Global security news

The court in The Hague, instead of establishing the truth in the case of the crash of the Malaysian civil airlines flight MH17, is engaged in the "transfer of arrows" from Kiev to Moscow. This is stated in a statement issued on October 12 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

The Russian Defense Ministry has transferred to Serbia a battery of Russian anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir–S" to participate in the Russian-Serbian exercises "Slavic Shield - 2021". This was reported on October 13 in the Russian military department.

The Russian Defense Ministry will continue to pay attention to the functioning of the seventh Russian military base in Abkhazia, the head of the Russian military department said

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with President of the Republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania discussed issues of alliance and security in Transcaucasia. This was reported on Wednesday in the Russian military department.

The President of the Russian Federation does not exclude attempts of direct expansion of terrorists from the territory of Afghanistan to the CIS countries

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that issues related to the terrorist threat from Afghanistan will be discussed at the CIS summit next Friday.

The Pentagon disagreed on Tuesday with the assumption of the PRC that the American side is allegedly hiding information about the incident with the nuclear submarine USS Connecticut.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will visit Georgia, Romania, Ukraine, and will also pay a visit to allies in Brussels, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said at a briefing on Tuesday, October 12.

The topography of the bottom of the South China Sea, in the depths of which the American Seawolf-type nuclear submarine Connecticut recently collided with an unknown object, is subject to frequent changes due to tectonic activity, Aaron Amik, a veteran submariner of the US Navy, told The Drive.

The event will also be attended by the forces of the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla, which will work out tasks in the waters of both seas

Command and staff exercises (KShU) with the involvement of about 8 thousand military personnel will start at the training grounds of the Southern Military District (SE), the press service of the district reports. One of the tasks of the exercise will be to check the readiness of troops in the South-Western strategic direction.

The brigade set of the S-500 air defense system entered the troops of the 15th Special Purpose Army of the Aerospace Forces, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The first brigade set of the newest S-500 anti-aircraft missile system (ZRS) entered the troops of the 15th Special Purpose Army of the Aerospace Forces of Russia, covering Moscow and the Central Industrial District. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.

The creation of the AUKUS trilateral alliance aims to inflate the Cold War, at the same time also violates the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and creates the threat of a nuclear catastrophe in the region, said Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Yucheng.

Ukraine should not strive to become a member of the European Union, since the EU is an "artificial entity" doomed to collapse. According to Gordon, the European Union is doomed, and Ukraine does not need to join there today. At the same time, the journalist believes that Ukraine needs to prepare for joining NATO.

The exercises of the Chinese armed forces in the Taiwan Strait area are aimed at protecting peace and stability in the area, Ma Xiaoguang, head of the Taiwan Affairs Office at the State Council of the People's Republic of China, told reporters.

Significant efforts by the Americans will be directed at weakening Moscow's existing ties with its Central Asian partners. This was stated by the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev at the XVII meeting of the heads of the special services of the CIS countries in Moscow.

The navy conducted exercises in the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of the African continent, where they freed a ship "captured by pirates". The crews of the large anti-submarine ship "Vice Admiral Kulakov", the medium sea tanker "Academician Pashin" and the rescue tugboat "Altai" took part in the exercise. They are currently on a long hike.

Terrorists are already creating their own cyber units, this can, for example, lead to acute interstate conflicts up to armed clashes, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev at a meeting of special services in Moscow.

The creation of the AUKUS alliance poses a danger to the provisions on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, jeopardizes the security architecture in Asia, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

The United States did not invite Russia to the first multilateral meeting dedicated to developing a strategy to combat ransomware viruses, but does not exclude its participation in such events in the future, said a senior representative of the American administration.

The exercises of the collective rapid reaction forces of the CSTO "Interaction 2021" near the border of Afghanistan are very necessary, the CSTO participants emphasized their concern about the unpredictability of the development of the situation in Afghanistan

The United States planted a time bomb in Afghanistan, leaving a large number of weapons there, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

The special services of the CIS countries exchange information on the situation in Afghanistan on a daily basis, the existing threats in this country have intensified, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin said.