Since Saturday evening, Russia has suspended the right of peaceful passage for foreign warships and other state-owned vessels in three areas of the Black Sea, according to the bulletin of the Department of Navigation and Oceanography of the Ministry of Defense.

On April 23, 2021, at the naval base of the Southern Fleet of the PLA Navy in Sanya (Hainan Island), in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a solemn ceremony was held for the entry into the PLA Navy of the main universal landing ship of project 075, named "Hainan" (tail number 31), the third destroyer "Dalian" of project 055 (tail number 105) and the sixth strategic nuclear submarine "Great Campaign 18" / 長征 18 of Project 094 (tail number 421).

Spain is preparing to upgrade its submarine fleet. Yesterday, April 23, the press service of the company Navantia reported that the shipyard in Cartagena held a solemn ceremony of launching the first submarine of the project S-80.

Terrorists are preparing new provocations in the Idlib de-escalation zone to accuse the Syrian government forces of using chemical weapons. The region also noticed suspicious activity of the infamous organization "White Helmets".

Its purpose is to discredit the Syrian authorities

A provocation aimed at discrediting the Syrian authorities is being prepared by militants in the vicinity of the Syrian city of Idlib. This was reported on Friday in the Ministry of Defense.

Five more rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip after the country's army retaliated against Hamas targets. This was announced on Saturday, April 24, by the IDF press service on Twitter.

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on the evening of Saturday, April 24, on the territory of Israel was intercepted by the country's air defense system "Iron Dome". This is reported by the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

As well as cooperation in the fields of energy, industry, transport and agriculture

Russia stands for intensifying cooperation with Iraq, including military-technical cooperation, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said after talks in Baghdad with the country's top leadership.

More than 2 thousand servicemen and 60 units of military equipment were landed during large interspecific exercises in the Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to return to the places of permanent deployment, the troops that were involved in the exercises in the south of the Russian Federation, by May 1 of this year.

Near Moscow, the exercises of the 45th engineering and camouflage regiment of the Russian Armed Forces were held, during which the military tested unusual inflatable equipment, the Zvezda TV channel reports. At the same time, the maneuvers of the "inflated" troops caused concern in a number of Western media, including the British The Sun.

The government Commission on legislative activity approved a project that creates a unified communication system for the armies of the CIS countries.

At least three military transport aircraft of the US, British and Canadian Air Forces have arrived in Ukraine over the past three days, according to data from Western air observers who tracked their route using signals from onboard transponders.

The Russian naval aviation will take on the newest Su-30SM2 fighters. According to the approved plan for the construction and procurement of aircraft and their components, a copy of which was reviewed by Izvestia, a little more than two dozen vehicles for the Ministry of Defense should be transferred to the customer by the end of 2022. All sides will undergo a special marine revision. Their official name is Su-30SM2 (Navy).

The crews of the Su-30SM aircraft of the fighter aviation regiment of the Eastern Military District, stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory, worked out the maximum allowed time and range of flights, the press service of the district reports.

The crews of the long-range anti-submarine aircraft and a separate mixed aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet (SF) worked out refueling in the air over the Arctic, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

The Russian Helicopters holding company of the Rostec State Corporation will equip the Ansat helicopter with an external suspension that will allow the helicopter to carry oversized cargo weighing up to a ton.

According to the Times of India, having made a flight from the French air base "Merignac", on April 21, the fifth batch of Rafale fighters produced by Dassault Aviation arrived in India.

According to the Greek publication Proto Thema, the Greek government is finalizing consideration of the purchase of an additional batch of multifunctional Rafale fighters in France.

The United States has sent an official notification to Turkey about its exclusion from the program of production of the latest F-35 fighter jets due to Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems.