The United States has agreed to expand its military presence in Australia, the country will be provided with assistance in obtaining nuclear submarines from the American side. This was announced on Thursday, September 16, by the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will propose to his British counterpart Boris Johnson to conclude an agreement with the European Union in the field of defense and security, The Times reports, citing informed sources.

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer intends to propose a plan for creating a rapid reaction force for Europe by the end of October. She said this in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on September 17.

Expenditures on the security and defense sector in the state budget of Ukraine for 2022 are provided at the level of 5.95% of GDP. This was stated by Prime Minister Denis Shmygal at a government meeting on September 15, according to Ukrinform.

Russia has an incredibly powerful armed forces, and it is necessary to understand how it has managed to transform them over the past two decades, the deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (KNSH)said on Friday, September 17 US Armed Forces General John Hyten.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressed gratitude for the assistance of the Finnish side during the evacuation from Kabul, the Kremlin's press service reports.

As part of a sudden combat readiness check conducted since the beginning of September 2021, troops were transferred to the western and southern regions of Kazakhstan, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the republic reported.

In the Southern Military District, more than a thousand contracts were signed with citizens who wanted to replenish the units of the country's combat army reserve (BARS) in the locations of military units and associations.

For the first time, the commanders of the battalion tactical groups of the military base of the Southern Military District (SE) used mobile anti-tank groups to fight the columns of the conditional enemy in the mountains of South Ossetia.

The Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021", which caused concern among a number of European countries, did not involve a specific enemy, the leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

During the closing ceremony of the exercises, the participants of the exercises of the military contingents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia who showed the best results during the maneuvers were awarded

The military authorities of Russia and Belarus have shown full compatibility of the controls and a high level of interaction at the joint strategic exercises "West-2021". This was reported on Friday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with reference to the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Sergei Istrakov.

Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen called on Russia to conduct military exercises "West-2021" more openly and predictably. This was reported by the Norwegian publication NRK.

Russia and Italy are preparing a meeting of the foreign and defense ministers of the two countries in the "two plus two" format, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports. According to the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, on Friday, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko held talks in Moscow with the director of the Department for Political Affairs and Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Pasquale

The countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have agreed to develop cooperation in the field of defense, according to a joint declaration adopted at a meeting of the Council of Heads of member States of the organization.

Lockheed Martin has presented the project of the LMXT air tanker, which will compete with the existing Boeing KC-46 aircraft in the competition of the US Air Force (Air Force), involving the creation of the KC-Y tanker, Defense News writes.

By 2030, it is planned to integrate the Ukrainian army into the Euro-Atlantic security architecture

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of August 20, 2021 and approved the Strategic Defense Bulletin of Ukraine, which reflects the country's military security strategy.

The creation of nuclear submarines for the Australian Navy will be the first initiative under the new AUKUS alliance, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced.

The decision announced by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to build nuclear submarines (NPS) within the framework of the new AUKUS alliance has caused outrage in the French government.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday, September 16, called Australia's decision to break the agreement with the French company Naval Group on the construction of submarines a stab in the back.

The Trilateral Defense Partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS) is designed to guarantee its participants the possession of the most modern means of responding to rapidly developing threats.