Ukraine stated that the energy security of this country is an integral component of the protection of the Euro-Atlantic region from the notorious "Russian hybrid threat". In particular, the head of the Ukrainian GTS Operator called on NATO to get Moscow to maintain gas transit through the "Nezalezhnaya" in the amount of at least 45 billion cubic meters per year.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that he discussed security issues in the Black Sea at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, and the countries will cooperate to achieve this goal.

The decision to reduce the size of the Russian mission to NATO is not related to any specific cases, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.

NATO's decision to reduce the Russian mission almost completely undermines the prospects for normalization of relations between Russia and the alliance, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The NATO leadership has stripped the accreditation of 8 members of the Russian mission, accusing them of espionage, writes Le Figaro.

And it will be impossible to appoint new people to these posts, so only 10 people remain to represent Russia at the alliance.

Russia and China believe that the military-biological activities of the United States and its allies pose a threat to their national security, the Russian and Chinese Foreign ministers said in a joint statement.

The oldest defense organization of Russia and the All-Russian Cossack Society (VSCO) have signed a cooperation agreement. The document was signed by the chairman of the DOSAAF of Russia, Colonel-General Alexander Kolmakov and the ataman of the VSKO Nikolai Doluda.

The joint exercises of Russia and Belarus "WEST-2021" have officially ended, leaving behind the "main question" to the Russian army, Breaking Defense writes.

On Wednesday, October 6, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his generals summed up the results of the largest Russian-Belarusian strategic exercise "WEST-2021" this year. According to Shoigu, the maneuvers demonstrated the increased training of troops, the ability of the created interspecific groups of the two states to effectively carry out tasks to ensure regional security. "I consider the objectives of the exercise to have been achieved, the training issues have been worked out in full," the Defense Minister concluded.

Special forces of Russia and Pakistan seized buildings held by a conditional enemy during the joint exercises "Friendship-2021" in the Kuban. This was reported on Thursday, October 7, by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Over 4.5 thousand tactical exercises have been conducted in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since December last year

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the plans for combat training of the Armed Forces for 2021 have been fully implemented.

Building up the combat capabilities of the Ground Forces in Russia is one of the priorities for the development of the Armed Forces, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Ships of the Caspian Flotilla of Russia carried out launches of "Calibers" on coastal targets during the exercises, the press service of the Southern Military District reported.

In the south of the Syrian province of Idlib, the Russian military killed four terrorists.

The attack was carried out with the help of two drones. First, one drone parachuted a model of a small quadcopter equipped with an explosive device into the positions of the militants. The jihadists noticed the descending vehicle, thinking that it was damaged and was making an emergency landing.

Currently, the submarine is located at the 13th shipyard of the Black Sea Fleet

Plans to transfer the submarine "ALROSA" project 877B "Halibut" from the Black Sea to the Baltic remain. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the Crimean law enforcement agencies on the sidelines of the Sevastopol Naval Salon starting on Wednesday.

The diesel submarine of Project 636.3, equipped with KALIBR cruise missiles, will join the Russian Navy on October 12.

"This date was approved by the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nikolai Evmenov," Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo told reporters.

"A detachment of the Northern Fleet consisting of the large anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov, the medium sea tanker Akademik Pashin and the rescue tugboat Altai under the flag of the commander of the anti-submarine ships, Captain 1st rank Stanislav Varik, entered the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean," the press service of the SF reported on Wednesday, October 6.

Leonid Strugov noted that work is underway to study the functioning of the concerns included in the ILC

The Marine Instrumentation Corporation (KMP) is now at the stage of formation. This was reported to TASS by the head of the KMP Leonid Strugov on the fields of the Sevastopol Naval Salon.

The Admiral Gorshkov frigate will carry out at least one test launch of the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile by the end of this year, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The vessel will undergo mooring tests there

The Amur Shipbuilding Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur sent a multipurpose patrol ship "Sharp" for testing in Primorye, the press service of the plant reported.