Moscow's military is back--sort of.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russias-military-used-215-new-weapons-systems-syria-24283
http://www.mk.ru/sport/2018/01/30/kak-ubivayut-krym-bessmyslenno-i-besposhhadno.html
http://www.bbc.com/russian/features-42871811
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2018/01/30_a_11630227.shtml
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2018/01/30/11630935.shtml
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3534155
On Jan. 29, 2018, a U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian Su-27. This interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the Su-27 closing to within five feet and crossing directly through the EP-3’s flight path, causing the EP-3 to fly through the Su-27’s jet wash. The duration of the intercept lasted two hours and 40 minutes.
http://www.c6f.navy.mil/news/us-ep-3-intercepted-black-sea
http://www.pism.pl/publikacje/komentarz/nr-7-2018
https://www.svoboda.org/a/29004532.html
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/donbass-realii/29003397.html