Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that NATO's actions in the Black Sea are a waste of time and effort, as well as a test of the strength of the Russian army and navy.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called on Washington and NATO to "soberly assess the risks" in connection with US military activity in the Black Sea region.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov claims that the training events periodically conducted by the West are actually provocative actions.

The first (out of four ordered) multi-purpose frigate of the Type-054A/P class has been handed over to the Pakistani Navy, the Chinese newspaper Global Times reported.

The smoke screen installed by Russia in the port of the Syrian city of Tartus was shown from space. The corresponding satellite images of Maxar Technologies were published by The Drive.

In connection with the situation in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan will provide gratuitous military-technical assistance to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Such bills were approved by the Majilis (Parliament) during the plenary session Kazakhstan, reports Vlast.kz .

The current situation in Afghanistan and possible threats to regional security were discussed in Moscow at a meeting of the Tajik Ambassador to Russia Davlatshoh Gulmakhmadzod with the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas Nicklasson, the Tajik Embassy in Russia reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the development of new weapons to focus on the main trends in the world, in particular, the use of digital technologies and hypersonic weapons.

Russian President Vladimir Putin named samples of Russian weapons that are superior to foreign analogues. The corresponding video was published in the Telegram channel RIA_Kremlinpool.

Russia has managed to do a lot in the field of diversification of defense industries in five years, but in the future it needs to work more effectively in this direction, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the military-industrial commission.

As the President of the Russian Federation noted, such a high bar has been held for five years

The state defense order in the "pandemic" year 2020 was fulfilled by 96.2%, such a high bar has been held for five years. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, opening a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) on Wednesday.

As the President noted, defense industry organizations work stably even in a pandemic

Russian President Vladimir Putin has set a task to take into account the most advanced technologies, including hypersonic and cognitive, in the new state armament program.

Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that "this management structure itself has justified itself, allowed to concentrate powers and clearly define responsibility for solving practical tasks."

The defense ministers of the CIS member states approved a plan of joint activities for 2022 and identified prospects for the development of military cooperation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

As part of the large-scale exercises "Unbreakable Brotherhood-2021" at the training ground in Tatarstan, the forces of the CSTO member states launched a large-scale conditional peacekeeping operation. According to the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff, the main efforts are focused on creating buffer and demilitarized separation zones. The troops will have to organize control over the actions of the warring parties in order to create conditions for the conclusion of peace agreements.

The average flight time of the pilot was almost 100 hours

Naval aviation pilots spent more time in the sky in 2021 compared to 2020 due to attempts to violate the borders of the Russian Federation. This was stated by the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakyants, in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

Russian bombers participated in the verification of the actions of combat crews performing air defense duty tasks in the Unified Regional Air Defense System of the Union State

Two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers worked out interaction with the control points of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus and carried out an inspection of the air defense system of the Union State. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russia's first rescue drone Seadrone ME has been tested in the Kara Sea in Arctic conditions, TASS reports with reference to the developer company "Shooting from the air".

The promising "airborne combat vehicle" will carry a multifunctional combat buggy, representatives of the Ryazan Airborne School and the Military Institute of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation reported in the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland".

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have lifted into the air the Bayraktar TB2 attack drone of Turkish production. In this they were caught by the Telegram channel "Military Observer", referring to the portal data PlaneRadar.ru .

By 2026, Turkey intends to take to the skies a fighter of its own design. On November 9, the CEO of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Temel Kotil, published a picture of the first part for the TF-X aircraft.