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The 144th Guards Motorized Rifle Division is stationed in the area of Yelnya. On Tuesday, November 2, military expert Vladislav Shurygin recalled this in an interview with Izvestia, commenting on an article by Politico with pictures of Russian tanks allegedly near the border with Ukraine.

The Kremlin considered the materials of the American media, writing about the alleged movement of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, unworthy of comments, pointing to the poor quality of these publications.

Western media publications, according to which Russia is pulling troops to the Ukrainian border, are a propaganda operation, the quality of which leaves much to be desired, experts interviewed by RIA Novosti said.

Thematic meetings on defense are held annually in May and November

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, November 3, will conclude the next series of meetings on defense issues, which is taking place in Sochi. This was reported to TASS by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.

The portfolio of orders for Russian weapons exceeded $ 52 billion, said Dmitry Shugaev, director of the FSVTS. On Sputnik radio, military expert Alexander Zhilin explained the increased interest of foreign buyers in Russian weapons.

The Government of the Russian Federation has identified five law enforcement agencies that will carry out all their purchases in closed competitive ways. The relevant government decree has been published on the legal information portal.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Ukraine should stop calling Bayraktar "Turkish".

According to Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, the drones, although manufactured in Turkey, belong to completely different countries.

In the Altai Territory, anti-sabotage exercises with the Barnaul missile compound have ended, in which more than 1,000 servicemen and 100 pieces of equipment took part, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

The conclusions about the origin of the coronavirus contained in the declassified report of the American intelligence community are unreliable and unscientific, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned at a meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that Washington's policy towards Taiwan is fraught with deterioration of Sino-American relations and aggravation of the situation in the Taiwan Strait, Chinese media reported.

NATO is not interested in developing cooperation and bilateral relations with Moscow, this opinion was voiced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He was answering a question from journalists about whether there are signals from the alliance indicating readiness to restore dialogue with Russia. Representatives of the alliance only offered to discuss the situation in Ukraine during the Council meeting.

Sudan will continue to implement agreements on the establishment of a Russian military base in the country, Sudanese military leader, commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The peacekeeping exercises "Unbreakable Brotherhood - 2021" of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) countries will be held on the territory of Russia from November 8 to 12.

Ukraine will never receive weapons from other countries if it is promoted on this. This was announced on Monday, November 1, by the ex-head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Pavlo Klimkin.

Named the strongest armies in the world in 2021.

Global Firepower publishes the results of its annual study of the military power of 140 countries around the world. In its rating, it relies on 50 factors. Among them are not only the number of troops and military equipment, but also the financial condition, technological development and geographical location of the state.

The mortality rate from coronavirus in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has halved in 2021 compared to 2020, the incidence has decreased approximately the same way, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow will respond to attempts to break strategic parity adequately to the situation. He said this on November 1 during a meeting in Sochi with the leadership of the military-industrial complex and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

According to Deputy Vasily Piskarev, the extension of this norm to the FSB "will serve to strengthen its personnel and expand the sources of replenishment of security agencies with young promising specialists."

Dmitry Shugaev noted that the weapons could also fall into the hands of terrorists

American weapons abandoned in Afghanistan can enter the illegal market and become a problem for the whole world, Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with RBC, which will be published on Tuesday.

Ukraine took the 25th place in the ranking of the strongest armies in the world, improving the previous indicator. At the same time, Kiev claims that they have the "strongest" troops in Europe. However, according to the compilers of the list, the APU is still far from the Russian army.