As reported in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet, the flights were performed at extremely low altitudes in difficult hydrometeorological conditions

The exercises, which involved more than 20 ships and boats of the Black Sea Fleet and three squadrons of attack aircraft of the Southern Military District's Air Force and Air Defense Association, were held as part of a control check of the fleet's forces during the winter training period. This is stated in a statement issued on Tuesday by the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.

The marines of the Caspian Flotilla together with the sailors of the Northern Fleet conducted exercises on loading and unloading military equipment on landing ships on the Black Sea coast, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reports.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the military-political situation in the South-Western strategic direction remains difficult due to the attempts of a number of foreign states to increase their military presence near the southern and western borders of Russia.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, commenting on the reaction of the US State Department to restrictions on ships entering a number of areas of the Black Sea, said that Russia is acting in accordance with international agreements.

The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked a terrorist training base near Palmyra, as a result, up to 200 militants and about 500 kg of ammunition were destroyed. This was announced on Monday, April 19, by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Alexander Karpov.

The Northern Fleet began training exercises involving ships, submarines, aircraft and air defense systems. The main purpose of the maneuvers is to ensure the security of Russia's economic activities in the Arctic, the Russian Defense Ministry said. They noted that during the training, rescue operations, assistance at sea, crisis resolution, as well as the protection and defense of maritime communications will also be practiced.

Command and staff training (KSHT) with military authorities, formations and military units has started on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, the headquarters of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reported on Monday.

SBU: in some areas, the temporary introduction of a special regime is possible

The Security Service of Ukraine conducts and plans large-scale multi-stage anti-terrorist exercises in most regions of Ukraine, during which critical infrastructure facilities, including the energy and transport system, are under increased protection, the press center of the SBU reports.

The use of mathematical modeling in the aircraft industry using supercomputer technologies can already significantly reduce the time of work and financial costs.

In the Center for Combat Use and Retraining of the flight personnel of the Russian Navy's Naval Aviation in Yeisk, the cadets of the training battalion were released, who completed the training cycle.

The MiG-31BM interceptor fighters worked out the elements of air combat and conducted missile firing over the Pacific Ocean.

According to the press service of the Pacific Fleet, the training was attended by aircraft of a separate mixed aviation regiment of Troops and forces.

Russian strategic aircraft Tu-160 and Tu-95MS have once again confirmed their high combat effectiveness. During the command and staff exercise, their crews, who rose from the Engels air base in the Saratov region, successfully hit targets with cruise missiles at the Pemboy training ground in the Komi Republic. In total, about a dozen aircraft were involved in the exercise. And the precise strikes of the missile carriers were recorded by means of objective control.

After a recent software update, the German Air Force's Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets were able to use the new MBDA Meteor air — to-air missile.

[b]In the event of a failure of one of the engines, it will be turned off, and the others will be forced, said Igor Pshenichnikov, chief expert of the Department of Advanced Programs and the Sphere Project of Roscosmos.]

The system of withdrawal from the launch pad is being created for the new Russian methane launch vehicle "Amur", it will be triggered in the event of a launch accident.

Earlier, the press service of Roscosmos reported that the decision to continue the operation of the International Space Station by Russia will be made after 2024, based on its technical condition

Russia will launch the Nauka module into orbit and will not reduce the program of experiments in orbit until the national space station appears. This was written by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in the comments on his Facebook page.

The deterioration of the International Space Station (ISS) can have serious consequences, up to a catastrophe. This opinion was expressed on Monday, April 19, by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Yuri Borisov.

The Arianespace corporation stated that the mission will last 3 hours and 51 minutes

The launch of the next batch of OneWeb spacecraft using the Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle and the Fregat upper stage from the Vostochny cosmodrome is scheduled for April 26 at 01: 14 Moscow time. This was reported on Monday in the press service of the French corporation Arianespace.

NASA has developed the SHIELDS telescope probe, which is designed to study the heliosphere (the region of near-solar space that provides protection for all objects in the Solar System) and detect particles entering the Solar System from interstellar space.

Starlink satellite Internet will become mobile by the end of the year. This was announced on Twitter by the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk (Elon Musk).

Special forces units continue to equip Typhoon-K armored vehicles with a remote-controlled combat module. Several such vehicles, recently received by the combined-arms army of the Eastern Military District stationed in Transbaikalia, will be shown for the first time on May 9 at the military parade in Chita.