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The Russian military will complete the formation of a new airborne assault regiment in Crimea by the beginning of December.

Afghanistan faces a catastrophe and a new civil war if the new authorities fail to normalize the situation, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said.

Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist has announced his readiness to send Swedish servicemen to Ukraine as part of an EU-led training mission, Sveriges Radio reports.

Today, biological risks are caused by events primarily related to human activity. This was stated at a meeting of the secretaries of the CIS Security Councils in Moscow by the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev. According to him, these risks in particular include dangerous experiments with viruses and pathogens on potentially dangerous biological objects. As well as the development of genetic engineering, including synthetic biology, which allows the genome to be played for criminal purposes.

Fighters of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan killed about 20 Taliban (banned in Russia) during regular clashes in Panjshir province.

There was one less inactive satellite in Earth orbit and one and a half thousand more debris. On November 16, the TASS news agency, referring to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, reported on tests during which an inactive Soviet spacecraft was successfully hit.

The United States is concerned about the possible consequences of the scattering of satellite debris shot down by the Russian military, but so far there have been no contacts about this that could be said, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

The S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems purchased from Russia will be used "in the right place and at the right time." This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the head of the Turkish Defense Ministry, Hulusi Akar.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia, unlike the United States, did not start an arms race. According to the minister, an attempt to start a confrontation in orbit is a challenge from the Pentagon, the Izvestia TV channel reports. He also noted that the work of the Russian Federation in space is not related to the monopolization of near-Earth space.

The indignation on the part of the United States about the tests of the anti-satellite system by Russia is quite cynical, since they themselves shot down their satellite back in 2008, and then the Pentagon itself did not respond to objections from the Russian Federation and China. This was told by military historian Boris Yulin on Wednesday, November 17.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia opposes an arms race in outer space. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense successfully tested an anti-satellite system, the Izvestia TV channel reports. As a result, the inactive device "Tselina-D" was struck. The US State Department accused Russia of creating a threat.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the United States and its allies will work out a joint response to the anti-satellite weapons test conducted by Russia on Monday.

On November 15, Russia conducted tests, as a result of which the inactive Russian spacecraft "Tselina-D", which had been in orbit since 1982, was hit. This was reported to Lenta.<url>" in the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

The United States and its allies in Europe are considering the option of new sanctions against Russia in the event of an aggravation of the situation around Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg on Monday, November 15, referring to American officials.

Clashes have taken place on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the newspaper Armenpress reports. As a result, the parties suffered losses in manpower and military equipment. Yerevan turned to Moscow for help in resolving the conflict.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the United States has created a space command and adopted a new strategy, one of the goals of which is to develop a comprehensive military advantage in space. This is stated on November 16 in the message of the military department.

The Ministry of Defense of Armenia showed video footage of the destruction of Azerbaijani military equipment at the border, where, according to the Armenian side, local battles are taking place. The video was published on the channel of the Ministry of Defense media resource on YouTube.

The Russian Defense Minister discussed with the heads of the military departments of the two countries the aggravation of the situation on the border

During telephone talks, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called on the Defense Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop actions provoking an escalation of the situation. This was reported on Tuesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

A truce has been declared on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border with the mediation of Russia, the Armenian Defense Ministry said.

As a result of the fighting with the Azerbaijani armed forces, there is a dead person on the Armenian side, the Armenian Defense Ministry confirmed. "At the moment, there are updated data on only one deceased - contract serviceman Merudzhan Harutyunyan, born in 1991. The number of wounded is also being specified. 12 Armenian servicemen were captured," the military department reported.