Trump and Pompeo criticized Biden's actions in Afghanistan
Former US President Donald Trump and former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized the tactics chosen by the administration of current President Joe Biden regarding Afghanistan.
Canada will send special forces to Afghanistan to ensure security during the evacuation of the embassy-Mass media
The Government of Canada will send a special forces unit to Kabul, which will ensure the safety of employees of the Canadian embassy during its evacuation and before closing, the Associated Press reported, citing an informed source.
The United States continues to provide assistance to the government of Afghanistan in the conditions of the Taliban offensive - the US State Department
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin assured in a telephone conversation with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that they continue to provide assistance to the Afghan government in the conditions of the offensive of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation), the US State Department said.
Putin's special Representative Kabulov: the Taliban took Kandahar because of the flight of the army, which was trained by the United States
The Taliban were able to capture Kandahar because of the flight of Afghan troops, Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan, director of the Second Department of Asia of the Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti.
In Britain, the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan was called a mistake
The head of the British Defense Ministry, Ben Wallace, criticized the withdrawal of Washington's military contingent from Afghanistan, saying that the international community is likely to suffer from the consequences of this US decision, Sky News reported on Friday.
Johnson said that it is unacceptable to recognize the legitimacy of the Taliban movement
Recognizing the legality of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) unilaterally would be an unacceptable step, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on British television.
Relatively peaceful Taliban offensive may be part of the US and UK plan-expert
The speed with which the Taliban units (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) were advancing up to Kabul caused general surprise, Olivier de Bavenchov, former commander of the French contingent of the international NATO forces in Afghanistan, told France 24 TV channel on Sunday.
The Taliban entered Kabul, they do not meet large-scale resistance - mass media
The militants of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) are in Kabul, and they do not have to deal with any large-scale resistance, CNN reports.
Shoigu urged to avoid a repeat of the economic situation of the 90s in Russia
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the difficult political and economic situation that developed in Russia in the 1990s should not be repeated.
Shoigu arrives for exercises in China
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in China on Thursday on a working visit to monitor the active phase of the Russian-Chinese operational-strategic exercises "Sibu / Interaction-2021".
Through the fire: Popular Mechanics was surprised by the exercises of the special forces of the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan
The training and equipment of the intelligence units of the Russian army, shown during exercises with the army of Uzbekistan at the Termez training ground near the border with Afghanistan, surprised journalists.
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. Moreover, such exercises are not practiced in the NATO armed forces.
Shoigu launched the reconstruction of BAM
The introduction of the road into operation will increase the transport capabilities of Eastern Siberia, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation noted
The reconstruction of the eastern branch of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) by the end of 2024, after the road is put into operation, will increase the transport capabilities of Eastern Siberia, increase the capacity of the mainline and the volume of transit traffic, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
Armenia is not obliged to withdraw its military from the whole of Karabakh, Yerevan says
The trilateral statement of the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan does not imply the withdrawal of Armenian military forces from Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.
Pashinyan stated his readiness to start negotiations with Aliyev, is waiting for concrete proposals from Baku
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he is ready to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for talks on Karabakh and the settlement of regional problems.
Ukraine is rushing to NATO: Zelensky launched a strategy until 2025 on joining the Alliance (Glavred, Ukraine)
Vladimir Zelensky approved the communication strategy on the issues of Euro-Atlantic integration of the republic for the period up to 2025. The purpose of the document is to widely inform Ukrainians about the state's policy on joining the European Union and NATO. Ukraine also intends to counteract the "aggression of Russia".
The Czech Republic has become the largest importer of Russian defense products
The volume of Russia's secret exports increased by 61% in January—June 2021, to $27 billion. Exports of defense industry, aircraft and shipbuilding products increased by 31%, to $4.7 billion, Vedomosti reports. The largest importer of these products was the Czech Republic, which was included in the list of countries unfriendly to Russia.
The commander of the army of the Southern Military District said that NATO's activity over the Black Sea has tripled
Since the beginning of 2021, the alliance's aviation has performed more than 560 flights over the sea, Nikolai Gostev noted
This year, the NATO reconnaissance aircraft has almost tripled the intensity of flights in the airspace over the Black Sea. This was stated on Thursday in an interview with the newspaper "Military Bulletin of the South of Russia" by the commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District (SE) Nikolai Gostev.
The characteristics of the Russian replacement of the Ukrainian An-124 are revealed
The Russian advanced aviation complex of transport aviation (PAK TA), which should replace the An-124 Ruslan aircraft of Ukrainian production, is necessary for the transportation, in particular, of armored vehicles created on the Armata platform, self-propelled artillery guns, rocket launchers, multiple launch rocket systems, Sprut-SD anti-tank combat vehicles and MiG-31BM interceptor fighters, writes the Military-Industrial Courier.
MAI-411 made the first high-altitude flight
The MAI-411 aircraft assembled in Dagestan made its first flight to the mountainous region of the republic. In the future, MAI-411 is planned to be used to deliver tourists to the high-altitude area. It takes six hours to get there by car.
F-22 crash landed on Pearl Harbor
The American fifth-generation fighter F-22 Raptor made an emergency landing at the Pearl Harbor-Hickam base (Hawaii). The corresponding video was published on Instagram by the user hnlramper.
