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CNN reports that about 1 thousand American soldiers will remain in Afghanistan. The military will guard the airport and the US Embassy in Kabul, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The withdrawal of the main forces should be completed in the coming days. As previously reported by the Associated Press, the airport will be transferred to the protection of Turkish soldiers in September. However, now the Pentagon's plans can change at any time. American troops have been in Afghanistan since October 2001.

The provocation of the United States and Great Britain in Russian territorial waters could not lead to a third world war, since the West understands that it will not be able to emerge victorious from it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday during a direct line.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) last week published a "joint opinion" on the "Proposal on the regulation of artificial intelligence based on the European Approach"released in April.

The US military in Syria was subjected to rocket fire, said the representative of the US coalition, Colonel Wayne Marotto.

On Tuesday, two-day exercises of the air forces of NATO countries and their partners Ramstein Alloy started in the airspace of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the main purpose of which is to test the security of the Baltic airspace.

According to the estimates of the US Air Force command, one of the components of the US strategic nuclear shield – the Minuteman III land-based ICBM needs to be replaced, since many of them have already passed half a century, and their service life is already expiring. After all, they were adopted back in 1970.

The South Korean Defense Procurement Authority (DAPA) decided to create its own air defense system, similar to the Israeli "Iron Dome". According to Yonhap, the development will begin next year and will be completed around 2035.

The Russian Armed Forces see the development of strategic nuclear forces and robotic equipment as their priority.

Financing of the supply of weapons and equipment within the framework of the State Defense Order to the army and navy is proceeding at a faster pace. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the board of the military department. Shoigu said that already now the rate of placement of the state defense order is higher than last year and is 95 percent.

The United States Air Force conducted airstrikes against Iranian-backed rebel targets on the border of Iraq and Syria, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a statement on June 27.

Romania supports an increase in the number of US and coalition troops to "contain" Russia in the Black Sea region, Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said.

The US airstrikes against pro-Iranian forces in the border area of Iraq and Syria are illegitimate and are an act of aggression against these states, said Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Yuri Shvytkin.

The largest exercise "Lightning Strike 2021" took place in the mountains in the south-west of Serbia with the key participation of military equipment purchased in the Russian Federation, or received under the agreement on military cooperation between Moscow and Belgrade, RIA Novosti reports.

Ankara's missions within the framework of NATO are not limited to Afghanistan, a columnist of the opposition Turkish newspaper "Jumhuriyet" is sure. In his opinion, the United States is creating an anti-Russian front, which begins with the Baltic States. In this regard, Erdogan's actions in the Crimea and the Caucasus are not just tactical tasks, they are connected with the front on which Turkey is positioned strategically.

On Monday, a joint tactical exercise with live firing "Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - 2021"began in Azerbaijan together with Turkish servicemen.

Almost all quantum computers created so far are quite large devices that completely occupy the space of the laboratories allocated for them.

The Agency for Procurement, Technology and Logistics of the Japanese Ministry of Defense has completed the development of a multi-purpose UH-2 helicopter to replace the outdated UH-1J. According to Janes, now it will be transferred to the Japanese Ground Defense Forces for operation.

At a meeting in the Kremlin with graduates of military universities, Vladimir Putin said that among the new weapons systems are the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, the Zircon hypersonic ship missile, and the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems.

The servicemen of the 32nd battalion of the Georgian Defense Forces have completed their mission in Afghanistan, the last military unit has returned home, the press service of the Georgian Defense Ministry reported.

On June 27, the United States attacked the armories of paramilitary groups in Syria and Iraq. This was stated by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, speaking on Monday, June 28, at a press conference in Rome, where he arrived on a visit.

The US Defense Ministry promised to "adhere to full transparency" regarding operations in the Black Sea

The multinational military exercises Sea Breeze-2021, which will be held on the territory of Ukraine and in the Black Sea from June 28 to July 10, will comply with international law. This statement was made on Thursday at a regular briefing by the press secretary of the US Department of Defense, John Kirby.