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An Italian Air Force plane involved in the evacuation of citizens from Afghanistan came under fire at the Kabul airport. This was announced on Thursday, August 26, according to the Italian newspaper La Stampa.

The construction of the Temp airfield on the Novosibirsk Islands archipelago is being completed

The Russian military department is developing a military infrastructure in the Arctic that allows the troops stationed in this region to function effectively, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The planned re-equipment of military units and formations of the Strategic Missile Forces allowed to increase the share of modern missile weapons to 81 percent by January 1, 2021 and give the Strategic Missile Forces group new opportunities to perform nuclear deterrence tasks.

The American Navy is learning to sink enemy ships from a long distance. Yesterday, on August 25, the press service of the US Navy published a video with spectacular shots of the Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 21, during which the decommissioned frigate USS Ingraham of the Oliver Hazard Perry type was sunk.

"Belarus has declared war on us," the Polish government declares. The top leadership assures its citizens that " Poland was attacked from the expected side, although in an unusual way-Putin and Lukashenko sent a group of migrants to destabilize peaceful life in the country.

Washington has begun withdrawing the military contingent from Afghanistan, which is working on the evacuation of Americans from the country. This was reported on August 24 by the FoxNews TV channel.

Israel intends to work on creating a coalition of Arab countries that want to limit Iran's influence in the region. This was stated by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in an interview published on August 24 with The New York Times.

The official representative of the country's Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin, noted that Beijing, together with Moscow, promotes the non-proliferation of weapons in near-Earth space

The Chinese authorities are concerned about the US strategy for the militarization of outer space and, together with Russia, are promoting the non-proliferation of weapons in near-Earth space. This was announced on Wednesday by the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin.

Without maintenance, the helicopter fleet will quickly become unusable

The fleet of more than a hundred Russian-made helicopters delivered to Afghanistan will quickly become unusable without service and repair, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

On the eve of the August 31 deadline for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the United States will pay full attention to the evacuation of the American military. However, if necessary, civilians will also continue to be taken out of the country. This was announced on Wednesday, August 25, by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.

The United States maintains contacts with the Afghan Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) on a number of issues, but there is no talk of trust or formal relations, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a briefing on Monday.

The author of the publication The National Interest questioned the protection of modern Russian tanks. In an article about the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile system (ATGM), Sebastien Roblin suggested that the characteristics of the T-72B3, T-80BVM, T-90M and T-14 tanks are insufficient to protect against an anti-tank complex from the United States.

Washington was in no hurry to evacuate from Afghanistan, so as not to provoke a "complete crisis of confidence", but this did not save the country's government. This was stated on August 23 by the US president's national security adviser Jake Sullivan during a briefing broadcast on Twitter.

Hypersonic missiles created in the West do not pose big problems for Russian anti-aircraft missile systems, Russia will be able to successfully shoot them down, Pavel Sozinov, general designer of the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region, told RIA Novosti.

Hypersonic missiles, which are being created in the West, do not pose big problems for Russia's anti-aircraft missile systems, the country is able to successfully fight them. This was announced on August 24 by Pavel Sozinov, General Designer of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region.

Belarus and Russia are beginning to implement the procedures for the internal approval of a new Program of military-technical cooperation for the period up to 2025.

Due to the situation in Afghanistan, the Russian military base in Tajikistan was strengthened with anti-tank complexes "Kornet". This became known on August 24 from a message distributed by the press service of the Central Military District (CVO).

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday accused China of continuing the policy of" pressure "and" intimidation " of the countries of Southeast Asia (Southeast Asia) and in the South China Sea. She promised that Washington will strive for a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

In early August, India sent an operational naval group of ships to the South China Sea and the western Pacific Ocean

Ships of the Indian Navy conducted naval maneuvers with ships of the Philippine Navy in the South China Sea over the past day. As the official representative of the Indian Navy Vivek Madhwal told reporters, the exercises were held in the western part of the South China Sea, which Manila officially calls the West Philippine Sea.

The Ministry of Defense reported that they will be held at 11 training grounds and seven airfields of the Western Military District

More than 1.5 thousand military personnel and about 400 pieces of equipment are involved in special exercises on material and technical support (MTO) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which will be held at 11 training grounds and seven airfields of the Western Military District. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.