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Two military districts of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan have begun training to bring troops into combat readiness against the background of the escalation of the situation in neighboring Afghanistan, the press service of the ministry reported on Thursday.

The TSOS of the FSB of Russia provided video materials to the official message of the Russian Defense Ministry about the violation of the border of the Russian Federation by the British Navy destroyer Defender.

- It goes clearly along the border. At 11.52. I crossed the border! - there is a report on the command bridge of the Coast Guard ship of the border service of the FSB of Russia.

China strongly opposes the passage of American warships through the Taiwan Strait, according to a statement issued by the Eastern Zone of the Combat Command of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) in connection with the passage through the strait on the eve of the US Navy destroyer Curtis Wilbur.

For the first time since the Second World War, US Air Force aircraft flew a combat mission from a foreign aircraft carrier. This was reported by CNN on June 23.

Terrorists create computer games that involve users in game situations of committing terrorist attacks, said Alexander Bortnikov, director of the FSB of Russia.

The Sea Breeze-2021 military exercises, which will be held on the territory of Ukraine and in the Black Sea from June 28 to July 10, "encourage militaristic sentiments in Kiev," Moscow calls on the United States and its allies to abandon the practice of military operations in the region.

The deployment of attack missiles and anti-missile defense systems in the Asia-Pacific region will pose a danger to the eastern regions of the Russian Federation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

"After the withdrawal of NATO forces, we can expect a resumption of civil war with all the negative consequences: further deterioration of the population's life, mass migration, and the spread of extremism to neighboring states," Shoigu said at the IX Moscow Conference on International Security.

The current situation in Europe requires urgent decisions to de-escalate it. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security on Wednesday.

Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin accused the US special services of involvement in the preparation of an armed rebellion in the republic.

Russian specialists will work together with their colleagues from the United States in the field of detecting ransomware hackers-this will be facilitated by the agreement concluded by the presidents of the two countries. This was announced on Wednesday at the IX Moscow Conference on International Security by the director of the FSB of Russia Alexander Bortnikov.

Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons only in response to the use of weapons of mass destruction against it, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

Russia is determined to continue active cooperation with Algeria in strengthening security and stability on the African continent, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The American-made Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by supporters of the Yemeni movement "Ansar Allah" (Houthis). The drone was used to perform reconnaissance missions over the province of Marib.

The defense attache at the British Embassy in Moscow was summoned to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation after an incident involving a British destroyer violating the borders of Russia. This was reported on June 23 in the Ministry of Defense.

The British destroyer Defender provoked the Russian military and border guards to a warning fire by entering the territorial sea of the Russian Federation near Cape Fiolent (Crimea), the former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov, told Interfax.

British and American fighters of the shortened take-off and vertical landing of the fifth generation F-35B Lightning II, based on the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, can begin to be used to spy on Russia in Syria, writes The Drive.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation regards the dangerous actions of the destroyer URO "Defender" of Great Britain in the Black Sea as a gross violation of the UN Convention. The agency called on the British side to conduct a thorough investigation of the actions of the ship's crew.

A Russian Su-30SM fighter jet escorted a US spy plane over the Sea of Okhotsk on Wednesday, June 23. This was reported in the National Center for Defense Management (NCDF). Russian radar stations have detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over the Sea of Okhotsk.

Deputy Head of the Russian Defense Ministry Alexander Fomin and assistant to the head of the Egyptian military Department Mohamed Hassan discussed the prospects of military cooperation between the two countries, including joint exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.