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Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov says that the Russian side is ready to resume a bilateral dialogue with the United States on anti-terrorism.

The exercises involve the Orel missile cruiser and the Verkhoturye strategic nuclear submarine missile cruiser

The nuclear submarine missile cruiser "Eagle" and the nuclear submarine strategic missile cruiser "Verkhoturye" went to the Barents Sea for Arctic exercises.

A pair of duty fighters were lifted into the air from the Chkalovsk airfield at the command of the air defense forces on duty

The crews of Su-27 fighters of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation destroyed cruise missiles of a conditional enemy at the joint exercises of Russia and Belarus "West-2021". This was reported to journalists on Saturday in the press service of the Baltic Fleet.

The crews of the army aviation of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and Air Defense used the technique of destroying armored vehicles of a conditional enemy from ambushes during the regrouping of troops at the Luzhsky training ground in the Leningrad region as part of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus "West-2021".

The military of the Baltic Fleet, as part of the joint exercises of the land forces of Russia and Belarus "West-2021", organized the defense of the sea coast and an operation for landing a marine landing with the involvement of the Northern Fleet marines. This was announced on Sunday, September 12, by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that representatives of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) do not fulfill the promises they made after coming to power.

Units of the Baltic and Northern Fleets within the framework of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus "West-2021" have practiced conducting combat operations during the landing of a marine landing, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday night attacked Hamas infrastructure facilities in the Gaza Strip, the army press service said on Twitter. "In response to today's rocket attack, we struck the underground infrastructure of Hamas in Gaza," the statement said.

The nuclear submarine "Eagle "fired an anti-ship cruise missile" Granit " in the Barents Sea, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported.

In total, more than 20 aircraft were involved in the exercise episode

More than 20 aircraft from Russia and Belarus have worked out the use of aviation weapons as part of the Zapad-2021 exercise at the Ruzhansky training ground (Belarus). In particular, the crews of the Tu-22M3 of the Russian Aerospace Forces practiced bombing, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

Successful firing by the Granit anti-ship complex took place during military exercises in the Barents Sea. This was reported on September 12 in the press service of the Northern Fleet.

What are the military of Russia and Belarus working out at the Zapad-2021 exercises

Until September 16, joint maneuvers "West-2021"will be held in Russia and Belarus. As part of the exercises, the military has already worked out the capture of the coast, the mass release of paratroopers with night vision devices in the dark, bombing attacks from a height of 1 km and firing cruise missiles in the Barents Sea.

The Russian airborne forces during the exercise "West-2021" for the first time used mounted fire from the BMD-4M to destroy the control points of enemy drones, the Defense Ministry reported.

Su-35S fighters destroyed the planes of the imaginary enemy from a distance of more than a hundred kilometers, the Zvezda TV channel reported, citing the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO).

The Japanese Defense Ministry announced an alleged violation of the country's airspace by a Russian An-26 aircraft. This was reported by the Kyodo news agency on September 12.

Belarus plans to buy more than $1 billion worth of weapons from Russia, President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko told reporters while visiting the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground near Baranovichi during the Zapad-2021 military exercises.

By mid-October, the return of troops to permanent deployment points after the strategic Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2021", in which about 200 thousand servicemen participate, should be completed.

The Ministry of Defense has published a video of the launch of a cruise missile "Granit "from the nuclear submarine" Eagle"of project 949A ("Antey") in the Barents Sea.

More than 300 units of military equipment were involved in the exercises

Units of the army Corps of the Northern Fleet during the exercises repelled the attack of a conditional enemy on the Kola Peninsula, they were supported by front-line Su-24 bombers. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Repelling the offensive of enemy troops and launching a counterattack were worked out on Sunday during the joint Belarusian-Russian military exercise "West-2021", Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said.