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The international air force exercise Arctic Challenge Exercise is provocative and contradicts the peaceful development of the Arctic region, the Russian Embassy in the United States said.

Relations between Russia and the United States should be taken out of the lowest point in which they have been since the Cold War, this is in the interests of not only the two countries, but also the whole world, said Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

A number of issues for the Russia-US summit are in an advanced stage of preparation, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday.

The Western military District (ZVO) will be reinforced with hypersonic missile systems "Dagger", according to "Izvestia", citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The joint Russian-Belarusian-Serbian tactical exercise "Slavic Brotherhood-2021" will be held in the Krasnodar Territory on the basis of the Novorossiysk Airborne Forces, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Russia does not abandon the dialogue with NATO, but there is no positive agenda for the Russia-NATO Council yet, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said.

The Japanese authorities will continue to negotiate with Russia on the conclusion of a peace treaty, said the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan Katsunobu Kato.

The impact of a guided anti-tank missile on an American-made armored car in northern Iraq led to fatal consequences. Five people inside were killed and seven others were injured. It is assumed that the complex "Competition" or "Cornet" was used.

Roscosmos expects sanctions pressure aimed at depriving the state corporation of a new contract with OneWeb, said the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

On the roads of Syria, cars that were supplied to this country by the Soviet Union have long become familiar: old GAZ-66, ZIL-131, Ural-375, KrAZ-255, MAZ-537.

There are significant quantities of GAZ-3308 "Sadko", actively used modern modifications of "Ural", "Kamaz".

The specialists of the search and rescue support of the Northern Fleet returned to the main base of the Northern Fleet - the city of Severomorsk after the Russian-Norwegian rescue exercise "Barents-2021".

It took place in the Barents Sea. Representatives of the two countries practiced joint actions there to search for and evacuate conditionally in distress at sea, deliver them to rescue ships and provide medical assistance.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the decision on Ukraine's accession to NATO cannot be postponed for the future, it must be decided immediately.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that during meetings with the head of the US State Department Anthony Blinken and US senators, they discussed increasing military assistance to Ukraine, as well as strengthening security in the Black and Azov Seas.

Shooting training sessions for Russian and Syrian military personnel were held on the Syrian coast. This was announced on Monday, June 7.

The final 3rd International Planning Conference with the participation of representatives of the host countries of the ArMI-2021 and the military and diplomatic corps was held in the Patriot Exhibition Center.

The Russian Defense Ministry has invited the NATO leadership for a frank, honest and professional dialogue to the IX Moscow Security Conference, which will be held from June 22 to 24.

The S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems will be equipped with the latest interceptors. Their arsenal will include special ammunition that can destroy the warheads of enemy ballistic missiles.

It is pointless to compare the power of the Armed Forces of Russia and Ukraine, since they are "completely different leagues". On Friday, June 4, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov told Izvestia.

The first meeting on electronic warfare was held on June 4 in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Headquarters. The heads and representatives of the relevant departments of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as the CSTO Secretariat, positively assessed the prospects for training specialists in electronic warfare from the CSTO member states in educational institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

On Friday, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported about an American air reconnaissance aircraft that was barraging near the border of the Russian Federation in the sky over the Barents Sea. The alien plane was detected by our air control systems.