A reconnaissance ship of the Russian Navy approached the Hawaiian Islands. This was stated by the official representative of the American Pacific Fleet, Captain John Gay, to the information service of the United States Naval Institute.

The British destroyer was expelled from the territorial waters of Russia near the Crimea in October 2020, said on May 27, the first Deputy director of the FSB of the Russian Federation-the head of the Border Service Vladimir Kulishov.

In the Black Sea, the joint ship-boat tactical group of the Naval Forces of Ukraine and the United Kingdom conducted a training session in the sea of the "PASSEX"type.

Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding (ADSB) announced the conclusion of a contract with the Ministry of Defense and the command of the UAE Navy worth 3.5 billion dirhams (about 952.8 million dollars) for the construction of four patrol ships of the Falaj-3 class (Falaj-3).

Members of the crew of the only submarine of the Polish Navy criticized the command of the fleet and reported on the deplorable condition of the submarine. This is reported by the portal "Military Review" with reference to the Polish edition of Gazeta Wyborcza.

The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is ahead of schedule, the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said on May 27 during a hearing in the US Congress on military spending for the 2022 fiscal year.

Rare examples of military equipment for Libya can now be seen during the preparation of the military parade of the formations of the Libyan National Army (LNA) of Field Marshal Haftar.

Rehearsals for the ceremony are being held at the Benin air base near Benghazi. It seems that the LNA command has concentrated most of its available forces on this military facility.

Press Secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov noted that May 26 is the Day of Russian Entrepreneurship

On May 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a videoconference meeting on economic issues and a regular defense-related meeting dedicated to the state defense order in Sochi. This was reported to journalists by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.

Earlier, the draft document proposed to take into account the opinion of the Federation Council

The director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia and his deputies will be appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Minister of Defense, not the Prime Minister.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ratified the agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan on military cooperation, which was signed in Nur-Sultan on October 16, 2020.

Military personnel who serve both on conscription and under contract, from October 1, will increase salaries for positions and ranks. This is stated in a government decree published on the official Internet portal of legal information on Wednesday, May 26.

The 4th International Conference on Humanitarian Demining and Countering Improvised Explosive Devices has opened in the Moscow region on the basis of the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center.

The head of the Belarusian Defense Ministry, Viktor Khrenin, said on Wednesday, May 26, that NATO's activity near the borders of the republic looks like measures of early preparation for military operations.

The People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic recorded the operation of an electronic warfare station (EW) of Ukrainian security forces in the area of three Kiev-controlled settlements near the contact line in the Donbass, the press service of the LPR defense ministry told reporters.

Moscow calls on the United Kingdom to stop destructive and destabilizing activities near the Russian borders, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on May 26.

The Chinese side three times refused to accept a phone call from the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, who, in violation of protocol, requested a conversation not with the Minister of Defense, but with a higher-ranking official. This was reported on May 26 by the South China Morning Post, citing military sources.

The Russian company "Sukhoi" has initiated work on the creation of a tactical single-engine fighter of the 5th generation, which will be built with the use of stealth technologies and the use of developments on the Su-57, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.

The Army and operational-tactical aviation of the Southern Military District conducted a massive relocation to field airfields. About 100 planes and helicopters of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense participated in the exercises to withdraw aircraft from the attack of the simulated enemy.

The Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, which were relocated to the Russian Hmeimim air base in Syria earlier this week, conducted their first flights. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the crews of the Tupolevs have begun to perform tasks to develop the airspace over the Mediterranean Sea.

US Defense Department spokesman John Kirby expressed the hope that all states involved in the Syrian problem will avoid actions that could lead to the destabilization of the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR).