Ukraine's accession to NATO would be an extremely dangerous step, it would force Moscow to react, the alliance is warned of possible consequences, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday, October 21, pointed to the Russophobic tone of the statements of Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin during his visit to Kiev.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's statements about readiness for dialogue are not backed up in practice and are meaningless, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

The small island of Shemya in Alaska may become a primary target in the conflict between the United States and an equally powerful enemy - such as China and Russia. The other day, the American special operations forces conducted a training to protect the island. Although in the event of the beginning of the Third World, special forces are unlikely to help.

The US military power is still undeniable, but it seems that in the near future the situation may change. A new report by the RAND Corporation, a non-profit organization dedicated to Sino-Russian cooperation, indicates that the combined military power of Russia and China continues to grow rapidly.

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian called the serious problem of Turkey's participation as a NATO member in the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of 2020.

The 27th Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense received a laboratory building equipped with advanced equipment

CNII-27 (the 27th Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense) has received a laboratory building equipped with advanced equipment, it will allow military scientists to use new techniques to study new diseases and develop drugs against them, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday.

Specialists of the Military Construction Complex (VSK) of the Russian Ministry of Defense will erect a new hospital complex with a polyclinic on the territory of the Moscow region to provide medical care to residents of the region. This is stated in the message of the department, which is at the disposal of Izvestia on Thursday, October 21.

The Russian military conducted a master class for Syrian servicemen and showed how to handle a domestic Bumblebee flamethrower. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia on Thursday, October 21.

Paratroopers from Russia and Egypt, as part of the joint exercise "Defenders of Friendship-2021", conducted fire training classes using elements of tactical shooting at the paratrooper training ground near Cairo, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The special forces of the Central Military District at the exercises at the training ground in the Novosibirsk region for the first time worked out the destruction of a conditional enemy using a new tactic of continuous firing, the press service of the Central Military District said.

As part of the first phase, it is planned to build a regimental headquarters, two soldiers' dormitories, a canteen, a checkpoint, as well as a platform for military and special equipment

The first infrastructure facilities for the new airborne assault regiment in Crimea will be handed over by the end of 2021. This was reported on Thursday in the Russian Defense Ministry.

According to the current legislation, the age limit for military service for them is 65 years, a new contract with them can be concluded before reaching the age of 70 years

The State Duma on Thursday adopted in the first reading a bill allowing to increase by the decision of the President of the Russian Federation the age limit for military service for a marshal, army general and fleet admiral.

With the visit of Lloyd Austin, the United States demonstrated the scope of its interests in Europe, but further prospects depend on the leadership of Ukraine. Most likely, the Defense Minister was interested in personally getting acquainted with the geopolitical location and the role of Ukraine in the likely theater of military operations, the "expert" suggests.

A delegation of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) arrived in the capital of Russia from Kabul for the third meeting of the "Moscow format" on Afghanistan.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu outlined threats from Afghanistan that are relevant for Russia and Iran.

"We can continue to do this work in different regions, taking into account that the situation is not getting easier. We are talking about Afghanistan and the threats that exist today from this region. This is drug trafficking and the appearance of ISIS (banned in the Russian Federation) on the territory of neighboring states," the minister said.

The French shipbuilding company OCEA announced its victory in an international tender for the supply of a 35-meter hydrographic vessel of the OSV-115 SC-WB class for the Nigerian Navy.

Americans continue to "brag" about their giant ships. Following the video, which shows life on aircraft carriers, NBC showed the features of American amphibious ships and the nuances of service on them.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, a special vessel of the project 14400 was launched, which is sometimes called a "training helicopter carrier". It is intended for the training of crews of deck rotorcraft.

In 2021-2022, the Russian Navy will receive three small rocket ships of the project 22800 "Karakurt".They will be armed with a universal ship firing complex "Kalibr-NK", "Onyx" with eight cruise missiles.