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The Soviet medium-range mobile missile systems RSD-10 "Pioneer", also known as SS-20, were called the"Thunderstorm of Europe". And for good reason. They could hit targets with warheads with a capacity of 150 kilotons at a distance of up to 5000 km.

Russian radar stations (radars) over the past week escorted 47 foreign vehicles near the borders of the country, follows from the data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, published on Monday, July 26, on the website of the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda".

In case of a threat to national security, Belarusian rescuers will perform the same tasks as the internal affairs bodies. This was announced on July 25 by the Minister of Emergency Situations of the republic Vadim Sinyavsky.

Russian Ambassador to Damascus Alexander Yefimov called on foreign states and humanitarian organizations to support Syria's efforts to restore peaceful life.

The head of the interdepartmental coordination headquarters of the Russian Federation for the return of refugees to Syria, Mikhail Mizintsev, reported on the development of an operation to remove civilians from the Rukban refugee camp.

The US will provide assistance to the Afghan army, including supporting its actions on the ground with airstrikes, said the commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), General Kenneth Mackenzie.

Annual Multinational Military exercises Agile Spirit 2021 ("Agile Spirit 2021") with the participation of military personnel of 12 NATO members and three alliance partners, started in Georgia on Monday.

A peace treaty could put an end to the dispute between Russia and Japan over the ownership of the Southern Kurils, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

American soldiers can leave Iraq before the end of the year. July 25, portal militarytimes.com He reported that the Prime Minister of Iraq, Mustafa al-Kadimi, said that his country no longer needs American troops.

The National Air Corps of Afghanistan, along with Western-made equipment, actively uses Mi-35 combat helicopters in battles with militants of the Taliban terrorist organization banned in Russia.

The Su-27 fighter rose to intercept the FGR fighter.4 "Typhoon" of the German Air Force, the National Defense Control Center of Russia reported.

The Syrian military, using Russian-made air defense systems, destroyed Israeli missiles fired at the territory of the republic, said Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, on July 22.

The Russian S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) is one of the most modern air defense systems in the world and poses a special challenge to NATO. This is written by the portal 19FortyFive.

The government of Afghanistan should not think about staying in power, but about the future of the country, and start negotiations with the Taliban as soon as possible (the Taliban movement is banned in the Russian Federation), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

The Russian authorities do not yet plan to exclude the Taliban movement from the list of banned organizations, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov

Details have become known about the intercepted Turkish F-16 aircraft. It turned out to be a Russian Il-38. Turkey says about the "safe execution of the task", Russia-that a Turkish fighter armed with missiles approached the Il-38 at a "dangerous distance". There has been a turning point in the confrontation between Russia and NATO, Haber7 notes.

The Afghan Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) issued a statement in which it sharply condemned the US airstrikes carried out on July 22 in the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand, noting that such attacks are a clear violation of the Doha Peace Agreement and will have consequences.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Alexander Litvinenko, who previously headed the National Institute for Strategic Studies (NISI), to the post of head of the Foreign Intelligence Service. This is reported on the president's website.

At four o'clock in the morning, by order of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Leader of the Nation, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Tajikistan, Army General Emomali Rahmon, for the first time in the history of the independent state of Tajikistan, a check of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces, law enforcement agencies and personnel of mobilization reserves called "Marz-2021" (Border-2021) began throughout the republic.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky presented the newly appointed head of this special service, Alexander Litvinenko, to the staff of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, the press service of the head of state reports.