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Instead of the costly and difficult path of full-fledged military construction, Ukraine is looking for a" Wunderwaffe "(from the German Wunderwaffe) — a" miracle weapon "that would allow it to repel all the phantom attacks of the Russian side at once, said military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.

Joint Ukrainian-American military exercises "Rapid Trident-2021" will begin in Ukraine on September 20 on the basis of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security of the National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetman Pyotr Sagaidachny.

The head of the European Commission said that the European Union needs its own armed forces after the defeat of NATO in Afghanistan. According to Ursula von der Leyen, it is important to build cooperation with neighboring countries and regional forces today. Turkey — a NATO member, but not an EU member, fits perfectly into this strategy, the author believes.

Alexander Lukashevich drew attention to the fact that the military exercises conducted on its territory involving armed formations and foreign military equipment from NATO countries do not contribute to national peace and harmony in Ukraine.

Scientists from Perm Polytechnic University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (PRC) have created a unique technology that will allow enterprises to produce industrial products without defects. Laser welding in vacuum will improve the quality of critical structures in the aerospace and engineering industries.

Europe has announced a reduction in dependence on microelectronics suppliers from the United States and Southeast Asia, Reuters reported on Wednesday-the European Commission intends to create its own ecosystem of chip production.

The US Air Force Special Operations Command plans to design, build and test a kit for converting the C-130J transport vehicle into a seaplane in 17 months. The military believes that this will make it independent of the runways and allow it to participate in a larger range of operations.

American intelligence agencies have suggested that the Al-Qaeda group (recognized as a terrorist group and banned in the Russian Federation) will be able to restore its potential for terrorist attacks on the territory of the United States in 1-2 years. This was stated on Tuesday, September 14, by the head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, Lieutenant General Scott Berrier.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has threatened that Paris will withdraw the military from Mali if mercenaries from the private military company Wagner start working in this African country.

The military delegation of Kazakhstan has arrived in Dushanbe to participate in a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils, the press service of the Kazakh Defense Ministry reported.

During a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Chong Yong, promised that Seoul will continue to make efforts aimed at ensuring peace with the DPRK, and expressed hope that these efforts will be supported by Beijing, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Washington, due to bureaucracy and fear of risks, is extremely slow to act in the military sphere in competition with Moscow and Beijing. This was stated by the American General John Hyten.

A joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils was held in Dushanbe. On the Russian side, it was attended by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, as well as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils agreed on the creation of a Coordinating Council on Biological Security issues. This decision was made on Wednesday in Dushanbe by the secretaries of the Security Councils of the CSTO member states in Dushanbe. The meeting was attended by the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev.

There are no Russian military personnel on the territory of Mali, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. When asked whether the Minister of Defense of Mali raised the issue of providing military assistance during his visit to Russia, Peskov replied that Russia maintains contacts, including through the military, with many countries, including the African continent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin invited the members of the Russian Security Council to discuss Russia's participation in international organizations and security issues, taking into account the events in Afghanistan.

The closing ceremony was held at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region

The closing ceremony of the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021" was held at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Almost 2.5 thousand military personnel were involved in practical actions

Specialists of the electronic warfare units of the Guards Tank Division of the Central Military District protected the columns of tank regiments from mine-explosive barriers with the help of electronic warfare systems during a practical episode of bilateral exercises of tank regiments in the Chelyabinsk region. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

The servicemen of the country's Combat Army Reserve (BARS) will master the tactics and use of all-terrain vehicles with machine-gun and anti-tank weapons. Training sessions for the crews of automobile "wheelbarrows" will be held at the Tarskoye training ground.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which demands to recover about 1.2 billion rubles from the Samara PJSC "UEC-Kuznetsov", which produces engines for aircraft and missiles, follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.