Moscow has information that militants from the terrorist group Jabhat Al-Nusra (banned in Russia) are preparing a provocation with the use of chemical toxic substances on the eve of the presidential elections in Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru commanded the Nigerian army for less than six months. On May 22, the BBC news agency reported that the crew of a Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force and 11 of its passengers were killed in a plane crash near Kaduna International Airport.

Paramilitary groups in Iraq, opposed to the United States, are trying to create conditions that would force the withdrawal of the American contingent from this country, said the head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), General Frank McKenzie.

Iran will continue to negotiate a revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, despite the expiration of an agreement between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to monitor Iran's nuclear facilities, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.

At a meeting of the Russian organizing committee "Victory", Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the topic of threats against the Russian Federation. The Russian leader noted that our country can "knock out the teeth" of those who try to "bite" it.

In Russia, there are new airline complexes, they have no analogues in the world, combat surface and submarine ships due to a prudent attitude to finance, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In the third reading, the plenary session of the State Duma considered and adopted the draft laws "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" and "On Amendments to Article 51 of the Federal Law "On Military Duty and Military Service".

The Soviet (Russian) supersonic high-altitude long-range fighter-interceptor MiG-31BM in a training battle hit the aircraft of a simulated enemy that penetrated the country's airspace to collect intelligence. The corresponding video on YouTube showed the Russian Defense Ministry.

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet took to the air to escort a US Air Force B-52N strategic bomber over the Baltic Sea.

Aviation Week magazine predicts an explosive rise in the popularity of attack drones. In their new report 2021 Military Fleet & MRO Forecast, analysts of the publication compared the popularity of existing drones, indicating that in the future their number will only increase.

Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec) will promote Russian military drones for export only after they are adopted by the Russian army, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, said.

In Kazakhstan, an assembly line of small-size reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles "Skylark-1-LEX" developed by the Israeli Elbit Systems was opened at the enterprise of the Kazakhstan Aviation Industry company.

The United Engine Corporation has started mass production of the VK-2500P helicopter engine, which is designed for the latest Mi-28NM attack helicopter and can be used on any type of Mi and Ka military helicopters.

In 2021, the second batch of the latest Mi-28NM Night Hunter attack helicopters will be delivered to the Aerospace Forces.

The Mi-8AMT and Mi-8MTV-1 transport helicopters will receive new ballistic protection, Igor Kiyamov, Managing Director of the Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant (NARZ, part of the Russian Helicopters holding and will carry out these works), said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Russia plans to launch an upgraded version of the Ka-52M Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopter on the international market.

United Engine Corporation will begin bench testing of the VK-1600V demonstrator engine in the second half of the year

The United Engine Corporation (UEC) of Rostec will present the VK-1600V demonstrator engine for the Ka-62 helicopter in July at the MAKS-2021 International Aerospace Salon. This was announced by TASS on Thursday at the HeliRussia 2021 exhibition by the general designer of UEC-Klimov (part of UEC) Vsevolod Eliseev.

Serial production of the engines is planned to begin in 2024

Flight tests of the VK-650V engine, designed to replace the French powerplants on the Ka-226T and Ansat light helicopters, are scheduled to begin in 2023. This was announced by TASS on Thursday in the framework of the international exhibition HeliRussia 2021, the general designer of UEC-Klimov (part of the United Engine Corporation Rostec) Vsevolod Eliseev.

The F-15EX Eagle II fighter of the US Air Force, considered an analogue of the Russian Su-57, is likely to receive a new "very long" range air-to-air missile, reports The Drive.

In the press, the United States became interested in the "strange hangar" located on the Chinese base, and are trying to unravel its purpose. Satellite images show that it, along with an auxiliary object, is located at the People's Liberation Army Air Force bomber base 30 miles from the capital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, according to Military Review.