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The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has begun its first operational deployment. On 23 May, the Royal Navy press service reported that the carrier group left the naval base in Portsmouth and set off on a 28-week journey.

Russia will support Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the long-term settlement of the border conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry published data on the total number of strategic offensive weapons in Russia and the United States under the START Treaty, extended at the end of January this year for five years.

The United States must act more flexibly to increase its influence in Central Asia and find allies in the region. About how the country is preparing to "knock out" Russia from the region, according to the material of the publication The National Interest.

Along with aerial reconnaissance, Russian fighters and bombers began to launch targeted and targeted strikes on Islamist bases in Syria. As it turned out, this activity had its own explanation, Free News notes.

The American strategic bomber B-52H Stratofortress, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, flew to the Black Sea region on Monday, according to data from Western aviation resources, which tracked it by signals from an onboard transponder.

The head of the concern, Yan Novikov, said that the Russian Nebo-M radar station is capable of detecting the latest low-visibility combat aircraft, including the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II fighters.

The Joint Strategic Command (USC) "Northern Fleet", which ensures the security of the Russian part of the Arctic, in the event of a war with the US Navy (Navy) will be destroyed, predicts in the "Military-Industrial Courier" Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information Policy, Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov.

"August 24 is the Independence Day of Ukraine. There will be a parade for the 30th anniversary of our independence. The parade will be military. It will be big both on land and on water - it will be on the Dnieper, and in Odessa, and in Kiev on the Maidan, " said Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

In addition to models of BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and T-72 and T-80 tanks, the US military uses imitations of other Russian-made military equipment. For example, two years ago, a fake self-propelled rocket and gun complex "Tunguska"was spotted at the Fort Irwin training ground.

Moscow has information that militants from the terrorist group Jabhat Al-Nusra (banned in Russia) are preparing a provocation with the use of chemical toxic substances on the eve of the presidential elections in Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

The Russian Armed Forces have surpassed the most powerful armies in the world in terms of the share of modern equipment in the strategic nuclear forces, Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said on Friday as part of the New Knowledge marathon.

About 300 types of weapons and special equipment were tested in Syria. This was stated in an interview in the framework of the educational marathon "New Knowledge" by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu. The military commander said that in some periods, designers and specialists from 76 enterprises and design bureaus were present at the Hmeimim base in Syria.

The Israel Defense Forces said that they are still ready to carry out strikes against the leadership of the Hamas movement, despite the ceasefire imposed the day before,the Times of Israel reported on Friday.

The United States is not going to change its plans to provide military assistance to Israel because of the conflict in the Middle East. This was announced on Friday, May 21, at a briefing for journalists, White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki.

The Kremlin said that it would like to understand the actions of the United States, which announced new sanctions against the Nord Stream-2 against the background of statements about the intention to hold a meeting of the presidents of the two countries.

Military personnel of Russia and Serbia, within the framework of joint tactical exercises, practiced the attack of conditional "militants" from the air. On Saturday, May 22, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia reports.

Inherited from the times of the Soviet Union, the weapons have well prepared Russia for the fight for the Arctic, writes the National Interest. According to the author of the article, Robert Farley, Moscow was preparing to confront the West during the Cold War, using the territory of the Arctic. The accumulated experience and a variety of weapons allowed her to acquire a "deadly set of capabilities" in case "something unthinkable" happens in the Arctic Ocean.

The Defense Ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia at a meeting in Siauliai discussed the possibility of joint purchase of long-range multiple launch rocket systems.

According to the joint action plan for 2021, tactical exercises were held with the participation of Azerbaijani and Turkish servicemen, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reports.