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About 5.5 thousand military personnel and more than 1.2 thousand units of weapons and special equipment are involved in the practical exercises

The military personnel will use more than 70 artillery and missile systems to work out tasks to combat illegal armed groups at the anti-terrorist exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries "Peace Mission-2021", which are being held in the Orenburg Region. This is stated in a message distributed on Tuesday by the press service of the Central Military District.

As part of the air detachments, Mi-8 helicopters with VSM-1 mining systems will be involved, tracked minelayers of modern modification GMZ-3 will also be used

The Syrian combat experience will be the basis for the actions of the Russian engineering troops at the international exercises of the military contingents of the SCO member states "Peace Mission-2021", which are taking place in the Orenburg region. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by the head of the engineering troops of the Central Military District (CVO), Major General Dmitry Koruts.

The United States is not interested in independent European states, so today they are already trying to create local formats that are beneficial to them even within the framework of the European Union. About this in an interview aif.ru said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

Washington is seeking to expand the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) to counter Russia and China in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

The United States and its allies should provide material compensation for the destruction of the economies of states, the aggravation of their problems and the intensification of terrorist threats, says Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

The United States and its allies must bear responsibility for the destruction of the economies of sovereign states, the aggravation of inter-ethnic and political problems, and the intensification of terrorist, extremist and other threats. This includes providing compensation that significantly exceeds the multi-trillion dollars they spent on undermining stability around the world. About this in an interview aif.ru The secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, said.

In 2023 and 2024, this figure will reach 3.55 and 3.81 trillion rubles, according to the explanatory note to the draft federal budget

Russia's national defense spending will amount to 3.51 trillion rubles in 2022, in 2023 and 2024 this figure will reach 3.55 and 3.81 trillion rubles, respectively. This is stated in the explanatory note to the draft federal budget for 2022-2024, which is available to TASS.

A detachment of ships of the Northern Fleet (SF) as part of the Arctic campaign conducted artillery firing in the Laptev Sea, the press service of the SF reported on Tuesday.

The maneuvers take place against the background of the Rapid Trident exercises in Ukraine with the participation of NATO forces

Russian ships on exercises in the Black Sea destroyed a submarine of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) reported on Tuesday.

Since non-nuclear submarines are inferior to nuclear submarines in their effectiveness, the termination of the contract with France for the construction of submarines of the Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A project in favor of American (Virginia) or British (Astute) is beneficial to Australia, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov tells in Izvestia.

The crews of the ships of the Northern Fleet conducted exercises to protect the Northern Sea Route in the Laptev Sea, the Zvezda TV channel reports. The maneuvers involved a large anti-submarine ship "Severomorsk", a large landing ship "George the Victorious", as well as a Ka-27 helicopter.

Very soon, the US Army will receive five new B-21 Raider strategic bombers built by Northrop Grumman Corporation. This was stated by the Secretary of the American Air Force Frank Kendall, speaking at the conference of the Air Force Association on September 21.

US President Joe Biden may again impose sanctions against the Chinese company Honor. This is reported by The Washington Post.

During the exercise" West-2021", the Russian army worked out the possibility of a nuclear strike on NATO troops in Poland, writes Defense Blog, citing an unnamed source.

An unusual-looking police armored car was seen as part of the column of the sixteenth brigade of the Syrian government forces. The vehicle is clearly made by local craftsmen in one of the army workshops.

Fighters from Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and other foreign planes took to the air because of the flight of two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Large-scale international exercises have begun in the Lviv region of Ukraine. September 20, portal armyinform.com.ua He informed that the multinational Ukrainian-American military exercises Rapid Trident-2021 have begun on the basis of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security.

On Tuesday, September 21, the air defense units covering the capital's sky were put on alert. Although the alarm was a training signal, the soldiers and officers had to act without discounts on conventions. If an enemy missile or an intruder aircraft had happened to fly up to Moscow at that time, they would not have had a chance to evade defeat.

Two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers of Long-range aviation performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. Fighter escort was provided by the crews of Su-35S aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Western Military District and Su-27 naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet.

Russia's spending on national defense in 2022-2024 will amount to more than 10.8 trillion rubles, according to the explanatory note to the draft federal budget for three years.