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Russia can continue the construction of nuclear-powered strategic missile submarines of the project 955 ("Borey") after all ten such submarines contracted for today are ready, Vladimir Pospelov, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, a member of the Marine Board under the government, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The US has left an air base in the southern province of Kandahar, Pentagon officials said.

The military base in Kandahar was one of the largest bases where US and NATO troops were stationed. At the height of the war with the Taliban, there were about 26,000 foreign troops on it.

Israel and the United States signed a deal for the supply of American weapons amid the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This is reported on May 17 by the Jerusalem Post.

The State Duma Defense Committee recommended that the house denounce the Open Skies Treaty, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Yuri Shvytkin told Interfax on Monday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that this would begin the resumption of the mechanism of regular meetings of the chiefs of the General Staffs of the armed forces of the Arctic Council member countries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to sign an agreement with Tajikistan on the creation of a unified regional air defense system.

[b]The units and personnel involved in the exercises were alerted, their movements were masked from the air defense of the imaginary enemy, the Ministry of Defense of the republic said.]

The Azerbaijani Armed Forces have started command and staff exercises in Nakhichevan. This was reported on Monday by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has criticized his American counterpart Joe Biden for selling $735 million worth of precision weapons to Israel. He said this on May 17 during a press conference in Ankara, broadcast on the politician's Twitter.

The US military violated the rules of deconfliction in Syria, said the deputy head of the Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties (CPVS) in the Arab Republic, Rear Admiral Alexander Karpov.

The United States believes that in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israel has the right to self-defense, will ensure its military superiority.

The Israeli army has not confirmed the data on the beginning of a ground operation in the Gaza Strip

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues for the third day in a row. The parties exchange rocket attacks, the Israeli army used more than 160 aircraft and artillery to attack Hamas positions. There is no ground invasion of the Gaza Strip yet, although the IDF has previously announced " ground and air strikes." In three days, at least 1,800 rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip, Tel Aviv said.

Exercises to repel hacker attacks will be held at five cyberpoligons of Rostelecom in 2021, they will allow coordinating the work of various structures, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.

The Pentagon does not comment on the statements of the Russian Defense Ministry about the violation of the protocol of deconfliction in Syria and that the American convoy was stopped by the Russian military police in the north-eastern Syrian province of Hasakah.

The grouping of forces and means of the Russian army deployed in the Arctic is capable of ensuring Russia's military security – " Admiral Alexander Moiseev, Commander of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing for Russian and foreign journalists on the nuclear missile cruiser Peter the Great.

The military leadership of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and representatives of the US Embassy on Friday will solemnly welcome the participants of the stage of the largest NATO exercise Defender Europe 21, the Ministry of Defense of the country said.

The head of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, Vasily Piskarev, said that measures against the Czech Republic and Washington as unfriendly countries will work until they reconsider their policy towards Russia.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov said that in the near future, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky may sign a decree on the creation of cyber forces in the country, this issue was discussed at a meeting of the NSDC in closed mode on Friday, May 14.

More than 90 retired French police officers have addressed President Emmanuel Macron with an open letter, where they set out a demand to pay attention to the security situation in the country, according to Valeurs Actuelles.

First-class pilot Andrey Krasnoperov explained why one Russian Su-30 fighter was able to drive away three French Air Force planes that appeared over the Black Sea. His words are transmitted by the portal "Tsargrad".

German fighters will be able to "invade" the territory of Poland in case of danger, and vice versa. May 14, portal janes.com reported that Germany and Poland have agreed to allow combat aircraft to cross their national borders in the event of a Quick Reaction Alert (QRA).