The first batch of Russian humanitarian aid arrived at Kabul airport on Thursday, the Aamaj News news agency reported.

Three Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which arrived in Afghanistan to evacuate 380 citizens of the Russian Federation, delivered 108 tons of humanitarian cargo to the country. This was reported to journalists on Thursday, November 18, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The head of the Kabul Emergency Management Department, Mirwais Watanmal, thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the Russian Defense Ministry and its head, Army General Sergei Shoigu, for the humanitarian aid delivered, also telling reporters how it would be distributed.

The Russian Defense Ministry, on behalf of President Vladimir Putin, is evacuating citizens of Russia and other countries from Afghanistan who need to leave given the extremely turbulent situation there, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian leader, told reporters on Thursday.

Three Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Defense Ministry are evacuating more than 380 citizens of the Russian Federation, as well as Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Ukraine and Afghanistan from Afghanistan. According to the military department, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu instructed to create an aviation group for the removal of people, which took off from the Chkalovsky airfield to Kabul. Each plane delivered 36 tons of humanitarian cargo from the Russian Federation to Afghanistan.

Russia and the United States are preparing contacts at the highest level, as part of their preparation, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev and Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Jacob Sullivan had a telephone conversation, the press service of the Security Council of the Russian Federation reported on Wednesday.

The Russian military will complete the formation of a new airborne assault regiment in Crimea by the beginning of December.

Today, biological risks are caused by events primarily related to human activity. This was stated at a meeting of the secretaries of the CIS Security Councils in Moscow by the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev. According to him, these risks in particular include dangerous experiments with viruses and pathogens on potentially dangerous biological objects. As well as the development of genetic engineering, including synthetic biology, which allows the genome to be played for criminal purposes.

The United States expressed concern about the aggravation of the situation near the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and called for efforts aimed at preventing an escalation of tension.

The agreement between the UK and Ukraine on a loan for military purposes has become another proof of the build-up of British military activity near the borders of Russia. This was stated on Wednesday, November 17, by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

The Polish army continues to transfer troops to the Belarusian border. The official telegram channel of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency published a video about the relocation of military equipment, presumably belonging to the eighth air defense regiment of the twelfth mechanized division.

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace and his Ukrainian counterpart Alexey Reznikov said that their governments do not want to be hostile to Russia, but are concerned about alleged military activity near the borders of Ukraine.

The UK and Ukraine do not want to be at enmity with Russia, but at the same time they are concerned about its military activity on the Ukrainian border. This was announced by British Defense Minister Ben Wallace and Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov on Tuesday, November 16.

Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist has announced his readiness to send Swedish servicemen to Ukraine as part of an EU-led training mission, Sveriges Radio reports.

The Pentagon is concerned about the rate of inflation in the United States. Consumer prices at the end of October rose sharply to 6.2% in annual value, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The indicator reached a record high since 1990, when it was 6.3%. Last month alone, prices jumped by 0.9%. Inflation can increase the cost of weapons. You will have to pay more for both current and future contracts. Military-industrial companies are already facing a crisis in the supply chain.

What is called a promising Russian light tactical aircraft (LTS), known as Checkmate and Su-75, actually looks like an average fighter. The dimensions of the aircraft being developed by Rostec were surprised in the American edition of The Drive.

The relatively low price of the promising Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-75 may be the key to its export attractiveness. The first buyer may be the United Arab Emirates.

Judging by a number of hints and reservations, the promising Russian Su-75 fighter (Checkmate) is being created primarily for sale to the Middle East.

The head of the delegation on military security and arms control, Konstantin Gavrilov, stressed that "we are talking about planned planned exercises"

Russia has conducted planned strategic aviation exercises in the skies over Belarus, which are not directed against third countries and are not related to the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border. This was stated on Wednesday by Konstantin Gavrilov, head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, to the participants of the OSCE Forum on Security Cooperation.

The MiG-25 interceptor fighter is famous for its ability to develop almost three times the speed of sound. Due to the tactical and technical characteristics of the Soviet aircraft for many years terrified the pilots of the United States and NATO countries.