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Militants from Afghanistan may try to break into the territory of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), said Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District (CVO).

Paris recalled the ambassadors from the United States and Australia for consultations on the termination of the submarine contract with the Naval Group by Canberra.

The Presidential Committee on Strategy and Budget of Turkey has published a draft of the country's "Medium-term Economic Development Program" (MTEP) covering the period 2022-2024.

The Ukrainian-American military exercises Rapid Trident-2021 started on Monday in the Lviv region, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.

The Russian military has launched major exercises in the south against the background of maneuvers launched in Ukraine with the participation of NATO contingents. About 10 thousand Russian servicemen are involved in the exercises, which began at training grounds in the Rostov region, Chechnya, Crimea and South Ossetia, the Southern Military District (SE) said on Monday.

The British Ministry of Defense has signed three contracts for the development of laser and radio frequency weapons demonstrators. One of the promising installations will be tested on board the Type 23 frigate, and the other will be installed on the Wolfhound armored vehicle.

The United States has agreed to expand its military presence in Australia, the country will be provided with assistance in obtaining nuclear submarines from the American side. This was announced on Thursday, September 16, by the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin.

The radical Taliban movement that has come to power in Afghanistan (banned in the Russian Federation) plans to create a regular army in the country.

"In the near future, we will build a strong and orderly army," Qari Fasihuddin, the chief of staff of the Taliban forces, said on Wednesday, as quoted by the Afghan media.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will propose to his British counterpart Boris Johnson to conclude an agreement with the European Union in the field of defense and security, The Times reports, citing informed sources.

The US State Department has approved the provision of services to Saudi Arabia for the maintenance of military equipment in the amount of $ 500 million, RIA Novosti reports, citing the US Department of Defense.

Expenditures on the security and defense sector in the state budget of Ukraine for 2022 are provided at the level of 5.95% of GDP. This was stated by Prime Minister Denis Shmygal at a government meeting on September 15, according to Ukrinform.

The United States, Great Britain and Australia united to protect their interests, and France was indirectly affected. On September 16, the BBC news agency reported that the three states had concluded a historic security pact.

The countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have agreed to develop cooperation in the field of defense, according to a joint declaration adopted at a meeting of the Council of Heads of member States of the organization.

During the closing ceremony of the exercises, the participants of the exercises of the military contingents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia who showed the best results during the maneuvers were awarded

The military authorities of Russia and Belarus have shown full compatibility of the controls and a high level of interaction at the joint strategic exercises "West-2021". This was reported on Friday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with reference to the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Sergei Istrakov.

The acting Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Anna Beileveld, decided to resign after the parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the government on the eve of its actions to evacuate from Afghanistan, the NL Times portal reported on Friday.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressed gratitude for the assistance of the Finnish side during the evacuation from Kabul, the Kremlin's press service reports.

The armed formations of the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) continue to destroy unmanned aerial vehicles of the Saudi coalition. So, this week it became known that another Wing Loong 2 attack drone of Chinese production was shot down over the province of Saada.

Russia and Italy are preparing a meeting of the foreign and defense ministers of the two countries in the "two plus two" format, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports. According to the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, on Friday, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko held talks in Moscow with the director of the Department for Political Affairs and Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Pasquale

By 2030, it is planned to integrate the Ukrainian army into the Euro-Atlantic security architecture

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of August 20, 2021 and approved the Strategic Defense Bulletin of Ukraine, which reflects the country's military security strategy.

Russia has an incredibly powerful armed forces, and it is necessary to understand how it has managed to transform them over the past two decades, the deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (KNSH)said on Friday, September 17 US Armed Forces General John Hyten.