Japan has sent a protest to Russia in connection with the large-scale military exercises that began yesterday in the waters of the Sea of Japan, on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, Secretary General of the Japanese government Katsunobu Kato told reporters.

According to the verification scenario, the brigade was brought to an increased degree of combat readiness, the personnel received weapons, and the equipment was removed from temporary storage

More than 600 military signalmen of the Guards Tank Red Banner Army of the Western Military District were raised on a training alert in preparation for the strategic Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2021". This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of the district.

Russia considers Mali as a promising partner, counts on increasing the effectiveness of the fight against terrorist organizations in West Africa, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

The army of Chad is equipped with a large number of military equipment of Soviet and Russian production, Russian specialists are ready to assist in its repair and modernization.

The leadership of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia announced Belarus ' interest in a wide range of Russian-made military products.

Anti-Russian NATO exercises increase tensions in the Black Sea and Baltic regions

The recent NATO summit was anti-Russian, the course taken by Russia to build up its defense capability is without alternative, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

Masten Space Systems is forced to postpone the launch of its lunar lander from 2022 to 2023. One of the reasons was the pandemic.

"After the withdrawal of NATO forces, we can expect a resumption of civil war with all the negative consequences: further deterioration of the population's life, mass migration, and the spread of extremism to neighboring states," Shoigu said at the IX Moscow Conference on International Security.

The Korean company Hanwha Systems will develop flocks of drones for search and rescue operations under water. According to the Korea Herald, this is a joint project of the company with state research institutes. It is planned to be completed by 2025.

Photos and videos were posted on the Network, where you can see the newest Chinese submarine, known as the Type 039C Yuan. They managed to compare it with a promising Swedish submarine of the Blekinge type, which has similar external features.

China strongly opposes the passage of American warships through the Taiwan Strait, according to a statement issued by the Eastern Zone of the Combat Command of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) in connection with the passage through the strait on the eve of the US Navy destroyer Curtis Wilbur.

The command of the Colombian Navy has initiated the process of acquiring new navigation radars for its light frigates FS-1500 of the Almirante Padilla class.

The Turkish authorities have declared the international part of the Aegean Sea a zone of military exercises in response to Greece's failure to comply with the terms of the Athens Memorandum, the Anadolu agency reports, citing sources in Ankara.

The Sea Breeze-2021 military exercises, which will be held on the territory of Ukraine and in the Black Sea from June 28 to July 10, "encourage militaristic sentiments in Kiev," Moscow calls on the United States and its allies to abandon the practice of military operations in the region.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, June 23, published a video of a Russian plane and a drone tracking a British destroyer in the Black Sea.

The defense attache at the British Embassy in Moscow was summoned to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation after an incident involving a British destroyer violating the borders of Russia. This was reported on June 23 in the Ministry of Defense.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation regards the dangerous actions of the destroyer URO "Defender" of Great Britain in the Black Sea as a gross violation of the UN Convention. The agency called on the British side to conduct a thorough investigation of the actions of the ship's crew.

The British destroyer Defender provoked the Russian military and border guards to a warning fire by entering the territorial sea of the Russian Federation near Cape Fiolent (Crimea), the former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov, told Interfax.

According to a source in the shipbuilding industry, "if the launches are successful, the transfer of the nuclear-powered vessel to the customer is expected at the end of 2021"

The first serial strategic missile submarine of the project 955A (code "Borey-A") "Prince Oleg" will perform at least six trips to the sea during factory and state tests. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry on the sidelines of the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021).

In the waters of the Sea of Japan, on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, large-scale military exercises with the participation of 10 thousand military personnel started on Wednesday, the press service of the Eastern Military District reports.