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A member of the US House of Representatives, a former US Navy reservist, Jim Banks, said that the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) seized American military equipment worth $ 85 billion. His words are quoted by The Independent.

The passage of two US warships through the Taiwan Strait is a provocation, said Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei. This is stated on Saturday, August 28, in a message on the website of the Chinese military department.

Russian servicemen are using exoskeletons in Syria, which increase the combat potential of units. This was told to RIA Novosti in Rostec.

During the maneuvers, the preparation for conducting a strategic operation is practiced

The evacuation and repair of equipment damaged in battle with the help of a special train were worked out by specialists of logistics support units (MTO) at exercises in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Saturday.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the United States "acted shamelessly" in the situation with the nuclear negotiations, and that the current administration of President Joe Biden in this matter is no different from the previous one under Donald Trump.

The Minister of Defense noted that the situation in the country is fraught with the transition of militants to the CSTO countries

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the warning actions of the CSTO countries against the threat from Afghanistan correct and called for further development of military cooperation within the organization, the Russian ministry reported on Saturday.

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid has offered the European Union to finance the creation of an air defense system in the country to protect against the "Russian threat".

The Russian military does not have data that the COVID-19 virus is man-made, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov of the Russian Armed Forces.

Russia is relatively comfortable with the coming to power in Afghanistan of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation), said the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan, director of the second Department of Asia of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zamir Kabulov.

The United States during a special operation in Afghanistan, as a result, destroyed two militants of the radical group IS (the terrorist organization "Islamic State", banned in the Russian Federation). This was announced on Saturday, August 28, by American General Hank Taylor during his press briefing.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that Paris and London will submit a draft resolution to an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday with a proposal to form a security zone in Kabul.

Israeli Air Force planes on Sunday night struck targets of the Hamas group in the central part of the Gaza Strip, the Yediot Ahronot newspaper reports, citing the Israeli army.

At least seven people were killed and more than 50 were injured on Sunday as a result of attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels on the Yemeni Air Force base "an-Anad" in the province of Lahij in the south of the country.

Ankara is ready to purchase a second regiment of S-400 air defense systems from Russia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, as quoted by the Turkish newspaper Sabah.

A sharp increase in the number of patients with coronavirus has put space launches in the United States at risk. This is written by Bloomberg.

Placing nuclear weapons in space is a crime, and if the United States takes this step, an adequate response will follow from Russia. This was stated by the general director of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with " Gazeta.<url>", published on August 29.

According to the Minister of Defense, the terrorists have introduced a monetary system and a system of centralized taxation

The Russian Federation faced professional and organized terrorists during the counter-terrorist operation in Syria. This was announced by the head of the Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu in an exclusive interview for the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live", the footage of which was shown on the TV channel "Russia-1".

The threat is posed by drugs and weapons. More than 100 American Javelin anti-tank complexes fell into the hands of the Taliban

The main risks from the territory of Afghanistan, where the Taliban movement came to power (banned in Russia), are drugs and weapons, including modern portable anti-aircraft missile and anti-tank systems, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu does not consider Ukraine a threat to Russia. "I would not talk about Ukraine as a threat. I believe that Ukraine and the Ukrainian people are a fraternal people. These are not only our neighbors, we are one people. Here, I don't even want to argue and reflect on this topic at all. Because this is a creation and plans and a program that is implemented, you know, by whom, how and for what money, " Shoigu said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the parties discussed the situation in Afghanistan, the Kremlin's press service reported on Wednesday.