When asked about the possibility of supporting the opponents of the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in the civil strife of Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby replied that the US military mission in this country has been completed.

In the future, the US military will most likely use mainly US Navy aircraft to launch strikes against the militants of the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan.

The Saudi news agency SPA, citing the country's Defense Ministry, reported that last Saturday, the Saudi air defense forces prevented a missile attack from Yemen on three settlements of the kingdom.

The Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan will prepare for negative scenarios in connection with the situation in Afghanistan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Republic Serik Burambayev said.

Russia and the United States, following the talks of the heads of state in Geneva, launched a process of consultations on arms control, as well as on cybersecurity, but there are also issues that have not budged, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

The United States urges its allies to avoid major deals with Russia in the defense sphere, a State Department representative told RIA Novosti, commenting on the signing of an agreement on military cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia.

The Kremlin considers Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic aspirations dangerous and warns that they will be forced to take countermeasures if they are implemented.

It is necessary to seek an embargo on the supply of weapons to Kiev. This was announced on September 2 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

The United States and Ukraine will continue to oppose the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, which they see as a threat to Europe's energy security. This is stated in a joint statement by the leaders of the countries Joe Biden and Vladimir Zelensky, posted on the website of the President of Ukraine.

A joint statement on the strategic partnership of the United States and Ukraine was published on the websites of the Office of the President of Ukraine and the White House. Despite the announcements of the Ukrainian side, there were no promises to stop the Nord Stream — 2 in the final release. The United States also supported Ukraine's course in NATO, but refused to prescribe the terms of possible accession. "The country" highlights the main thing from the statements of Biden and Zelensky.

The holding company "Russian Helicopters" of the Rostec State Corporation presented a line of the latest civil equipment at the Eastern Economic Forum.

The Ministry of Defense has asked the Moscow Arbitration Court to recover more than 4.2 billion rubles of penalties from the Tupolev aircraft construction company under the state contract dated March 31, 2016.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense, in which it demands to recover more than 10.7 billion rubles from the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), it follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.

The situation with the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 is much worse than with the American F-35 Lightning II, writes the Polish edition of Defence24.

The exercises of the air defense forces of the CIS countries "Combat Commonwealth-2021" will be transferred to the territory of Tajikistan and Kazakhstan from September 3, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

At the educational marathon "New Knowledge", the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation said that the management of the armed forces on the territory of Russia and abroad takes place in the NCSUO

Several dozen aircraft of the Russian military department are in the air every hour, their movements, as well as the situation in Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and other regions of the world are monitored by the National Defense Control Center (NCMS). This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The Russian Orion-E drone has been improved. The "classmate" of the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 received satellite communication, which increased the radius of application of the device. This is reported by TASS with reference to the General Director of JSC "Kronstadt" Sergey Bogatikov.

Now the drone can be controlled via a radio channel at a distance of 250 km, said Sergey Bogatikov, General Director of Kronstadt JSC

The radius of application of the Orion-E unmanned vehicle will be significantly increased after it is equipped with satellite communications. This was reported to TASS by the general director of JSC "Kronstadt" Sergey Bogatikov.

Thanks to satellite communications, specialists will increase the radius of application of the Orion-E unmanned vehicle. Now the radio channel allows you to use it at a distance of up to 250 kilometers.

Preparatory work on the Russian-Chinese wide-body long-haul aircraft CR929 has been completed, the production of the first copy has started. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the publication "Jiefang Zhibao".