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Arms supplies to Ukraine may lead to increased violence and suffering of civilians in the country. This was announced on October 21 by the Russian Embassy in London. According to the embassy, London prefers not to notice that Kiev does not fulfill its obligations under the Minsk agreements.

Russian and Egyptian paratroopers in the framework of the joint exercise "Defenders of Friendship-2021" in Egypt made the first joint landing, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Brimstone surface–to-surface missiles, which the UK plans to supply to Ukraine, will allow "destroying" Russian warships. This was stated by Lieutenant General, ex-Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Romanenko in an interview with the Observer portal published on October 21.

The Middle East (the Middle East region took the first place in the ranking for the second time in a row in terms of actual imports of VIVT), the Asia-Pacific region and Western Europe are among the three largest world leaders in the import of VIVT in 2013-2020. Regionally, the CAMTO rating includes the Middle East (the Middle East region took the first place in the ranking for the second time in a row).

Kyrgyzstan has acquired unmanned aerial vehicles in Russia and Turkey, as well as about 40 armored vehicles in the United Arab Emirates.

The United States received the Oplot-M tank, which Ukraine had been building for nine years.

The Ukrainian main battle tank T-84 "Oplot-M" was delivered to the USA. This is reported by The National Interest.

The Philippine Air Force is considering acquiring heavy transport helicopters as part of efforts to increase its helicopter fleet.

In Tajikistan, at the Harbmaydon training ground, Belarusian servicemen, together with colleagues from Russia and Kazakhstan, worked out actions to search for a militant camp near the border with Afghanistan.

Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli (lower house of Parliament) of Tajikistan Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda called on CSTO partners to create a strong security belt around Afghanistan.

Novosibirsk Instrument-Making Plant (refinery) supplied the Italian company Aurora International with sights for hunting, sports shooting and airsoft, the press service of the Shvabe holding, which includes the company, reports.

The third batch of additional international military aid worth $60 million from the US government for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has arrived in Ukraine. It includes ammunition, anti-tank and precision weapons, medical equipment and others, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on Friday.

The Iskander-E operational-tactical missile system showed unprecedented accuracy at the shooting of a foreign customer: it hit a missile from a distance of 180 kilometers exactly in the crosshair of a ground target, Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the Rostec State Corporation armament complex, told RIA Novosti.

The Iskander-E complex has shown unprecedented accuracy in shooting at a foreign customer. This was announced by the industrial director of the arms complex of the Rostec State Corporation Bekhan Ozdoev on Saturday, October 23.

A group of ten ships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy made a joint patrol in the Pacific Ocean, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Turkey has started the procedure for purchasing F-16 aircraft from the United States. This was announced on Saturday, October 23, by the Minister of National Defense of the country Hulusi Akar.

Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee, believes that the past exercises demonstrated a high level of interaction between the military contingents of the CSTO member states.

Norway will write off all its F-16s by the end of this year. On combat duty, they will be replaced by F-35 fighters, of which there are already 31 units in the Norwegian Air Force. Thus, Norway will become the first country in the world whose Air Force will completely switch to a new generation of fighters.

Kyrgyzstan will not deploy an American airbase on its territory, President of the Republic Sadyr Zhaparov said, RIA Novosti reports.

As the Kyrgyz media reported on October 21, 2021, the Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiyev said that a contract for the purchase of Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles by Kyrgyzstan in Turkey (as can be understood, Bayraktar TB2 is meant)) is already under implementation, and that Russian light unmanned systems Orlan-10E will also be purchased.

The Ariane-5 heavy launch vehicle of the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched two communications satellites into orbit on Sunday, the French operator Arianespace reported.