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The Armed Forces have created a multifunctional system for training qualified specialists in the interests of the country's defense. It is closely connected with military-patriotic work. "The projects, the programs that the Ministry of Defense is conducting in this direction - they are all interconnected," the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, said on a conference call on Friday.

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.

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.

Israeli Defense Minister Beni Gantz said that if the shelling continues, the country will stop providing support to the Palestinians, which is designed to ease their economic situation. This is reported on Saturday, May 15, The Jerusalem Post.

The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan does not contribute to the normalization of the situation and reconciliation in this country, it may affect the stability in the region, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

The Israeli authorities handed over to the United States intelligence proving the validity of the strike on a building in Gaza, where foreign media were based, writes the Jerusalem Post, citing sources close to the head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

The special Operations forces of the Russian Defense Ministry plan to go on expeditions to the Kemerovo Region, Altai and Gorny Altai next year. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel. As TASS emphasizes, during such expeditions, special forces are trained in survival skills in a variety of conditions.

The American company GE Aviation has completed testing of the first prototype of the promising XA100 adaptive aircraft jet engine, which has been under development since 2007 by order of the US Air Force. According to Flightglobal, bench tests of the power plant have been conducted since December 2020. During the tests, the power plant demonstrated characteristics that correspond to the mathematical forecasts obtained at the design stage.

At the Kapustin Yar test site, the modernization of the measuring complex for testing various types of weapons has been completed, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The Russian military conducted a patrol in the Syrian city of Nubol. The patrol route was 15 km. Their task was to inspect the area and take tough measures in case of detection of armed militants.

The innovative foam plastic "Akrimid" is used in the production of space, aviation and land equipment, the state corporation specified

Innovative foam plastic "Akrimid", used in the production of space, aviation and land equipment, began to be mass-produced in Russia. It replaced imported materials, the press service of the state corporation Rostec told TASS.

More than 120 retired American generals questioned the reliability of the results of the US presidential election in 2020, as well as the mental and physical condition of the elected leader Joe Biden. An open letter from the military was published on May 12 on the Flag Officers 4 America portal.

The United States opposes the repatriation of Syrian citizens and the post-war reconstruction of the country, destabilizes the social and economic situation in the republic, and illegally occupies the territories of the state, the interdepartmental coordination headquarters of the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic say.

The space nuclear tug "Zeus" with a megawatt-class power plant can be used in the Russian air defense system (air defense), RIA Novosti reports, citing materials from the Keldysh Research Center.

The CSTO is closely monitoring the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and is ready to take measures provided for by the Collective Security Treaty in case of further aggravation, CSTO press Secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov said.

The Russian Armed Forces have deployed a group of forces and means in the Arctic that reliably ensures the military security of the Russian Federation, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, Commander of the Northern Fleet, said at a briefing on Thursday.

The United States sees Norway as a major foothold in the Arctic. This was announced on Thursday, May 13, by the commander of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation, Admiral Alexander Moiseev.

Georgia, which is strengthening its defensive capabilities after the failed invasion of South Ossetia in 2008, will receive an upgraded air defense system from the Israeli company Rafael by the end of the year, Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze said on Thursday, the correspondent of the newspaper VZGLYAD in Tbilisi reports.

This year's largest exercise of the Polish Army "Dragon-21" will be held on June 2-18 almost throughout the country, in land, air, sea and cybernetic space.

On May 12, Germany and Poland signed a technical agreement on cooperation between the air forces of the two countries when crossing their air borders when performing NATO Air Policing missions.