The Russian Federation avoids direct confrontation to strengthen its international role, but resorts to pressure against other countries and to cyber operations, the head of the US Strategic Command, Admiral Charles Richard, said on Thursday.

Baku expects Moscow to fulfill all the points of the trilateral statement on Karabakh, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said.

Azerbaijan wants to sign a peace treaty with Armenia and start the process of delineating the border, but has not yet received a response from Yerevan to these proposals, Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev said.

The Russian-Chinese maneuvers were conducted to increase the ability to jointly respond to risks and challenges. China and Russia are able to jointly maintain peace and stability in the region.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, highly appreciated the joint actions of Russian and Chinese servicemen during the Sibu/Interaction-2021 exercise, the active phase of which took place in the People's Republic of China at the Qingtunxia training ground.

In the Primorsky Territory, a joint Russian-Lao exercise "Laros-2021"is being held on the territory of the Sergeyevsky training ground of the combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District (VVO).

The columnist of the Popular Mechanics publication was amazed at the readiness of the special forces of the two countries to overcome any obstacles, including passing through "rings of fire" on the obstacle course.

President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation in the format of a videoconference from his residence near Moscow, Novo-Ogarevo. It was about joining forces with partners to ensure the security of the country.

"Today we are planning to discuss issues of international cooperation in the field of defense and security," Vladimir Putin announced. "We have talked with you many times that it is impossible to effectively solve a number of issues in this area alone and it is necessary to combine efforts with our partners in order to ensure our own security," he stressed.

After being launched into near-Earth orbit, the Russian multifunctional laboratory module (MLM) "Nauka" faced a massive system failure that threatens to lead to a serious emergency situation. A source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti about the critical situation with MLM.

The US Air Force has carried out several air strikes on the positions of the radical Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) over the past 24-48 hours and will continue to provide air support to the Afghan security forces at least until August 31.

Over the past two or three days, the United States Air Force has carried out several air strikes on the positions of the banned Taliban group (banned in the Russian Federation), which are located on the territory of Afghanistan. This was announced on Tuesday, August 11, by the official representative of the US Department of Defense, John Kirby.

Kabul has expressed serious concern to the international community about the attacks of the Taliban (the Taliban movement is banned in Russia) on cities, the IRA Foreign Ministry said, commenting on the demands of the Afghan negotiating group in Doha.

The situation in Afghanistan today is much more complicated than it was after the withdrawal of a contingent of Soviet troops from the country, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The successful completion of strength tests of the new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford was a signal to the Russian Federation and China that the United States is not concerned about the anti-ship missiles of these two countries, the South China Morning Post reports, citing the words of former Chinese military instructor Sun Zhongping.

The command of the Israeli Armed Forces announced the welcoming ceremony of the third corvette of the next generation of the Saar-6 class (SA'AR-6) – "Atzmaut" (Atzmaut), which took place on August 10 in Haifa.

A former Chinese military instructor, Song Zhongping, expressed the opinion that a stress test for his own aircraft carrier by detonating explosives near him is an ostentatious action aimed at certain goals-China and Russia, the South China Morning Post reports.

Often, the data of online trackers that track the movements of warships of NATO countries and Sweden using the Global Positioning System (GPS) should be ignored, according to the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is working on the issue of completing the Vladimir the Great ship of the 58250 project, the country's military department reports.

The lessons learned from the accident of the Kursk nuclear submarine will prevent similar tragedies in the future, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, commander of the Northern Fleet, said.

The crews of the newest small missile ships "Veliky Ustyug" and "Uglich" of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) conducted training to repel attacks by means of an air attack of a conditional enemy, Colonel Vadim Astafyev, head of the press service of the Southern Military District, told reporters on Thursday.