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A shootout took place between the border guards of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the Batken section of the border, the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan reported on Saturday.

The United States was sent to participate in the multinational exercise Agile Spirit 2021 ("Agile Spirit 2021") several hundred servicemen and Black Hawk helicopters from Ramstein Air Base (Germany) arrived in Georgia, the press service of the Georgian Defense Ministry reported.

US senators decided to increase funding for the US armed forces. Yesterday, July 23, on the website of the Naval Institute of the US Navy, information appeared that the US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is increasing funding for the US Department of Defense by $25 billion.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the head of the Tajik military department Sherali Mirzo discussed the situation on the Tajik-Afghan border, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on July 24.

The Iranian warship Sahand, which was heading for the naval parade in St. Petersburg, entered the territorial waters of Estonia on Friday without having a permit, and left them after the relevant order of the Estonian authorities.

The Russian Defense Ministry has sent two An-124 Ruslan transport planes to Cuba with more than 88 tons of humanitarian aid, including more than 1 million medical masks, the Russian military department reported on Saturday.

The national television of Afghanistan (RTA) showed footage of the Pakistani military, violating the state border, moving through the territory of Afghanistan in the territories controlled by the Taliban movement (banned in Russia) in the province of Kandahar.

The Russian Defense Ministry has delivered 250 thousand doses of the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine and 1 million tests for laboratory diagnostics of the coronavirus to Syria, the Russian military department told reporters.

A tactical flight exercise with the crews of long-range Tu-22M3 bombers was held in the Kaluga Region.

During the exercises, long-range aviation pilots worked out the tasks of organizing duty in the air in a given area, and also launched guided aircraft missiles at designated targets at the training ground.

"The flight and tactical exercises were conducted according to the combat training plan.

The heads of the defense departments of Kazakhstan, Nurlan Yermekbayev and Tajikistan, Sherali Mirzo, discussed in a telephone conversation the issues of Kazakhstan's assistance to Tajikistan to counter the existing risks and challenges on the Tajik-Afghan border.

The S-500 has successfully passed the tests. The new missile system is also named Prometheus, it will become another competitor to the American Patriot . Its advantages include a greater variety of interceptor missiles, an increased detection range and the number of targets that the complex can resist.

The situation in the Black Sea is "artificially inflated" by non-regional players, Moscow will closely monitor the implementation of the Montreux Convention, the Foreign Ministry told RIA Novosti.

A military specialist from the United States, Sebastian Roblin, on the 19FortyFive portal, called a threat to NATO in the event of a conflict with Russia.

During the military exercises in Tajikistan, all units of the armed forces and law enforcement agencies of the country numbering 100 thousand personnel, as well as more than 130 thousand reserve officers and soldiers were alerted and put on full combat readiness, Defense Minister of the Republic Sherali Mirzo said in his report to President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said that there is no military solution to the Afghan problem, and a way out of the current situation should be found peacefully.

The Syrian air defense (air defense) repelled an Israeli attack in the sky over Homs, the Syrian state television channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.

Il-76 aircraft have begun delivering the BMP-2M to the Russian military base in Tajikistan to participate in joint exercises of the military contingents of Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

The northern provinces of Afghanistan are rapidly turning into a new hot spot, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.

Defender, which violated the borders of Russia near the Crimea in June, was the only one operating among the five Type 45 destroyers that are in service with the Royal Navy (Navy) of the United Kingdom, Defense News reports, referring to the statement of the British Minister for Defense Procurement Jeremy Queen.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov commented on the exercises on disconnecting the Runet from the global network, noting their relevance in connection with the growing cybercrime.