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The killer robots tested during the Zapad-2021 exercises are causing concern in Western countries, as they are a "step forward" in creating a Russian unmanned army, the American publication Stars and Stripes writes.

The radical Taliban movement that has come to power in Afghanistan (banned in the Russian Federation) plans to create a regular army in the country.

"In the near future, we will build a strong and orderly army," Qari Fasihuddin, the chief of staff of the Taliban forces, said on Wednesday, as quoted by the Afghan media.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will propose to his British counterpart Boris Johnson to conclude an agreement with the European Union in the field of defense and security, The Times reports, citing informed sources.

The US State Department has approved the provision of services to Saudi Arabia for the maintenance of military equipment in the amount of $ 500 million, RIA Novosti reports, citing the US Department of Defense.

Expenditures on the security and defense sector in the state budget of Ukraine for 2022 are provided at the level of 5.95% of GDP. This was stated by Prime Minister Denis Shmygal at a government meeting on September 15, according to Ukrinform.

The United States, Great Britain and Australia united to protect their interests, and France was indirectly affected. On September 16, the BBC news agency reported that the three states had concluded a historic security pact.

There are questions about the contract concluded between the Australian government and the French company Naval Group, which provides for the construction of 12 non-nuclear submarines, says the American edition of The Drive.

The countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have agreed to develop cooperation in the field of defense, according to a joint declaration adopted at a meeting of the Council of Heads of member States of the organization.

During the closing ceremony of the exercises, the participants of the exercises of the military contingents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia who showed the best results during the maneuvers were awarded

The military authorities of Russia and Belarus have shown full compatibility of the controls and a high level of interaction at the joint strategic exercises "West-2021". This was reported on Friday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with reference to the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Sergei Istrakov.

The acting Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Anna Beileveld, decided to resign after the parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the government on the eve of its actions to evacuate from Afghanistan, the NL Times portal reported on Friday.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressed gratitude for the assistance of the Finnish side during the evacuation from Kabul, the Kremlin's press service reports.

The armed formations of the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) continue to destroy unmanned aerial vehicles of the Saudi coalition. So, this week it became known that another Wing Loong 2 attack drone of Chinese production was shot down over the province of Saada.

Russia and Italy are preparing a meeting of the foreign and defense ministers of the two countries in the "two plus two" format, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports. According to the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, on Friday, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko held talks in Moscow with the director of the Department for Political Affairs and Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Pasquale

By 2030, it is planned to integrate the Ukrainian army into the Euro-Atlantic security architecture

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of August 20, 2021 and approved the Strategic Defense Bulletin of Ukraine, which reflects the country's military security strategy.

Russia has an incredibly powerful armed forces, and it is necessary to understand how it has managed to transform them over the past two decades, the deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (KNSH)said on Friday, September 17 US Armed Forces General John Hyten.

Russian Senator Alexey Pushkov on Friday, September 17, reacted to the Pentagon's recognition of an erroneous strike on people from a drone at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.

US President Joe Biden sees no reason not to trust the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Mark Milley, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Wednesday.

Russia, having brought the Platform-M robotic complexes to the battlefield for the first time, demonstrated its technological power. Thus, the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet assessed the use of drones during the Zapad-2021 exercises.

North Korea said that a railway mobile missile regiment conducted training firing on Wednesday, KCNA reported.

The fighter has a unique on-board radar station N035 "Irbis", which experts call the most powerful of the existing ones, notes the magazine Ultimate Defense

TASS, September 16. The maneuverability of the Russian Su-35 multi-purpose fighter, as well as the characteristics of its on-board equipment, exceed the performance of the French Rafale aircraft, which will allow the Su-35 to win in the event of an air battle.