Two warships of the Vietnamese Navy have arrived in Vladivostok to participate in the celebration of the Day of the Russian Navy, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reports.

The enterprises of the United Shipbuilding Corporation handed over 11 warships to the customer last year, said the head of the USC Alexey Rakhmanov at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to a source in the military-industrial complex, the nuclear-powered vessel was fully prepared for performing tasks as a naval museum

The lead nuclear submarine of the project 627 K-3 "Leninsky Komsomol" is preparing for the transition from Snezhnegorsk, Murmansk region, to Kronstadt, where it will become an exhibit of the Museum of Naval Glory. This was reported to TASS on Thursday by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Defender, which violated the borders of Russia near the Crimea in June, was the only one operating among the five Type 45 destroyers that are in service with the Royal Navy (Navy) of the United Kingdom, Defense News reports, referring to the statement of the British Minister for Defense Procurement Jeremy Queen.

The Indian Navy continues to build up its forces. July 21, portal navaltoday.com he reported that the Ministry of Defense of India has published a request for proposals (RFP) for new submarines.

The Syrian air defense (air defense) repelled an Israeli attack in the sky over Homs, the Syrian state television channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said that there is no military solution to the Afghan problem, and a way out of the current situation should be found peacefully.

During the military exercises in Tajikistan, all units of the armed forces and law enforcement agencies of the country numbering 100 thousand personnel, as well as more than 130 thousand reserve officers and soldiers were alerted and put on full combat readiness, Defense Minister of the Republic Sherali Mirzo said in his report to President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

The northern provinces of Afghanistan are rapidly turning into a new hot spot, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.

Washington is leaving, the war continues

The situation in Afghanistan, whose people have never been brought to their knees by anyone, continues to escalate.

The rejection of the dollar and a flexible approach to arms customers are Russia's main countermeasures against Western sanctions. This was stated on July 21 during the MAKS-2021 air show by Dmitry Shugaev, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS).

To prepare for participation in the joint strategic exercise of the Armed Forces of Russia and Belarus "West-2021" on Wednesday, July 21, the first military echelons with Russian servicemen and equipment arrive in the Republic of Belarus. This became known from the information of the military department in Minsk.

Russian tankers in Tajikistan as part of the exercises marched to the Kharb-Maydon training ground bordering Afghanistan, the Central Military District (CVO) reports.

Fighters of a separate special-purpose detachment "Peresvet" and employees of the SOBR "Bulat"of the Main Directorate of the Rosgvardiya in the Moscow region held a practical lesson at a training center in the Moscow region Electrostal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to assess in which regions it is necessary to increase the grouping of the Defense Ministry to fight forest fires.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, commenting on reports about the surveillance of the phone of French leader Emmanuel Macron, said that the Russian government uses a special communication system that is reliably protected and does not need additional protection.

The FSB proposes to add a number of defense and military information that is not related to state secrets, but which may harm the interests of Russia, to the list of information prohibited for transmission to foreign states. The corresponding draft order of the FSB Director has been published on the Federal Portal of Draft Regulatory Legal Acts.

According to him, the documents "found" by the BBC confirm that the provocation was planned

Attempts to test Russia's strength, such as the incident with the British destroyer Defender in the Black Sea, will continue, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces conducted exercises to repel air strikes on the border with Crimea, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported on Facebook. "As part of the tactical training of air defense units <...>, combat crews of Buk anti-aircraft missile systems were trained to repel an airstrike by a conditional enemy," the release says.

NATO condemned "malicious cyber activity", in particular against Microsoft, and called for a" peaceful and secure " cyberspace.