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The Chinese Navy conducted maneuvers in the South China Sea. On April 17, a video of the PLA Navy carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning in the Western Pacific Ocean, taken from the USS Mustin destroyer of the US Navy, appeared online.

The ground forces of Saudi Arabia began to actively use heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A against supporters of the Ansar Allah movement.

In social networks, there were shots of night shooting of one of these combat vehicles. The installation was deployed in a desert area and fired five 220-mm rockets at the enemy.

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.

Units of the Syrian army and the Russian military have subjected positions of Turkish-backed armed groups to intense artillery fire in the Idlib province, the Syrian news agency North Press agency (NPA) reported on Monday.

Forty-three foreign planes and 15 drones conducted reconnaissance near the Russian borders during the week, according to data from the Russian Defense Ministry, which was published in the departmental newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda on Friday.

Formations of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SE) have worked out combat training tasks as part of heterogeneous tactical groups at the military training ground "Opuk" in the Crimea, the press service of the SE reported.

The military operation in Syria has helped the Russian army to strengthen morale, test weapons and make a qualitative step in development, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation from April 24 to October 31 will suspend the right of peaceful passage through the territorial sea of the Russian Federation for foreign warships and other state vessels in three areas of the Black Sea. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the bulletin of the Department of Navigation and Oceanography of the Russian Defense Ministry.

On Friday, April 16, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported on the American strategic reconnaissance aircraft RC-135. It barraged over the Pacific Ocean along the southeastern coast of Kamchatka.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu held talks in Moscow with Chairman of the Government of National Unity of Libya Abdel Hamid Dbeiba.

US warships will continue to enter the Black Sea, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Friday, April 16. His briefing was broadcast on Twitter by the US Department of Defense.

The United States does not rule out that it will increase the number of troops in Afghanistan before withdrawing them from the region. This was stated on April 16 by Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby at a briefing broadcast on the website of the US Defense Department.

The Russian Defense Minister stressed that so far only Russian sappers are working on the site

The UN did not respond to Russia's offer to participate in the demining of Nagorno-Karabakh. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu in the film of the TV channel "Zvezda", aired on Friday.

Also during the exercise, the crews of fighter and bomber aircraft will perform missile launches and bombing of sea targets

As part of the control check, the crews of the Su-25SM3 attack aircraft were relocated from the airfield in the Stavropol Territory to the operational airfields of the Crimea, and the squadron of aircraft was also relocated to the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. In total, more than 50 aircraft were involved in these events, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported.

The Iranian authorities announced on Saturday that they had identified the person who carried out the sabotage at the nuclear facility in Natanz, the Associated Press reports.

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An important element of China's foreign policy activity is the formation of conditions for expanding its presence in the Arctic.

Two more large landing craft (BDK) Russian Navy - "Kaliningrad" and "Korolev" on Saturday, passing the Bosphorus, entered the Black Sea, said Istanbul sites that publish photos of their passage through the Strait.

The ships of the British Fleet will enter the Black Sea. We are talking about a frigate and a destroyer of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, the TV channel "Izvestia"reports.

The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said that the United States will continue to provide assistance to Ukraine so that it is capable of self-defense. We are talking about the continuation of the supply of certain types of weapons and the sending of American military instructors to the country.

In the process of preparing for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, announced by President Joe Biden, the United States did not try to paint a rosy picture of the situation in this country, said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.