The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) called Washington's statements about the service's involvement in the cyberattack on SolarWinds nonsense.

The crews of the newest corvettes "Sharp" and "Zealous" after the stage of theoretical training at the Joint Training Center of the Navy in St. Petersburg begin to practice practical actions on training and training complexes as part of the ship's combat crews.

As reported by the TASS news agency on April 13, 2021, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu demanded to increase the pace and quality of work during the reconstruction and technical re-equipment of the dry dock of the 35th ship Repair plant located in Murmansk, the project is implemented by the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center (part of the USC Group of companies).

The project of construction of the destroyer "Leader" for the Russian Navy is unlikely to be implemented, said in an interview with RIA Novosti General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov.

More than 10 ships of the Caspian Flotilla, including small missile ships, entered the Caspian Sea as part of a control check of combat readiness for the winter training period, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) told reporters on Thursday.

The strategic nuclear submarine of the project 955A of the Borey-A class "Prince Oleg "will be ready for transfer to the Russian Navy in October, the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexey Rakhmanov said in an interview with RIA Novosti on April 15.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong protest in connection with the announcement of the Russian Federation on the closure of part of the Black Sea waters in the direction of the Kerch Strait from next week until October 2021 for warships and state vessels of other countries under the pretext of military exercises, and demands to immediately cancel the decision on the illegal closure of certain waters of the Black Sea.

The United States made the right decision if it really changed its mind about sending two missile destroyers to the Black Sea, former Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Navy, retired Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, told Interfax on Thursday.

The fact that the United States stopped its destroyers with URO on the way to the Black Sea will not lead to a detente at this stage of the escalation of the situation around Ukraine. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The flagship aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy (Navy) of the United Kingdom HMS Queen Elizabeth worth about 3.2 billion pounds (more than 300 billion rubles) again leaked. This was announced on Thursday, April 15, according to the Daily Mail.

Judging by the dimensions of the lower part of the Chinese aircraft carrier Type 003, its dimensions do not differ much from the latest American ships of the Gerald R. Ford type. This conclusion was reached by the experts of Naval News, having studied satellite photos of the shipyard in Shanghai, where the aircraft carrier is being built.

Stoltenberg believes that peace in Afghanistan can only be ensured by the Afghans themselves

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has acknowledged that the peace process in Afghanistan is not guaranteed to succeed.

In the process of preparing for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, announced by President Joe Biden, the United States did not try to paint a rosy picture of the situation in this country, said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

During Georgia's participation in the mission in Afghanistan, 32 Georgian soldiers were killed, the Georgian Defense Ministry said in a statement released on Thursday night in connection with the NATO decision to complete the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan by September this year.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Iran needs to "cool down" after the recent operation at the Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz, allegedly committed by Israel.

The exercise with the participation of servicemen of the Ural tank division started at the training grounds of the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Wednesday.

A meeting of the CSTO Military Committee was held in Moscow under the leadership of the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov. Despite the difficult epidemiological situation, all the chiefs of the General Staffs of the countries participating in the Treaty took part in this event. By the way, last year, the coronavirus pandemic did not allow the members of the Military Committee to meet, so two meetings were held via videoconference.

To date, the water intake, built in the Republic of Crimea by the forces of the Military Construction Complex of the Russian Defense Ministry, has transferred more than 1 million tons of fresh water to the city waterworks of Sevastopol.

Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that additional measures are needed to guarantee the protection of the national interests of the Russian Federation in Crimea and the inhabitants of the peninsula against the background of growing tensions around this region due to the actions of the United States, NATO and Ukraine.

The German military training ground Altengrabov held exercises of soldiers of the Bundeswehr, said Das Erste. The TV channel called the maneuvers preparation of NATO for the operation to "intimidate" Russia in Lithuania.