Global security news

The United States Army Corps of Engineers plans to explore potential contractors for a project to build military facilities in 20 countries in the Middle East and Central Asia. The corresponding initiative is estimated at $240 million, as reported on Wednesday, May 19.

Threats to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT payment system exacerbate the risks in the country's economy, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Vakhrukov said in an interview with Interfax.

Russia will help Tajikistan build a modern border post on the Tajik-Afghan border, and a corresponding agreement will be signed in the near future.

Calculations of the operational-tactical missile complex "Iskander" of the combined-arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) at one of the training grounds in the Trans-Baikal Territory took part in training with the implementation of tasks for the application of conditional missile strikes, as part of a single day of fire of rocket troops and artillery.

Russia will not leave unanswered the expulsion of its diplomatic staff and unsubstantiated accusations from unfriendly countries, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Vakhrukov said in an interview with Interfax.

The scale of Russian military activity in the Voronezh and Belgorod regions will be checked by inspectors from Switzerland in the period from 19 to 21 May this year, said the head of the National Center for Nuclear Risk Reduction Sergey Ryzhkov.

The Kremlin calls for maximum restraint in statements on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, so as not to add fuel to the fire of the confrontation.

The situation almost along the entire perimeter of the borders of the CSTO member states remains tense, said Stanislav Zas, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

The staff of the Russian Security Council has finished work on the draft of the updated National Security doctrine for the period up to 2027. Changes and updates to the doctrinal document are related to new challenges and threats that have recently emerged.

In the Kaliningrad Region, training of naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet has begun, in which three home-based airfields are involved at once.

The EU Council announced on Monday its decision to extend the framework of restrictive measures against cyber attacks that threaten the EU or its member states, which affect citizens and organizations from Russia, for another year, until May 18, 2022.

"Arctic shamrock" - the second unique residential complex of a closed cycle, built in the interests of the Northern Fleet in the high-latitude areas of the Arctic

Thirty journalists from the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, China, the United States, France and Japan were able to see for the first time the base "Arctic Shamrock" and a demonstration training of calculations of coastal missile systems "Bastion" on Franz Josef Land, reports TASS correspondent.

The Israeli army recorded six rockets fired from Lebanon towards the northern part of the country. This was announced on Tuesday, May 18, by the army press service on Twitter.

The continuation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may lead to the destabilization of the situation in the region and other negative consequences, said the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley.

A decision has been made to postpone consideration of the issue of denouncing the Open Skies Treaty, Senator Leonid Slutsky said. Earlier, the meeting was scheduled to be held on May 19.

The degradation of the system of strategic stability and arms control is a cause for concern, and terrorism is once again rearing its head, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The analysis of cyberattacks on state authorities of the Russian Federation gives grounds to believe that they are backed by resources at the level of foreign special services, said Nikolai Murashov, deputy director of the Russian National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents.

The United States rejects Russia's proposals to criminalize the creation of software suitable for cyber attacks, said Nikolai Murashov, deputy director of the Russian National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents.

The information that constitutes state secrets was not stolen during the recent cyber attacks on the Russian authorities, Deputy director of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents Nikolai Murashov said at a press conference in MIA "Russia Today".

In Belarus, a sudden check of the combat readiness of Missile troops began. This was reported on May 18 in the Ministry of Defense of the country. It is specified that up to 100 units of equipment and more than 500 military personnel will be involved in the inspection.