' anyway, report says

The family of an <keyword id="20246468" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Agniveer" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Agniveer" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Agniveer">Agniveer</keyword> from <keyword id="19897316" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra" source="keywords">Maharashtra</keyword> who died in the line of duty last year has said they have received an assistance of <keyword id="22254620" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rs-1-08-crore" source="keywords">Rs 1.08 crore</keyword> from the <keyword id="19900449" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="government" source="keywords">government</keyword>. The family's statement came after <keyword id="19953821" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Defence-Minister" source="keywords">Defence Minister</keyword> <keyword id="19911645" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rajnath-Singh" source="keywords">Rajnath Singh</keyword> on Monday said an Agniveer who lays down his life in the line of duty gets a compensation of Rs 1 crore. Singh was speaking after Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha <keyword id="19895780" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi" source="keywords">Rahul Gandhi</keyword>, while referring to the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, claimed the government regards Agniveers as "use-and-throw labourers" and does not even give them the status of a "shaheed (martyr)". Agniveer <keyword id="22254636" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="akshay-gawate" source="keywords">Akshay Gawate</keyword>, native of Pimpalgaon Sarai in Maharashtra's Buldhana district, died in the line of duty in Siachen on October 21, 2023. Speaking to reporters here on Monday evening, his father Lakshman Gawate said that after Akshay Gawate's death, the family got "Rs 48 lakh as his insurance cover, Rs 50 lakh from the central government and Rs 10 lakh from the state government." He also demanded a government job for Akshay's sister. He was reply to a question by reporters on the compensation received after his son's death. The Agnipath scheme, announced on June 14, 2022, provides for the recruitment of youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years and 21 for only four years, with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 more years. The government extended the upper age limit to 23 years later that year.

We got Rs 1.08 cr aide from govt: family of deceased Agniveer

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Russia grounded five Il-76MD-90A aircraft due to poor-quality parts.</li><li>The wheel bearings were swapped at a Moscow factory, with a criminal investigation now underway.</li></ul>Russia was forced to take five military aircraft out of service due to key parts being swapped out for poor-quality ones, according to local media reports.The issue affects the landing gear of Russia's Il-76MD-90A, a large modernized strategic aircraft designed for ferrying troops and military equipment.As of the end of 2023, Russia had around 18 Il-76MD-90As, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://t.me/istories_media/6914 ">independent Russian outlet Important Stories reported</a>, citing open sources.This would mean that more than a quarter of Russia's fleet of Il-76MD-90As were taken out of action.It's unclear exactly when the aircraft were taken out of service, and what their present status is.A criminal investigation is now underway after it was found that a factory in Moscow had bought and installed poor-quality wheel bearings instead of those specified by the Ministry of Defence, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6843843">according to pro-Kremlin newspaper Kommersant</a>.Kommersant reported that some time between 2017 and 2022, company representatives shipped the wheels with forged papers, saying they had been brought from the right source and approved by the Russian MOD.They were then sent to Aviastar SP, Russia's massive military aircraft factory, it said.Prosecutors said that the switch had caused significant harm to the defense ministry, according to the outlet.Il-76MD-90As have been a target for Ukraine since the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.At least six Il-76s have been damaged or destroyed since the start of the war, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html">according to open-source tracking project Oryx</a>.In January, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-says-il-76-plane-with-ukraine-pows-crashed-2024-1">Russia accused Ukraine</a> of shooting down an Il-76 that it said was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war. Ukraine later said it had been <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-accuses-russia-tricking-it-into-shooting-down-pow-plane-2024-1">tricked into downing it</a>.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-drone-strike-russian-transport-planes-airfield-2023-8">Two others were damaged and two destroyed</a> on a Russian airfield some 400 miles from the border with Ukraine last September, in an attack that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-volunteers-patrol-base-attack-lacks-trained-security-personnel-intelligence-2023-9">sparked further concern</a> about Russia's ability to protect its own airspace.

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