The United States continues to monitor the actions of the Russian military near the borders with Ukraine, but cannot fully unravel Moscow's plans and considers it necessary for it to be more transparent, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday.

The United States is not aware of the goals of the Russian authorities in connection with the movements attributed to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the border with Ukraine. This was announced on Wednesday, November 17, at a briefing by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

In the event of an attack by Ukraine on Crimea or other territories of Russia, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation will completely neutralize all warships and coastal military infrastructure of the enemy in the period from 50 minutes to 10 hours. This was stated by a high-ranking source, a retired captain of the first rank.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia does not need conflicts on the western borders of the country, called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek serious and long-term guarantees of security in this area.

The Azerbaijani military carried out a new shelling of Azerbaijani positions on the state border. This was announced on Thursday, November 18, by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.

The Azerbaijani military opened indiscriminate fire in the area of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the Tavush region, the fire was suppressed by retaliatory actions. On Thursday, November 18, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia reports.

As an example of the positive impact of the work of journalists on the activities of the Armed Forces, the Minister of Defense noted the process of returning refugees to Syria

Journalists, covering the activities of the Russian Armed Forces, including abroad, make a positive contribution to the fulfillment of important tasks to restore peace and tranquility. This was stated at the awarding ceremony of the winners of the VII Media-As-2021 competition by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

As the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Dmitry Bulgakov noted, the dynamics and the general vector of development of relations in the military sphere remain between the CIS partners

The tasks of combating international terrorist organizations force us to search and find new forms of interaction between the military departments of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, said Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov.

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said that the decision on the summit between Russia and the United States will not be delayed, the topics will also be agreed.

In Syria, the use of American-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided complexes continues. These weapons are used not only against tanks, armored personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles, but also against construction equipment involved in the construction of fortifications.

Russia has received five applications from foreign customers for the supply of Orion attack unmanned aerial vehicles with guided missiles "Whirlwind-M", a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

Fighters of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan killed about 20 Taliban (banned in Russia) during regular clashes in Panjshir province.

Afghanistan faces a catastrophe and a new civil war if the new authorities fail to normalize the situation, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said.

At the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, the ceremony of handing over to the command of the Indian Navy the fourth of the six ordered Scorpen-class (Kalvari) submarines took place.

An unusual case of sabotage in the supply of steel for the production of submarines is being investigated in the United States. According to Popular Mechanics magazine, it turned out that the director of the foundry had been faking the results of steel strength tests for decades.

Before entering the strait, additional classes were held on the ship with the officers of the watch on navigation safety

A large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Vice Admiral Kulakov" of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy entered the English Channel, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.

IBM has announced that it has developed a new Eagle chip for quantum computing, which, according to the company's management, will allow quantum systems to surpass classical computers in some tasks over the next two years.

Researchers from Lancaster University have developed a new version of Wi-Fi data transmission technology, where the radioactive isotope californium-252 is used as a signal source. It generates radiation in the form of fast neutrons, which can be sent from the transmitter to the receiver instead of radio waves. Scientists managed to influence this radiation by encoding and transmitting useful information with its help.

The Research and Production Center (SPC) of quantum electronics of the Shvabe holding took the sixth place in the rating of technoparks in Russia, the company's press service reports.

According to Rostec State Corporation, it has no Russian and foreign analogues

A shotgun cartridge for hunting and shooting sports with a luminous element indicating the trajectory of the projectile was created in Russia. This was reported on Wednesday in the Rostec state Corporation.