The number of attacks on Afghan government forces in January - March 2021 increased by 37% compared to the previous observation period, Western media reported, citing the quarterly report of the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).

The participants of the negotiations in Vienna on the Iranian nuclear issue have started drafting the text of an agreement on the resumption of compliance with the JCPOA, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.

The conflict on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan should be stopped, the situation should be defused peacefully, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said on Thursday.) Stanislav Zas.

Russia does not intend to tolerate the attitude shown by the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and the Baltic states, but wants to be on good terms with all states, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will formulate "red lines" that infringe on the interests of Russia, said the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.

US allies should refrain from entering into large contracts for the supply of Russian weapons, as otherwise they may fall under US sanctions, the head of the State Department, Anthony Blinken, said on Wednesday.

The tension on the Russian-Ukrainian border still persists, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

MEPs on Thursday approved a 7.9 billion euro fund project designed to strengthen the defense of EU countries, European media reported.

The US has warned China that it will strengthen its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region as part of protecting American interests in the world, US President Joe Biden said.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec is creating a mobile stand for the AI-222-25 aircraft engine, which will allow testing power plants after repairs in the field, the press service of the Rostec State Corporation reported.

The UK will build its own guided drones. April 28, portal janes.com he announced that the company Spirit AeroSystems has announced all participants in the Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) program, which will produce unmanned Mosquito fighters.

The Indian Navy has issued an RFI-Request for Information, which provides for the lease of 24 NUH – Naval Utility Helicopters for 5 years.

An unmanned MQ-8B reconnaissance helicopter crashed into the side of the USS Charleston. The vessel suffered significant damage, but was able to continue its work.

AeroVironment has announced the implementation by the US Army command of an option to the basic contract, which provides for the supply of a batch of Switchblade-300 barrage ammunition for its own needs and export to the "union state".

The Progress MS-14 spacecraft was launched to the ISS from the Baikonur cosmodrome on April 25. He set a record for the longest stay in orbit

The Progress MS-14 space cargo ship, which spent more than a year in orbit, was driven out of orbit and burned up in the atmosphere on Thursday night. The unburned parts were flooded in the non-navigable part of the Pacific Ocean, Roscosmos said in a statement.

Launched on Monday on a Soyuz-2.1 b rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome, 36 British satellites, together with the Fregat upper stage, are included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian space Control System, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Thursday successfully launched another batch of 60 mini-satellites into low-Earth orbit, designed to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX said.

The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which launched on Thursday Moscow time into orbit with 60 Internet satellites of the Starlink project, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic, the developer company SpaceX said.

The Changzheng-5B heavy launch vehicle successfully launched the Tianhe base module of the future Chinese space station into low-Earth orbit on Thursday, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) said.

The first batch of S-400 air defense systems will arrive in India by the end of this year, Indian Ambassador to Moscow Datla Bala Venkatesh Varma told reporters.