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Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are not interested in deploying American troops withdrawn from Afghanistan on their territory, this opinion was expressed by the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan, Director of the Second Department of Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Zamir Kabulov in an interview published on Monday in the Izvestia newspaper.

As the United States reduces its military presence in the Middle East, Russia and China will seek to expand their influence in the region, according to the commander of the US Central Command, General Frank McKenzie.

In recent years, there have been more crimes committed using information and telecommunications technologies. And the detection rate of such crimes is still at a low level - no more than 25 percent. This is reported by TASS with reference to the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia. Specific figures have also been released. Last year, a sharp increase in such attacks was recorded - 510 thousand, which is 73 percent more than in 2019.

The operation in Syria has helped to test many types of Russian weapons in real war conditions. At the same time, the identified shortcomings in some types of IVT should not be dramatized, since this is a natural process.

The Belarusian airspace is not safe for all participants of air traffic, Lithuania will work with other countries to close it for international flights. This is stated in the message of the Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Shimonite, published on Monday, May 24, on the website of the government of the country.

Readers of The Telegraph condemned the statement of the British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, who called Russia the number one threat.

The Houthis released a video of the downed Wing Loong II reconnaissance and strike drone manufactured by the People's Republic of China.

This drone, which was in service with the Saudi Air Force, crashed near the Yemeni province of Saada.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law that, in the event of threats to national security, gives the authorities the right to restrict the operation of telecommunications networks in the republic, the National Legal Internet Portal reported on Monday.

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.