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The Russian Black Sea Fleet used more than 40 ships during military exercises with the forces of the Southern Military District at the Opuk training ground in Crimea. This was reported on October 18 in the Ministry of Defense.

Russia offers NATO to authorize the ambassador of one of the organization's member countries in Moscow to carry out urgent contacts with Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the law on ratification of the agreement on the joint (unified) communication system of the armed forces of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the press service of the head of state reported.

NATO is a non-negotiable partner, and its actions against the permanent mission of the Russian Federation to the alliance are treacherous, said Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.

The US Secretary of Defense will visit these countries before traveling to Brussels for a meeting of NATO defense ministers. The Pentagon considers the trip a clear signal to Moscow, the author points out that the United States and its allies firmly support the sovereignty of Ukraine and Georgia in the face of "Russian provocations." But the real provocation is this trip itself.

Russian-Iranian cooperation continues to develop consistently. Despite the difficult situation due to the coronavirus pandemic, contacts remain quite intense, Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov said on Monday, October 18, at talks in Moscow with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Hossein Bagheri.

The head of the State Duma Committee on Defense, former deputy head of the Defense Ministry Andrei Kartapolov said that Moscow opposes the arms race, but is forced to increase its potential because of the position of the West.

As a result of the Israeli air strike, one Syrian soldier was killed, three more were injured

The Syrian military did not use air defense when attacking four Israeli fighter jets because of two civilian aircraft in the sky. This was announced by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit.

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan declares an intense exchange of fire "between illegal Armenian armed formations in Karabakh, where Russian peacekeepers are temporarily stationed."

Ukraine will receive missile weapons and warships from the UK, while technologies for their construction will be transferred to Ukrainian shipyards, Ukrainian Ambassador to London Vadym Prystaiko said.

The National Security Agency (NSA) was concerned about the ability of Russia and China, as well as to some extent Iran and the DPRK, to "land" American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters without a single shot, writes Popular Mechanics.

During the first stage of the exercise, the base minesweepers of the Pacific Fleet carried out wiring for the trawls of ships of the two countries and ensured the deployment of forces in the waters of the Sea of Japan

Ships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy at the exercises "Maritime Interaction - 2021" in the Sea of Japan conducted artillery firing on a mock mine, practicing the fight against mine danger, the press service of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) reported on Friday.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Washington and exchanged views on the Iranian nuclear program and international negotiations on this issue, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Georgia, Ukraine and Romania next week as part of a European tour. Details of the visit to the former Soviet republics are not given. Perhaps after this visit, Ukraine will be able to count on an increase in the supply of weapons, the author wonders.

The ex-Interior Minister of Ukraine, who calls himself a "Russian-speaking Ukrainian nationalist," made another aggressive militaristic statement, calling on local authorities to develop a scenario for an armed invasion of Crimea and Donbass. It seems that Avakov's statements reflect the mood of the Kiev elite.

A promising anti-space defense complex "Aerostat" is being developed in Russia. In the United States, they told about the Russian long-range missile defense system, which will be able to intercept targets in space. The assumption was made by analyst Bart Hendricks (Bart Hendrickx) in a material for the portal The Space Review.

The Ivan Papanin-type Arctic transport refrigerator will be able to carry missile weapons. To install the Kalibr-K mobile complex on a Russian ship, standard cargo containers will be required. This is reported by TASS with reference to the curator of the project, a member of the board of directors of the company "Yugreftransflot" Viktor Kot.

The US Army and the US military-industrial corporation Lockheed Martin have tested the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), reports The Drive.

In the NATO armies, during combat training, the use of mock-ups of Russian military equipment acting as an enemy continues. For example, the British ground forces use fake BMP-3.

A US destroyer attempted to violate the state border of the Russian Federation in the Sea of Japan, a large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet "Admiral Tributs" stopped the violation, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.