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Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin, speaking at the Armed Forces Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, said that when preparing proposals for the US defense budget, the possibilities of new wars were taken into account.

Japan has sent a protest to Russia in connection with the large-scale military exercises that began yesterday in the waters of the Sea of Japan, on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, Secretary General of the Japanese government Katsunobu Kato told reporters.

Anti-Russian NATO exercises increase tensions in the Black Sea and Baltic regions

The recent NATO summit was anti-Russian, the course taken by Russia to build up its defense capability is without alternative, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

The world has witnessed the biggest escalation in relations between Russia and the UK since the Skripal case. So The Spectator columnist Tim Ogden commented on the recent incident with the British ship Defender.

Russia is already used to being the object of attacks from the West, but it has developed a reliable response to external pressure - consolidating society, strengthening its defense potential, strengthening economic, financial and technological self-sufficiency, said Sergey Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

The leadership of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia announced Belarus ' interest in a wide range of Russian-made military products.

The army of Chad is equipped with a large number of military equipment of Soviet and Russian production, Russian specialists are ready to assist in its repair and modernization.

According to the verification scenario, the brigade was brought to an increased degree of combat readiness, the personnel received weapons, and the equipment was removed from temporary storage

More than 600 military signalmen of the Guards Tank Red Banner Army of the Western Military District were raised on a training alert in preparation for the strategic Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2021". This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of the district.

Russia will raise the issue of the incident with the British destroyer in the Black Sea in the OSCE, Russian Permanent Representative Alexander Lukashevich said.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree that puts into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on indefinite sanctions against the Director General of Rostec State Corporation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation Sergey Chemezov.

Two military districts of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan have begun training to bring troops into combat readiness against the background of the escalation of the situation in neighboring Afghanistan, the press service of the ministry reported on Thursday.

The exercises involve 10 thousand military personnel, 500 units of military equipment, 32 aircraft, 12 ships and vessels

The bilateral military exercise, which involves the forces of the Eastern Military District( VVO), the Pacific Fleet, began on the Kuril Islands (Iturup and Kunashir), on Sakhalin and in the waters of the Sea of Japan, the press service of the VVO reported on Wednesday.

The Sea Breeze-2021 military exercises, which will be held on the territory of Ukraine and in the Black Sea from June 28 to July 10, "encourage militaristic sentiments in Kiev," Moscow calls on the United States and its allies to abandon the practice of military operations in the region.

Russia will sign a number of new agreements on military and military-technical cooperation with African countries at the Moscow Conference on International Security, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said.

"After the withdrawal of NATO forces, we can expect a resumption of civil war with all the negative consequences: further deterioration of the population's life, mass migration, and the spread of extremism to neighboring states," Shoigu said at the IX Moscow Conference on International Security.

NATO countries are working on the transfer of troops to the borders of the Russian Federation and Belarus, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The current situation in Europe requires urgent decisions to de-escalate it. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security on Wednesday.

Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin accused the US special services of involvement in the preparation of an armed rebellion in the republic.

Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons only in response to the use of weapons of mass destruction against it, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

Russia is determined to continue active cooperation with Algeria in strengthening security and stability on the African continent, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.