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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the North Atlantic Alliance is closely monitoring the development of the situation on the border of Russia and Ukraine and is ready to respond to changes in the situation.

The new Afghan authorities showed captured American and Russian equipment.

The radical Islamist Taliban movement that seized power in Afghanistan (banned in the Russian Federation) held a military parade in Kabul. 

The main Political Department was headed by Colonel-General Gennady Zhidko.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed the commander of the Eastern Military District, Colonel General Gennady Zhidko, Deputy Minister of Defense - Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate (GVPU) The Armed forces. 

Arms supplies to Kiev, including Javelin, were approved by the US Administration in 2017 during the reign of Donald Trump. This was the fourth delivery within the framework of additional security assistance in the amount of $ 60 million, which American President Joe Biden allocated to Ukraine.

On the first day of the Dubai Airshow 2021, the UAE Ministry of Defense signed contracts with suppliers of defense products totaling 5.23 billion dirhams ($1.41 billion at the current exchange rate).

The UK authorities can send 600 SAS special forces units to Ukraine. This is reported by The Mirror newspaper, citing sources. The reason for the transfer is the conviction of British intelligence MI6 and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the imminent invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine.

In 2021, the Russian Federation has already signed new contracts for the supply of weapons and military equipment worth $ 10 billion. Middle Eastern countries account for a third of orders.

Rosoboronexport reported that among the new products there will be over 20 samples of aviation equipment and 10 air defense systems and complexes

Russia will bring almost 50 new weapons to the international market in the next five to seven years. This was announced to journalists on Monday at the Dubai Airshow 2021 by the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.

Servicemen of the Central Military District (CVO) will take part in the joint CSTO exercise "Cobalt-2021" for the first time. They involve formations of special forces, internal affairs bodies, state security, ministries and departments for emergency situations and drug control of the Collective Rapid Response Forces of the CSTO.

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko discussed maneuvers in the Black Sea. This is reported by the website of the Belarusian president.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed during a telephone conversation that it is necessary to de-escalate the crisis with illegal migrants on the border of Belarus and Poland, Western media reported on Monday with reference to the Elysee Palace.

The foreign ministers of Germany and France called on Kiev to exercise restraint in connection with the movement of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, the ministers of the two countries said in a statement.

Belarus would behave differently in the situation with illegal migrants on its border with the EU if Minsk did not have Moscow's support, the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrel said on Monday.

Rostec State Corporation for the first time showed an unmanned modification of the fifth-generation light tactical aircraft Checkmate, developed by the Sukhoi company of the United Aircraft Corporation.

Ukrainian servicemen, including high-ranking officers who left Crimea in 2014, are forced to live in hotels of the Ministry of Defense of the country, without having personal housing. This was announced on November 11 by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Elena Khomenko.

India has sent a protest to China in connection with its construction of settlements in the border areas with the Indian northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kyani said that Iran and the UK have reached an agreement in principle to pay Tehran a debt of 400 million pounds ($535 million) for tanks that were not delivered in 1979.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading the draft law "On Amendments to Article 51 of the Federal Law "On Military Duty and Military Service".

Representatives of the US administration have warned the European Union (EU) about possible plans for Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to anonymous sources.

NATO is actively and aggressively operating near the borders of the Russian Federation, Moscow will take measures to ensure its security and hedge risks, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.