Significant efforts by the Americans will be directed at weakening Moscow's existing ties with its Central Asian partners. This was stated by the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev at the XVII meeting of the heads of the special services of the CIS countries in Moscow.

According to him, it began after the US withdrawal from the ABM treaty

The arms race between Russia and the United States began after the American side withdrew from the anti-missile defense treaty and is on the march, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The Russian military is conducting exercises on its territory, unlike the US military, and the Russian Federation is not going to report on the deployment of the military on its territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The Russian Defense Ministry will continue to pay attention to the functioning of the seventh Russian military base in Abkhazia, the head of the Russian military department said

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with President of the Republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania discussed issues of alliance and security in Transcaucasia. This was reported on Wednesday in the Russian military department.

For the purpose of competent operation of new military equipment and its effective use, the training and retraining of personnel of department commanders, driver mechanics and gunners-operators of combat vehicles, as well as officers for military units is carried out in two stages.

The exercises of the collective rapid reaction forces of the CSTO "Interaction 2021" near the border of Afghanistan are very necessary, the CSTO participants emphasized their concern about the unpredictability of the development of the situation in Afghanistan

The event will also be attended by the forces of the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla, which will work out tasks in the waters of both seas

Command and staff exercises (KShU) with the involvement of about 8 thousand military personnel will start at the training grounds of the Southern Military District (SE), the press service of the district reports. One of the tasks of the exercise will be to check the readiness of troops in the South-Western strategic direction.

According to the current legislation, the age limit for military service for them is 65 years

The State Duma Committee on Defense approved for 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. The document was submitted to the Chamber by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Due to the secrecy traditional for this country, North Korean tank construction is of great interest to foreign experts. However, how North Korea's heavy tracked vehicles are being improved can only be judged by reports from military parades held in Pyongyang and by rare photo reports directly from military units.

The United States planted a time bomb in Afghanistan, leaving a large number of weapons there, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

Official representatives of the European Union, the United States and the Taliban (banned in Russia) will hold talks in Doha, Qatar's capital, EU spokeswoman Nabila Massrali said.

The radical Taliban movement (banned in Russia) considers NATO's "Afghan" policy a failure and calls on the alliance to focus on diplomacy now, the Ariana News portal reports, citing a statement by the Deputy Minister of Information and Culture of the Taliban Zabihullah Mujahid.

The military equipment left by the United States in Afghanistan is unlikely to be of scientific and technical interest to Russia and China, but it may be useful for use at firing ranges and shooting ranges, writes military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.

The situation in Afghanistan poses a threat to Russia's national security, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Alexander Venediktov said on Tuesday.

For the first time, Philippine ships will have missiles to fight air targets. October 11, portal navalpost.com He reported that France had delivered Mistral 3 surface-to-air missiles to the Philippine Navy.

The Coast Guard of India has received another Sankalp-class coastal patrol ship of the third batch (Batch III), built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).

The diesel-electric submarine of project 636.3 "Magadan" was transferred to the Russian Navy. On Tuesday, the Admiralty Shipyards (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) hosted a ceremony of raising the naval flag on the submarine "Magadan".

For the first time, Russian sailors used reconnaissance drones from aboard the ship to control the hit of KALIBR cruise missiles during exercises. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Kornev commented on the naval use of drones.

For the first time during the exercises, Russian sailors used reconnaissance drones from aboard the ship to control hitting the target with KALIBR cruise missiles, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) told reporters.

Now the ships have begun to implement a set of pre-arrival measures, the source said

The frigates of the Black Sea Fleet of Project 11356 "Admiral Grigorovich" and "Admiral Essen", equipped with the Kalibr-NK missile system, are preparing to perform combat service tasks as part of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean. This was reported to TASS by a source in the naval sphere.