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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has issued an internal directive regarding the strategy and tasks in the field of countering China, which the United States considers its main strategic rival, according to Western media.

In the central Pacific, an operational exercise of heterogeneous fleet forces in the far sea zone is being conducted. This was announced on June 10 by the Russian Defense Ministry.

A video of the first ever" personal date " of the F-35A stealth fighter and the Russian Su-30SM has appeared on the Internet. The video footage shows the rapid approach of the "drying".

The international military mission in Afghanistan is coming to an end. On June 9, the press service of the Bundeswehr on its official YouTube channel showed how the collection of things of military personnel and army property takes place.

Negotiations on the preparation of joint special exercises "Echelon-2021", "Search-2021" and "Interaction-2021"were held in Dushanbe. The organization noted that all the necessary issues were discussed, the venue itself was inspected and the landfills were studied, as they say, by foot. This is important because the troops will have to operate in the difficult terrain of the mountainous desert area.

MC-130J Commando II aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) The US dropped a cargo simulating a pallet with AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) cruise stealth missiles, The Drive reports.

A Russian Su-35 fighter jet detected and escorted a US Air Force RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific Ocean. This was reported on Thursday, June 10, by the press service of the Eastern Military District.

The agreement on the logistics support point may be amended prior to its ratification

Russia confirms its readiness to strengthen military-technical cooperation with Sudan, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Deputy Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol Sergey Zakharov said that the city administration intends to purchase the Israeli missile defense system "Iron Dome", reports the portal Focus.ua June 10.

The ships and submarines of the Northern Fleet on Thursday repelled a massive air attack as part of a bilateral tactical exercise of diverse forces to protect Russia's Arctic borders from threats from sea directions. They hit eight cruise missiles.

Russian warships will be able to enter the Congo, and planes will be able to land on the territory of this country. This provides for an intergovernmental agreement on military cooperation.

NATO allies should seriously address the strategic objectives of the alliance, in particular, on the issue of Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.

On Wednesday, in St. Petersburg, the heads of the CIS general staffs agreed on the idea of a joint exercise with live firing. "The exercise" Combat Commonwealth-2021 "of the joint air defense system will be held in September in two stages at the training grounds of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan," said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

The first tank army will be involved in the planned Russian-Belarusian strategic maneuvers "West-2021" in September, the Western Military District (ZVO) said on Wednesday.

In the past, Russian aircraft of old types with inefficient navigation systems sometimes accidentally "hooked" the territory of the airspace of European countries, which caused an angry reaction from neighboring states and accusations of wanting to occupy the region, writes Izvestia columnist Anton Lavrov.

A telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov would have been very short if Germany had announced the supply of weapons to Ukraine. This opinion was expressed on June 9 by the head of the German Foreign Ministry, Heiko Maas, during a press conference.

The German government's decision not to supply weapons to Ukraine is political. This was announced on Wednesday, June 9, by the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba at a joint briefing with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.

The control check of the Russian Armed Forces was carried out this spring in accordance with international standards and in a planned mode, but for some reason it frightened Western countries, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced plans to hold a series of preparatory exercises that will precede the strategic command and staff exercises "West-2021".

The exercise of the Northern Fleet of Russia with the participation of more than 20 ships and submarines has begun. Captain of the 1st rank of the reserve, military expert Vasily Dandykin, spoke about the need for such exercises on Sputnik radio.