Erdogan expels NATO ambassadors from the country
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan instructed the country's Foreign Ministry to send ambassadors of 10 countries.
Of these, 7 NATO member states called for the release of human rights defender Osman Kavala from prison.
Former Officer Pine: "crude" nuclear parity and a preemptive strike will save the US from Russia
The Joe Biden administration will be able to save "tens of millions of American lives" from enemy attacks only if it takes steps to strengthen national defense, writes former combat and staff officer of the US Army Devin Pine in the magazine The National Interest.
The US military potential was estimated at three
The American Heritage Foundation Research Institute has published an analysis of the US military potential. The assessment turned out to be the worst in recent years.
According to analysts of the institute, the power of the military potential is only 2/3 of what should be in reality. The problem is also a rather outdated technique that does not meet the challenges of the time.
The British media told about the special group of financial experts at the Ministry of Defense
The UK can use against Russia, China and Iran a special unit of the Ministry of Defense from former employees of the City of London and specialists in the field of finance. This became known on Friday, October 22.
The General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine threatened Russia with British missiles
Brimstone surface–to-surface missiles, which the UK plans to supply to Ukraine, will allow "destroying" Russian warships. This was stated by Lieutenant General, ex-Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Romanenko in an interview with the Observer portal published on October 21.
The Russian Embassy in London commented on the supply of weapons to Ukraine
Arms supplies to Ukraine may lead to increased violence and suffering of civilians in the country. This was announced on October 21 by the Russian Embassy in London. According to the embassy, London prefers not to notice that Kiev does not fulfill its obligations under the Minsk agreements.
Ukraine has received the third batch of military aid from the US government this month
The third batch of additional international military aid worth $60 million from the US government for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has arrived in Ukraine. It includes ammunition, anti-tank and precision weapons, medical equipment and others, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on Friday.
Adviser to Zelensky's office Arestovich: Kiev will move to terrorist attacks in Russia in case of war
Ukraine will engage in diversions on the territory of Russia only in the event of a full-scale war. This was stated on the air of the Internet channel Politeka by the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich.
Kyrgyz President Zhaparov: there will be no American military base in the country
Kyrgyzstan will not deploy an American airbase on its territory, President of the Republic Sadyr Zhaparov said, RIA Novosti reports.
Shoigu said that NATO is pulling forces to the borders of Russia
According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, the alliance is not ready for an equal dialogue
NATO is consistently pulling forces to the borders of the Russian Federation amid calls for military deterrence of Russia. This was stated by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in response to a statement by German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
Refusal to cooperate with NATO will not entail negative consequences for Russia - Peskov
Russia's rejection of relations with NATO will not entail anything terrible, the efforts of the Russian Federation to develop cooperation with the alliance were still in vain, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
The political scientist assessed the statements about the possible use of weapons by Germany against the Russian Federation
Sergei Sudakov, an American political scientist and corresponding member of the Academy of Military Sciences, commented on the words of German Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer, who said that NATO could use weapons against Russia if necessary.
"We are ready to use weapons": Germany turned to NATO and sharply threatened Russia with a strike (Editor-in-Chief, Ukraine)
NATO must respond decisively to the aggressive actions of Russia, which is carrying out maneuvers aimed at "destabilizing the situation in Europe." No one should attack the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance in the Baltic or the Black Sea. The Kremlin should understand that the Western security bloc will eventually be ready to use weapons, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said.
Expert: the exercises of the CSTO forces showed the world the unity of views of the member states on threats
Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee, believes that the past exercises demonstrated a high level of interaction between the military contingents of the CSTO member states.
In Tajikistan, the Belarusian special forces withstood the test of a sandstorm
In Tajikistan, at the Harbmaydon training ground, Belarusian servicemen, together with colleagues from Russia and Kazakhstan, worked out actions to search for a militant camp near the border with Afghanistan.
The CSTO exercises held in Tajikistan were a response to the aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan - Commander of the Central Military District
Large-scale operational and strategic exercises of the collective forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) "Combat Brotherhood-2021", which ended in Tajikistan, is a response to the aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan, said the commander of the Central Military District (CVO), Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.
The Speaker of the Parliament of Tajikistan called on the CSTO partners to create a strong security belt around Afghanistan
Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli (lower house of Parliament) of Tajikistan Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda called on CSTO partners to create a strong security belt around Afghanistan.
The Russian and Egyptian military made a joint landing at the exercises
Russian and Egyptian paratroopers in the framework of the joint exercise "Defenders of Friendship-2021" in Egypt made the first joint landing, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
China, Russia and the whole world know that Biden is the most powerful army in the United States
The US does not want a cold war with China, but is ready to defend Taiwan
US President Joe Biden believes that American citizens should not worry that Russia and China may have more powerful armed forces than the United States.
Russia is considering the possibility of resuming the work of the Consulate General in Mazar-I-Sharif - Kabulov
Russia is considering the possibility of resuming the work of the Consulate General in Mazar-I-Sharif in Afghanistan, the special representative of the President for Afghanistan, Director of the second Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zamir Kabulov said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
