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Turkey can support Ukraine in the event of a hypothetical military conflict only on one condition - economic control over Crimea. This was stated by political analyst Alexander Kochetkov on the Ukrainian portal "Glavred" on November 18.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his Ukrainian counterpart Alexey Reznikov held talks on the situation on the borders of Ukraine, following which they came to an agreement on building up the country's defense potential within the framework of strategic defense agreements signed on August 31, 2021. This is stated in the final communique published on the Pentagon website on November 18.

Eyewitnesses noticed models of the Russian T-72 tank and the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system in the United States. The equipment can be used to simulate the actions of a potential enemy during exercises, reports Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The United States analyzed new threats to aircraft carriers. According to experts, they may question the expediency of using this type of weapon, which the United States is proud of.

According to 19FortyFive, underwater drones pose a serious danger to American aircraft carriers. Unlike conventional submarines, they can wait a long time for an aircraft carrier to approach and launch an attack when it is detected. At the same time, underwater drones, unlike the crews of submarines, do not worry about their possible death.

In the UK, the capabilities of the Russian and British armed forces were analyzed.

According to the Daily Express with reference to the Global Firepower portal, the Russian army consists of almost three million military personnel (including those in reserve), while the British Armed Forces number 275.66 thousand people. Russia has more than 4,000 military aircraft and helicopters, and the UK has just over 700. The gap in the number of tanks is even bigger: 12950 for Russia and 227 for the UK.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ratified the protocol on the extension of the agreement with China on notifications of launches of ballistic and space missiles until December 16, 2030, the corresponding document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The missile defense system (ABM) of the United States can be disabled with the help of cyber attacks. The author of 19FortyFive, Daniel Gur, named the main shortcomings of the US missile defense system.

"Two Tu-95MS long-range strategic missile carriers performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Bering, Chukchi and Okhotsk Seas," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

In the airspace of Lithuania, radars detected an American E-8C radar reconnaissance aircraft, Wirtualna Polska reports. Commenting on the situation, Polish General Stanislav Kozei did not see anything sensational in it and called it a military routine of relations between Russia and NATO, as well as an element of the new Cold war.

Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers and Chinese Hun-6K conducted joint patrols over the waters of the Japanese and East China Seas, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Russian President Vladimir Putin about the successful completion of tasks during the joint air patrol by long-range aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces and Chinese military aviation in the Asia-Pacific region over the waters of the Japanese and East China Seas.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published on Friday, November 19, footage of the third joint air patrol with China over the Japanese and East China Seas. The Air Group of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation was represented by two Tu-95ms strategic bombers.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published a scheme for joint patrolling of Tu-95MS bombers and Chinese Hun-6K bombers over the Japanese and East China Seas, from which it follows that the aircraft of the Russian Federation and China did not violate the borders of neighboring states, including Japan.

The initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin on reciprocal moratoriums on the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF) has become even more relevant in the current conditions. This was announced on Friday, November 19, by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.

Fighters of the Air Self-Defense Forces of Japan were alerted because of the overflight by Russian and Chinese aircraft of the areas of the South China Sea, the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. This was announced on November 19 by the Ministry of Defense of Japan.

The joint flight of Russian and Chinese strategic aircraft over the Japanese and East China Seas, as well as recent naval exercises, are a demonstration of strength and a signal for the United States and Japan, retired Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, former head of the Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry, told Interfax on Friday.

The implementation of the measures planned for 2021 to rearm the Strategic Missile Forces group (RVSN) has allowed to increase the share of modern strategic missile systems and increase the group's capabilities to perform nuclear deterrence tasks, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

Manufacturers from Britain will take part in the creation of the Polish Narew air defense system. The agreement of intent was signed during a visit to Poland by British Defense Minister Ben Wallace. This is reported by the UK Defense Journal.

The US Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, said that on Friday he had a very productive telephone conversation with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu.

Washington and Beijing officials have reached agreements to launch high-level communication channels between the US and Chinese militaries, Bloomberg reports, citing a source familiar with the situation.