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The United States predicted the "worst military defeat" since the Second World War. This was stated by columnist John Rossomando in his article for The National Interest.

The exhibition dedicated to the military activities of the Russian Federation in the Arctic will be presented for the first time at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", which will be held in Kubinka in August, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said.

The Ministry of Finance of Indonesia has given permission to the command of the country's Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense to receive external loans in the amount of up to $ 5.8 billion in 2021.

The Syrian authorities control more than 90% of the country's territories. This was announced on August 10 by the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, during the All-Russian Youth Educational Forum "Territory of Meanings".

The Orthodox Church is in second place, the head of the Ministry of Defense noted

TASS, August 10. The level of trust in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in society ranges from 79 to 86%, this is the highest indicator. This was stated on Tuesday by the head of the Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu at a panel discussion at the youth forum "Territory of Meanings".

The Russian Defense Ministry will annually recruit an additional 15 thousand contract soldiers and officers. According to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, the additional sets will be held in the period from 2021 to 2024 inclusive.

The Russian Armed Forces received more than 200 units of weapons and military equipment in the first half of 2021. This was announced on Tuesday, August 10, by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during the single day of acceptance of military products.

This is a very high indicator, the Russian Defense Minister stressed

There are about 170 battalion-tactical groups in the Russian army today. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, this is a good indicator.

New contracts for the supply of weapons and military equipment will be concluded for a period of 10 years, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko said.

Joint military exercises with Russia are being held in China. On August 9, the Xinhua news Agency reported that the West exercise began at the PLA training base in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Interaction-2021".

In the Armed Forces of Belarus, the program for the implementation of the released material resources continues. So, on the territory of the 263rd base for the storage, repair and disposal of communications equipment, an exhibition and sale of military equipment and property that have not found use in the Armed Forces was held.

Despite the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, a peace agreement between the Afghan parties has not been reached, a senior EU official told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday on condition of anonymity.

Russian scientists have launched the first open-access quantum network in Moscow, in which all interested organizations will be able to participate, reports TASS on Monday with reference to the press service of the National Research Technological University "MISIS".

The Spanish company Navantia has started testing the combat system for the lead submarine of the S-80 project "Isaac Peral". It will monitor the submarine's armament, track targets and provide information necessary for missions. According to Naval News, while it was tested on land, but on August 31 it will be installed on the first Spanish submarine.

Since the beginning of 2021, specialists of the Military Construction Complex of the Ministry of Defense have been building 4 thousand objects of various purposes in different parts of the country. About 30 thousand specialists and more than 2.8 thousand pieces of equipment are involved in the construction sites of the Ministry of Defense every day. According to the ministry, it is planned to put into operation 3 thousand buildings and structures. Of these, 1,617 buildings have already been built and many have been commissioned on a turnkey basis.

Specialists of all branches of the Southern Military District with the involvement of aviation and ships of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) and the Caspian Flotilla (CFL) are starting a week of large-scale battalion tactical exercises in the South of Russia, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

During the joint strategic exercise "SIBU/INTERACTION-2021", servicemen of the Russian military contingent and the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) will use unmanned aerial vehicles.

Russian military builders will build more than fifty objects on the islands of the Kuril Ridge, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

Units of the Armed Forces of Laos have arrived in the Primorsky Territory to participate in the joint Russian-Lao exercise "Laros-2021", the Eastern Military District (VVO) announced on Monday.

The fighting will continue until the Taliban and the Afghan government start negotiations

The special representatives of the" extended troika " for Afghanistan (Russia, the United States, Pakistan, China) will discuss the ongoing offensive of the Taliban (members of the Taliban group banned in the Russian Federation - IF) at the upcoming meeting in Doha on August 11, Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation, director of the second Asia department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told Interfax on Monday.