Global security news

The administration of US President Joe Biden is considering a near-total waiver of some of the strictest sanctions on Iran in an attempt to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian Nuclear Issue (JCPOA), the Associated Press reports, citing current and former US officials.

The US has warned China that it will strengthen its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region as part of protecting American interests in the world, US President Joe Biden said.

The United States has generally fulfilled the task that faced American troops in Afghanistan, and will return its military to their homeland, US President Joe Biden said.

Russia does not intend to tolerate the attitude shown by the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and the Baltic states, but wants to be on good terms with all states, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The CSTO Security Council secretaries discussed in Tajikistan the issues of equipping the CSTO collective rapid reaction forces with modern weapons, the prospects for cooperation between the CSTO and the CIS and the SCO. And also the topic of the Afghan settlement. The meeting of the Security Council secretaries began on April 29 with a meeting with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

The tension on the Russian-Ukrainian border still persists, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will formulate "red lines" that infringe on the interests of Russia, said the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.

Contractors are required to notify the Pentagon about the use of microelectronic components made in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea in their systems, Defense News reports, citing a bill introduced by Republican Senator Joshua Hawley of Missouri.

MEPs on Thursday approved a 7.9 billion euro fund project designed to strengthen the defense of EU countries, European media reported.

The conflict on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan should be stopped, the situation should be defused peacefully, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said on Thursday.) Stanislav Zas.

On Tuesday evening, the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation reported that the forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet began tracking the actions of the US Coast Guard patrol ship Hamilton. It entered the Black Sea on April 27.

Russian aircraft are carrying out intensive strikes on underground shelters and firing positions of the Daesh terrorist group (IS – banned in the Russian Federation) in the Syrian desert.

The military command is moving HIMARS multiple rocket launchers from Kuwait to Afghanistan to provide cover during the withdrawal of its contingent from Afghan territory, the US Central Command said.

The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $18 billion to develop, manufacture and support interceptor missiles from North Korea or Iran, the first major defense government purchase of the administration of President Joe Biden, according to Bloomberg.

The US wants to de-escalate tensions at sea with Iran in order to prevent possible miscalculations in the future. This was announced on April 27 at a briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby.

The United States will conduct airborne training on the Nurmsi airstrip in Estonia as part of the Swift Response exercise.

About 1,000 American and British soldiers and 250 Estonian soldiers will take part in the operation on the territory of Estonia. err.ee.

The United States can send lethal weapons to Ukraine that can be used against Russia, RIA Novosti writes. The equipment that Kiev can get from Washington includes, in particular, "air defense (air defense), anti-ship and anti-tank missiles, operational and tactical strike systems," the agency writes, referring to the American edition of The Wall Street Journal.

The work planned by the Pentagon to create new interceptor missiles is directed against Russia's strategic nuclear forces, said Igor Korotchenko, the director of the CAMTO, in an interview with RIA Novosti.

To the borders of Russia in the Black Sea again rushed reconnaissance aircraft belonging to the United States. This was reported on Wednesday, April 28, by the Telegram channel "Military Observer" with reference to the data of the Flightradar portal.

The Russian Foreign Minister recalls the events preceding the First World War

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in response to suspicions of Russia's involvement in the explosions at ammunition depots in Bulgaria, called on the European Union to take care of information that the storage and trade of weapons in a number of its member countries are engaged in private individuals.