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The British Ministry of Defense, in response to RIA Novosti's request to comment on the Times newspaper reports that the government is negotiating the sale of Brimstone missiles to Ukraine, said that it was a deal that was made public in June of this year, but the names of the missiles were not indicated in the June message.

In North Korea, work continues on the creation of ballistic missiles for submarines (SLBMs). Last Thursday, it became known about the conduct of new tests of such weapons.

According to military expert Yuri Lyamin, currently only one diesel-electric submarine of the DPRK, which is a carrier of ballistic missiles, is known. This submarine was built in 2014. It was named "8.24 Engun" ("Heroes of August 24th"). In the West, it was designated as Sinpo-B or type Gorae.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's statements about readiness for dialogue are not backed up in practice and are meaningless, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian called the serious problem of Turkey's participation as a NATO member in the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of 2020.

With the visit of Lloyd Austin, the United States demonstrated the scope of its interests in Europe, but further prospects depend on the leadership of Ukraine. Most likely, the Defense Minister was interested in personally getting acquainted with the geopolitical location and the role of Ukraine in the likely theater of military operations, the "expert" suggests.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday, October 21, pointed to the Russophobic tone of the statements of Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin during his visit to Kiev.

The US military power is still undeniable, but it seems that in the near future the situation may change. A new report by the RAND Corporation, a non-profit organization dedicated to Sino-Russian cooperation, indicates that the combined military power of Russia and China continues to grow rapidly.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation posted on social networks a video taken at the time of the launch of the Bulava ballistic missile from the strategic submarine Prince Oleg. Earlier on Thursday, the agency reported that the launch was carried out as part of state tests of the carrier of the latest naval ammunition.

Iran is not yet ready to create a military bloc with Russia, but they do not rule out such a possibility in the future, Iranian Chief of the General Staff Mohammad Bagheri said.

Two American B-1B Lancer strategic bombers, which took off from Fairford Air Base in the UK, flew in the Black Sea area, the US Air Force Command in Europe and Africa reported.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu outlined threats from Afghanistan that are relevant for Russia and Iran.

"We can continue to do this work in different regions, taking into account that the situation is not getting easier. We are talking about Afghanistan and the threats that exist today from this region. This is drug trafficking and the appearance of ISIS (banned in the Russian Federation) on the territory of neighboring states," the minister said.

The DPRK confirmed that on October 19 it successfully tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Yonhap news agency reports, citing the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA).

The Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE SMM) does not stop working in the south-east of Ukraine, patrolling in most points of Donbass is in normal mode, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing the organization's press service.

Lieutenant General, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Romanenko named the types of weapons that will help Ukraine cope with Russia. Assessing the situation in the east of the country, he urged "not to engage in shapkozakidatelstvo" and "conduct asymmetric actions with the enemy," the Comments portal writes.ua on Wednesday, October 20th.

The most powerful weapon of Russia is named in the publication 19FortyFive. The author noted Russian missiles, air defense systems, a helicopter and a promising underwater vehicle.

The military of Russia and Egypt practiced landing without parachutes from a mock-up of the Mi-8 helicopter, they descended on cables, firing blank cartridges on the move. This was told in the Ministry of Defense of Russia on Wednesday, October 20.

India may equip its border guards with non-lethal weapons of a new type to confront Chinese military personnel. This is reported by Asian News International.

Russian fighter crews identified aerial targets as two supersonic B-1B strategic bombers of the US Air Force accompanied by two KC-135 tanker aircraft

Two Russian Su-30 fighters escorted two B-1B bombers and two KC-135 tanker aircraft of the US Air Force over the Black Sea. This was reported on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Ukrainian military conducted exercises to respond to the breakthrough of manpower and armored vehicles of a simulated enemy at a training ground in the Kherson region, near the border with Crimea. This was reported on Wednesday, October 20, by the press service of the command of the United Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.

The meeting will discuss joint exercises and training of Korean officers in Russia

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov will discuss military cooperation between the two countries with his South Korean counterpart Nam Yong Sin and the country's Defense minister So Uk, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.