The US nuclear submarine USN-22 Connecticut, which was injured in a collision with an unknown object, returned to its base on the island of Guam.

An assessment of its damage has begun, but it has already been announced that the reactor was not damaged. The incident, as a result of which 11 sailors were injured, occurred during the largest international exercises in the Asia-Pacific region with the participation of four US aircraft carriers and their allies. 

There is evidence that the Taliban (banned in Russia) cannot control the security situation in the north of the country.

Moscow expects that they will be able to keep their promises not to pose a threat to third countries, said Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.

Moscow. October 8th. INTERFAX - There is evidence that the Taliban (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) cannot control the security situation in the north of the country, but Moscow expects that they will be able to keep their promises not to pose a threat to third countries, said Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.

Former US President Donald Trump has accused the current US administration that the military equipment left in Afghanistan will be used by Russia and China to create their own analogues.

Also, the press secretary of the service, Valeria Reshetnikova, reported that military-technical cooperation with Afghanistan is not being carried out at the moment

The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation is not engaged in copying any American equipment, including those left by US forces in Afghanistan. This was announced to TASS on Sunday by the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia, Valeria Reshetnikova.

Iranian specialists now have at their disposal more than 120 kg of uranium enriched to a level of 20%, said Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

If Iran fails to fulfill its promise to resume the Vienna negotiation process on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the near future, Washington will be forced to look for other ways to solve the problem, said US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

Building up the combat capabilities of the Ground Forces in Russia is one of the priorities for the development of the Armed Forces, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Over 4.5 thousand tactical exercises have been conducted in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since December last year

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the plans for combat training of the Armed Forces for 2021 have been fully implemented.

Special forces of Russia and Pakistan seized buildings held by a conditional enemy during the joint exercises "Friendship-2021" in the Kuban. This was reported on Thursday, October 7, by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

On Wednesday, October 6, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his generals summed up the results of the largest Russian-Belarusian strategic exercise "WEST-2021" this year. According to Shoigu, the maneuvers demonstrated the increased training of troops, the ability of the created interspecific groups of the two states to effectively carry out tasks to ensure regional security. "I consider the objectives of the exercise to have been achieved, the training issues have been worked out in full," the Defense Minister concluded.

The joint exercises of Russia and Belarus "WEST-2021" have officially ended, leaving behind the "main question" to the Russian army, Breaking Defense writes.

The oldest defense organization of Russia and the All-Russian Cossack Society (VSCO) have signed a cooperation agreement. The document was signed by the chairman of the DOSAAF of Russia, Colonel-General Alexander Kolmakov and the ataman of the VSKO Nikolai Doluda.

Russia and China believe that the military-biological activities of the United States and its allies pose a threat to their national security, the Russian and Chinese Foreign ministers said in a joint statement.

The NATO leadership has stripped the accreditation of 8 members of the Russian mission, accusing them of espionage, writes Le Figaro.

And it will be impossible to appoint new people to these posts, so only 10 people remain to represent Russia at the alliance.

NATO's decision to reduce the Russian mission almost completely undermines the prospects for normalization of relations between Russia and the alliance, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The decision to reduce the size of the Russian mission to NATO is not related to any specific cases, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that he discussed security issues in the Black Sea at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, and the countries will cooperate to achieve this goal.

Ukraine stated that the energy security of this country is an integral component of the protection of the Euro-Atlantic region from the notorious "Russian hybrid threat". In particular, the head of the Ukrainian GTS Operator called on NATO to get Moscow to maintain gas transit through the "Nezalezhnaya" in the amount of at least 45 billion cubic meters per year.

Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said that Georgia should always be ready to join NATO and believes that a political decision on Georgia's accession to the alliance will mature in NATO very soon.