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American air defense intercepted at least five missiles fired at Kabul
On Monday, August 30, the American air defense systems intercepted at least five missiles that were fired at the Kabul airport. This was reported by the Reuters news agency with reference to a US official.
The French are afraid of a repeat of Afghanistan in Africa
After the failure of the United States in Afghanistan and the sudden withdrawal of troops from Kabul, the eyes of the whole world are focused on Mali, writes Le Figaro.
France has announced that its foreign operation in the Sahel zone is over. Experts and local authorities are worried about whether the same scenario will happen there as in Afghanistan, and how to avoid it.
Riga will play a hybrid war on its territory
The exercises of the National Armed Forces Namejs 2021, which will be held jointly with NATO countries, will start in Latvia, the local Defense Ministry reports.
Maneuvers with the participation of more than 9 thousand military personnel will be held throughout the country until October 3. One of the official tasks of the training is the implementation of tactical operations in hybrid and conventional conflicts.
Shoigu said that almost all Russian weapons have been tested in Syria
The Russian Defense Minister said that 320 samples were tested
Almost all samples of modern Russian weapons were tested during the counter-terrorist operation in Syria. This was announced by the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu in an exclusive interview for the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".
The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation believes that the Army Games will strengthen cooperation between Russia and Algeria
Alexander Fomin also noted the high level of organization of the event
The holding of competitions of the International Army Games in Algeria will further strengthen the bilateral military cooperation between the two countries.
Russia has sent 300 military personnel to Kyrgyzstan for CSTO exercises amid the aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan
About 300 Russian military personnel and more than 60 pieces of equipment have been transferred to Kyrgyzstan for the CSTO "Rubezh-2021" maneuvers, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Monday.
The marines of the Baltic Fleet hit the "enemy" in the sea 6 km from the shore
In the Kaliningrad region, the marines of the Baltic Fleet repelled the attack of a simulated enemy from the sea in conditions as close to combat as possible.
The Taliban lifted a captured US helicopter into the air
A video of flights over Kandahar by an American UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, which the Taliban got as a trophy, appeared on the Network.
The Pentagon called the real threat to US forces in Afghanistan from the IG
The threat to American forces in Afghanistan from the IG (the terrorist group "Islamic State", banned in the Russian Federation) is real, Washington is ready for new attacks. This was stated by the head of the US central command, General Kenneth Mackenzie.
The SPRN detected 28 launches of foreign ballistic missiles and two Russian ones in the first half of the year
The Russian Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN) detected 28 launches of foreign ballistic missiles in the first half of 2021,Sergei Boev, general designer of the SPRN, General Director of the Interstate Joint-Stock Corporation Vimpel, told RIA Novosti.
The power phase of the CIS exercises to neutralize the threats of terrorist attacks in the Caspian Sea has begun in Kazakhstan
The phase of the CIS exercises "Caspian-Antiterrorism-2021" has started in the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan, the press service of the National Security Committee of the republic reported.
The CSTO will hold maneuvers in the autumn with the participation of several thousand military personnel against the background of the situation in Afghanistan
Against the background of the aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will hold maneuvers in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan this autumn with the participation of several thousand military personnel, a CSTO representative said.
Shoigu named the capitals of Europe, where the centers of anti-Russian propaganda are located
Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu called for building an effective defense against anti-Russian propaganda coming from abroad. The military commander made such a statement at the conference " Army and Society. Psychological defense" within the framework of the ongoing international military-technical forum "Army-2021". According to him, at present, "deep work is being carried out against us gradually, step by step."
"Bad news": NI commented on the imminent start of deliveries of "Zircon"
The signing of the first contract for the supply of hypersonic missiles "Zircon" to the Russian armed forces so worried some American journalists that they called it bad news. The article with the corresponding title was prepared for The National Interest by columnist Mark Episkopos.
The delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff discussed issues of improving the mechanisms for using collective forces in Yerevan
Armenian Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan received a delegation headed by First Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Lieutenant General Hassan Kaloev, in Yerevan on Friday, the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry reports.
Ukraine supports the presence of NATO in the Black Sea-Zelensky
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky spoke in favor of the presence of the NATO bloc in the Black Sea. "Ukraine consistently supports the presence of NATO in the Black Sea," he said at a briefing in Chisinau after a quadripartite meeting with the presidents of Moldova, Poland and Romania.
The Deputy Defense Minister checked the MTO group at the exercises in preparation for the "West-2021"
The training sessions were held at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region
Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Army General Dmitry Bulgakov checked the logistics support group (MTO) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during special training that took place in preparation for the West-2021 maneuvers, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Friday.
US military bases in Europe were banned from purchasing energy resources from the Russian Federation
The Pentagon has banned American military bases in Europe from entering into contracts for the purchase of Russian energy resources. The US Department of Defense posted a notification about this in the so-called Federal Register of Official Documents of the US government.
Al-Jazeera: Ankara approves the Taliban's request* to manage the Kabul airport
The Turkish authorities have agreed to help with the management of the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Al-Jazeera TV channel reports, citing a source in the Taliban movement*. Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara had received a request from the new Afghan authorities to manage the capital's air harbor.
The American general predicted the superiority of China over Russia
Lieutenant General of the US Air Force Thomas Boussier predicted the superiority of China over Russia in the capabilities of nuclear weapons. His words during an online forum on nuclear deterrence are reported by RIA Novosti.