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France is launching large-scale naval exercises POLARIS 21, which will be held in the western part of the Mediterranean Sea and off the Atlantic coast of the country, the press service of its Navy reported.

Three Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which arrived in Afghanistan to evacuate 380 citizens of the Russian Federation, delivered 108 tons of humanitarian cargo to the country. This was reported to journalists on Thursday, November 18, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russia's tests of anti-satellite weapons undermine strategic stability in the world and pose a threat to it. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at a briefing on November 17.

The transfer of Polish military equipment towards the border with Belarus was caught on video. A recording showing the movement of a column with anti-aircraft missile systems was published by the Telegram channel BELTA.

Three Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Defense Ministry are evacuating more than 380 citizens of the Russian Federation, as well as Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Ukraine and Afghanistan from Afghanistan. According to the military department, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu instructed to create an aviation group for the removal of people, which took off from the Chkalovsky airfield to Kabul. Each plane delivered 36 tons of humanitarian cargo from the Russian Federation to Afghanistan.

The Russian Defense Ministry, on behalf of President Vladimir Putin, is evacuating citizens of Russia and other countries from Afghanistan who need to leave given the extremely turbulent situation there, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian leader, told reporters on Thursday.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Russian President Vladimir Putin about a new successful test launch by the Northern Fleet of a hypersonic missile "Zircon", the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The head of the Kabul Emergency Management Department, Mirwais Watanmal, thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the Russian Defense Ministry and its head, Army General Sergei Shoigu, for the humanitarian aid delivered, also telling reporters how it would be distributed.

The Azerbaijani military carried out a new shelling of Azerbaijani positions on the state border. This was announced on Thursday, November 18, by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.

As the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Dmitry Bulgakov noted, the dynamics and the general vector of development of relations in the military sphere remain between the CIS partners

The tasks of combating international terrorist organizations force us to search and find new forms of interaction between the military departments of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, said Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain participated in a "race against the Russians" for the recently lost fifth-generation fighter with a short takeoff and vertical landing F-35B Lightning II in the Mediterranean, the Daily Mirror claims.

In Syria, the use of American-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided complexes continues. These weapons are used not only against tanks, armored personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles, but also against construction equipment involved in the construction of fortifications.

Strategic bombers of NATO countries fly at a distance of 20 kilometers from the borders of the Russian Federation, this goes beyond the red line, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The Northern Fleet fired a Zircon missile at a sea target, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Viktor Litovkin spoke about the unique qualities of the Zircon.

Hypersonic missile "Zircon" successfully hit a naval target from the ship

The launch of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" was successfully carried out from the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov". According to the Ministry of Defense, the shooting was carried out in the White Sea, on a surface target. The head of the Defense Department, Sergei Shoigu, reported on the successful test of the missile to the commander-in-chief, Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia has conducted new tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile. During them, a missile fired from the frigate Admiral Gorshkov hit the target with a direct hit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia does not need conflicts on the western borders of the country, called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek serious and long-term guarantees of security in this area.

Military expert Dmitry Kornev on Thursday, November 18, in an interview with Izvestia, evaluated the test launch of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov".

Mock-ups of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system and the T-72 tank have been spotted on a highway in the US state of Alabama. It is assumed that they will be used to designate the equipment of a likely enemy during the exercises of the US Air Force.

The British Express portal published an article comparing the military might of Moscow and London. It is noteworthy that the forces of the kingdom were called the "British army" in the title of the material, while the Russian military was united under the surname Putin.