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Two members of the US House of Representatives, Republicans Mike Rogers (Alabama) and Mike Turner (Ohio), addressed a letter to the President of the United States Joe Biden, urging him to continue arming Ukraine and deploy the US military presence in the Black Sea. This was reported on Friday, November 5, by the Defense News publication.

An exercise to repel an attack by an illegal armed group (IAF) on the objects of the 201st Russian military base took place in Tajikistan, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Saturday.

Russia's military activity in Crimea does not exceed its defensive needs, moreover, it works for stability in the region, Deputy head of the Russian delegation to the First Committee of the UN General Assembly Andrei Belousov told reporters.

A control check with live firing of tanks of the Vistula Motorized Rifle Division has been completed in the Voronezh Region, the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Saturday.

US President Joe Biden's promise to limit the role of nuclear weapons in the country's strategic concept has faced resistance from the Pentagon.

The military wants to maintain the status quo in the face of an arms buildup in China and Russia, Politico reported, citing its own sources. 

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told what new equipment and weapons the Ground Forces have already received and will receive this year. According to the agency, we are talking about more than 2.5 thousand samples of modern arsenal.

Berlin. November 6th. INTERFAX - The German government plans to change relations with the current government of Afghanistan and will send diplomat Markus Potzel to the country in the coming days to clarify the situation on the ground, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reports.

The Uzbek military suspended the transfer of the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border in the Batken region of the Kyrgyz Republic.

This is reported by Radio Azattyk with reference to the head of the Batken district Uchkunbek Zhorobayev.

On Sunday, the press service of the Central Military District reported that military contingents of six states of the Organization arrived in Tatarstan for the joint exercise "Indestructible Brotherhood -2021" of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO.

In 2022, the Azerbaijani government will allocate 1.6 billion manats ($941.2 million at the current exchange rate) for projects to strengthen the country's defense potential and improve the material and technical base of the armed forces, the Ministry of Finance told Interfax-Azerbaijan.

Conducting regular military exercises bypassing the Montreux Convention will help deprive Russia of dominance in the Black Sea - this opinion was shared by US Navy officer Brian Harrington in an article for The Hill.

As the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation noted, that is why it is so important to comply with all measures to combat coronavirus

Enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) cannot go to lockdown due to obligations under the state defense order, therefore it is so important for them to comply with all measures to combat coronavirus. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov.

The entire command staff of the Russian Armed Forces has Syrian combat experience, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Many general designers of enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex have died from coronavirus, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said.

Moscow and Washington have shown that they are ready to take responsibility and agree on information security issues, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The non-governmental organization "White Helmets" is preparing staged filming in Idlib province, which is not controlled by the Syrian authorities, said Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the Arab Republic. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

Russia currently does not threaten the Baltic states, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes.

"Despite a significant increase in Russia's aggressiveness, there is currently no direct military threat to the Baltic states," Stoltenberg told Estonian Television.

Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin received in Moscow the head of the US CIA William Burns.

Cooperation in the fight against terrorism was discussed with the Americans, the SVR reported.

"The director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, Naryshkin, on the initiative of the American side, received the director of the US CIA, Burns," the press bureau of the SVR said in a statement.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed with Australian Foreign Minister Maris Payne efforts to ensure a peaceful Indo-Pacific region and trilateral cooperation with AUKUS, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

The United States considers Singapore a strong and reliable partner in solving global security problems and hopes to strengthen cooperation with it in the military sphere, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said.