NATO is closely monitoring the strategic Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2021" and calls on Moscow and Minsk to act transparently and predictably.

This is stated in a statement by the official representative of the alliance, Oana Lungescu, for the German media group Funke.

The ministry accused Russia and Belarus of insufficient transparency in conducting strategic exercises

The Estonian Defense Ministry has accused Russia and Belarus of insufficient transparency during the West-2021 strategic exercises.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has handed over a batch of combat reconnaissance vehicles (BRDM) to the armed forces of Tajikistan, the Russian military department reported on Saturday.

According to Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov, at the moment life in Karabakh is in full swing, problematic issues are gradually being resolved

The former commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov, positively assessed the work of Russian peacekeepers in this region. He said this to TASS at a meeting with participants of the All-Russian patriotic action "Watch of Heroes of the Fatherland" in Makhachkala.

Iran may join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the beginning of the procedure for including the country in the organization will be announced at the upcoming SCO summit, the Kommersant newspaper reports.

All the companies that develop the Smart Voting application and website are associated with the Pentagon, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday, September 11.

Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov says that the Russian side is ready to resume a bilateral dialogue with the United States on anti-terrorism.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at a meeting of the UN General Assembly called for a high-level "summit of the future"to develop a new agenda on peace and global security.

The Kremlin took with regret the words of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky about the possibility of a full-fledged war between Russia and Ukraine, said the press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov.

The United States is ready to participate in the Normandy format, and in the parallel process of normalizing the situation in eastern Ukraine, said US Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland.

The strategic command and staff military exercises of a defensive nature "United Efforts-2021" will be held from September 22 to 30 at all the main military training grounds of Ukraine, as well as in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces Valery Zaluzhny said.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Kiev has not received a direct position from Washington on the country's accession to NATO, but Ukraine can rely on the United States.

Poland has launched large-scale military exercises simultaneously with the Belarusian - Russian exercises "West-2021". The official start of the "Lynx 21" exercises was given on Friday at the training ground in Novaya Demba in the east of the country by Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak.

US Defense Ministers Lloyd Austin and Philippine Dolphin Lorenzana during a meeting in Washington confirmed the strength of the alliance of the two countries and their commitment to creating an even stronger foundation for future cooperation, the Pentagon said.

A video of the highlights of the military parade in Pyongyang in honor of the 73rd anniversary of the formation of the DPRK has appeared on the Network. The fashion show was modest, without ballistic missiles and aviation, but several interesting novelties were shown there.

The equipment and competitive cost of the new Su-75 Checkmate light tactical aircraft will allow it to bypass foreign manufacturers. This opinion was shared by columnist Mark Episkopos in an article for The National Interest.

At the Baranovichi airfield in the Brest region of Belarus, as part of the creation of a training and combat center for joint training of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Belarusian Air Force and air defense forces, the crews of Russian Su-30SM fighters took up joint combat duty to protect the air borders of the Union State. This was announced on Friday, September 10, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

A pair of duty fighters were lifted into the air from the Chkalovsk airfield at the command of the air defense forces on duty

The crews of Su-27 fighters of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation destroyed cruise missiles of a conditional enemy at the joint exercises of Russia and Belarus "West-2021". This was reported to journalists on Saturday in the press service of the Baltic Fleet.

Su-35S fighters destroyed the planes of the imaginary enemy from a distance of more than a hundred kilometers, the Zvezda TV channel reported, citing the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO).

In total, more than 20 aircraft were involved in the exercise episode

More than 20 aircraft from Russia and Belarus have worked out the use of aviation weapons as part of the Zapad-2021 exercise at the Ruzhansky training ground (Belarus). In particular, the crews of the Tu-22M3 of the Russian Aerospace Forces practiced bombing, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.