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Moscow believes that NATO should take the first step to normalize relations with Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "Yes, we proceed from this because we have never started the deterioration of our relations with either NATO or the EU," he told reporters on Tuesday.

An exercise was held at the Opuk training ground in Crimea, where units of the Black Sea Fleet worked out the protection of the coast from enemy landing.

If we do not take into account the geography of these maneuvers, then "ours" and "not ours" were not there, in general. Everyone was their own. It's just that according to the scenario, some participants got the role of the defenders, and others - the attackers. Moreover, during the exercise, both of them changed places.

Former State Duma deputy, political scientist Ruslan Balbek commented on Tuesday, October 19, on the statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that Russia is allegedly responsible for the beginning of the conflict in the Donbass, and now hinders its peaceful settlement.

The inspection also involved about 1.5 thousand units of weapons, military and special equipment

About 5 thousand servicemen of the Novorossiysk Guards Airborne Assault Mountain Unit were alerted as part of a control check and moved to training grounds in three subjects in the south of Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.

First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said that an expert assessment is needed

Russia proceeds from the fact that first it is necessary to get more information about the launch of DPRK missiles. Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, told reporters on Tuesday, answering a question about the possibility of convening the Security Council of the world organization.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, negotiations on the return of prisoners were held by the deputy commander of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov, and the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh, Lieutenant General Gennady Anashkin.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is conducting maneuvers in Tajikistan on October 18-23, taking into account possible negative scenarios for the development of the situation in Afghanistan, said Anatoly Sidorov, chief of the CSTO joint staff.

About 8 thousand people take part in the exercises

Motorized skirmishes of the Southern Military District destroyed groups of conditional gangs during a large-scale exercise of the district's troops, the press service of the Southern Military District reported. The event was held at the Opuk training ground in the Crimea.

The service life of the UR-100N UTTH Stiletto intercontinental missiles (under the START - RS-18B treaty, according to the NATO classification - SS-19 mod.2 Stiletto) has been extended until at least 2023, Alexey Leonov, Director General and designer of the NPO Mashinostroeniya Military Industrial Complex, member of the regional council of the Moscow regional branch of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The joint exercises of the Russian Navy and the Naval Forces of the People's Republic of China "Maritime Cooperation-2021" have ended in the Sea of Japan, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reports.

Washington is ready to help Georgia strengthen its defense capability, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. "The United States is committed to helping Georgia strengthen its defense capabilities and advance its Euro-Atlantic integration," Austin tweeted.

As part of a large-scale command and staff exercise (KShU), the crews of about 20 Mi-8AMTSh helicopters of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Southern Military District (SE) ensured the landing of motorized rifle units of the coastal defense unit of the Black Sea Fleet during the practical actions of troops at the Opuk training ground in the Crimea.

The US Department of Defense recently published a new report on suicide cases among American servicemen.

It provides statistics for the second quarter of 2021, which shows that the number of suicides in the army increased by 46% compared to the same period last year. 

US Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher Mayer discussed issues of bilateral cooperation and border security in Tashkent, US Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum said on Monday.

The CSTO forces have started three special exercises in Tajikistan, the joint press center of maneuvers reported.

China has a weapon that makes it a leader in the hypersonic race. On October 17, the Financial Times newspaper reported that China had tested a missile that "caught the American government by surprise."

The Chinese conducted tests of a hypersonic complex that circled the globe. According to media reports, the tests came as a surprise to American intelligence.

The fifth-generation Russian fighter is capable of destroying enemy ships alone.

The wide range of weapons used by Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighters forced the American edition of The Military Watch to recognize the lethality of this combat vehicle not only for aerial purposes, but also for ships.

The Russian Federation suspends the activities of the NATO military liaison mission. Russia stops the activities of the NATO Information Bureau in the country

Russia is suspending the work of its permanent mission to NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

The modernization of Abrams tanks continues in the USA. The M1A2S (M1A2 SEPv3) are currently considered the most advanced.

They received a more advanced fire control system, with the ability to use more powerful armor-piercing sub-caliber feathered projectiles with cores made of depleted uranium, programmable multipurpose XM1147 with aerial detonation, destroying not only ground objects (infantry, light armored vehicles), but also low-flying targets such as helicopters.