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It was officially reported about Russia's plans to send air defense forces to Serbia for exercises

The aggravation of the situation around Kosovo is unlikely to develop into an armed conflict between Belgrade and Pristina, Russia will not cancel the air defense exercises planned for October in Serbia, according to Russian expert Alexey Malashenko.

The Russian-Algerian anti-terrorist exercise will start on September 30 at the Tarskoye training ground in North Ossetia, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

The Serbian army has deployed its best T-72MS "White Eagle" main battle tanks on the administrative border with Kosovo. Over the weekend, videos appeared on the Network showing the transfer of these combat vehicles on heavy-duty trawls.

The Russian missile cruiser "Moscow" had to stop Ukrainian provocations to the west of the Crimea.

Tel Aviv will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said.

"Israel will work tirelessly to solve this problem: we will not allow Iran to have nuclear weapons," he said, speaking at the UN General Assembly.

A military parade in honor of the 30th anniversary of the country's independence was held in Turkmenistan on Monday, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports,

The command of the NATO-led international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) has increased the number of patrols and the duration of their operation against the background of escalating tensions with Serbia, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing Serbian media.

Israel will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday. "Israel will work tirelessly to solve this problem: we will not allow Iran to have nuclear weapons," he said, speaking at the UN General Assembly.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on September 27 that Iran plans to arm forces allied to Tehran with drones, including in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. Bennett made such a statement at the general political discussion of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine received most of the fleet of Soviet Tu-160 strategic bombers. More than half of the vehicles of the Ukrainian Air Force (VVS) were disposed of in the late 1990s. The United States explained the reasons for the destruction of the Ukrainian Tu-160: it prevented the transfer of technology of Soviet bombers to China, The Military Watch magazine writes.

The aggravation of the situation around Kosovo may escalate into an armed conflict between Belgrade and Pristina, according to the former head of the main department of international military cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry, retired Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov.

The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, after meeting with Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa and Foreign Minister Nicolai Popescu in Brussels on Monday, said that they had agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation.

The Russian Federation and Venezuela continue their planned cooperation in the military-technical sphere, Moscow fulfills its obligations under previously concluded contracts for the maintenance of equipment, Alexander Shchetinin, director of the Latin American department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told reporters.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress on Thursday approved a separate bill to provide $1 billion in aid to Israel for the purchase of missiles necessary for the Iron Dome missile defense system, The Hill reports.

The issue of Afghanistan continues to be in the center of attention in the sphere of cooperation between Washington and Islamabad, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said before the meeting at the UN General Assembly session, the US State Department said.

The adoption of a declaration on the official end of the Korean War is a premature step and will not help to resolve the existing differences, said Deputy Foreign Minister of the DPRK Lee Tae Song.

The bill provides for new anti-Russian sanctions

The defense budget for 2020 in the amount of $768 billion was approved by the House of Representatives of the US Congress by 316 votes to 113. Of the $768 billion, $740 billion is provided directly for the needs of the Pentagon, $28 billion - for the Ministry of Energy.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev considers it hopeless to raise the issue of the status of Karabakh from Armenia. "Unfortunately, the issue of the status of Karabakh is still being raised, which is completely hopeless. I think this is harmful and dangerous for Armenia in its current deplorable state.

In September, Russian troops conducted live-fire exercises. As part of the maneuvers at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region, calculations of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) were involved. In the United States, the tests of the Russian system were evaluated. The National Interest magazine published the opinion of military expert Peter Suchiu about the Russian S-400 complex.

The United States and NATO are upset over the export of Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems. They even imposed economic sanctions against countries only for the purchase of air defense systems. Despite this, several states, including India, are showing interest in the S-400.