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Russia this year signed new contracts for the supply of weapons and military equipment abroad worth over $ 10 billion, said Alexander Mikheev, head of Rosoboronexport.

The British will help Ukraine build missile boats. November 13, portal zn.ua He reported that the Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, signed a Ukrainian-British framework agreement providing for the allocation of funds for the construction of eight missile boats and not only them.

The Azerbaijani armed forces on Sunday afternoon tried to ensure a positional offensive in the eastern direction (Gegharkunik region) of the border with Armenia, the situation is tense, the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry reports.

Britain is ready to send up to 600 troops to Ukraine in case of an "invasion" by Russia. The British newspaper The Mirror writes about this on November 13.

US Congressman Mike Turner spoke about the presence of US military personnel on Ukrainian territory. "There are already our military in Ukraine," he said in an interview with Fox News. So the Republican commented on a letter to President Joe Biden, which called for sending ships to the Black Sea.

Specialists of the International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again flew to Laos to help local colleagues from the U-58 detachment in clearing the territory of explosive objects.

American fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighters will receive B61-12 thermonuclear bombs to strike Russia, writes Popular Mechanics magazine.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the US administration will work with Congress to ensure the continuation of military assistance to Ukraine.

According to a study by Defense IQ, China and the USA are also in the top 3

Russia is one of the three countries with the world's largest fleets of armored vehicles. This is stated in the study of the world market of armored vehicles by the analytical company Defense IQ, available to TASS.

MiG-31BM fighters from the duty forces of the mixed aviation regiment of Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia in 2021 rose more than 70 times to escort foreign aircraft, the press service of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) reported on Thursday.

National Security Adviser to the US President Jake Sullivan at a meeting with the head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Andriy Ermak and Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba welcomed Ukraine's commitment to the settlement of the conflict in Donbass, the White House reports.

The current situation in Afghanistan and possible threats to regional security were discussed in Moscow at a meeting of the Tajik Ambassador to Russia Davlatshoh Gulmakhmadzod with the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas Nicklasson, the Tajik Embassy in Russia reported.

Motorized rifle and tank units of the 201st military base of the Russian Federation in Tajikistan conducted more than two hundred live firings in 2021, the Central Military District (CVO) reported.

Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov believes that the Charter on Strategic Partnership between the United States and Ukraine signed on November 10 is aimed at aggravating the situation.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that NATO's actions in the Black Sea are a waste of time and effort, as well as a test of the strength of the Russian army and navy.

The President of Ukraine commented on the information that Russia is allegedly pulling its troops to the borders of the "Nezalezhnaya". Zelensky said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are ready to fight back against Russian troops. At the same time, he forgot to say that the information about the "Kremlin threat" published in the American media is fake.

The smoke screen installed by Russia in the port of the Syrian city of Tartus was shown from space. The corresponding satellite images of Maxar Technologies were published by The Drive.

It became known about the confrontation between the Buk air defense system and the Smerch MLRS during the war in Karabakh. Azerbaijan's public television would have shown a story about last year's 44-day war in Karabakh. The officers involved in the conflict, for the first time, told about how they used the Buk air defense system to protect against the attack of the Smerch MLRS.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called on Washington and NATO to "soberly assess the risks" in connection with US military activity in the Black Sea region.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov claims that the training events periodically conducted by the West are actually provocative actions.

Two Russian Tu-160s are practicing bombing at a training ground in Belarus as part of the exercises, a message on the telegram channel of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense said on Thursday.