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The Zapad-2021 strategic exercises, which will be held from September 10 to 16, will point out to Western partners the futility of building up military capacities near the Kaliningrad Region. This was stated on the air of the radio station "Moscow Speaks" by Deputy Defense Minister - head of the Main Military-Political Department of the Armed Forces Andrey Kartapolov.

British fighter jets and soldiers of the Royal Armed Forces have arrived in Ukraine to participate in the parade on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the country's independence, the press service of the British Embassy in Ukraine reported on Saturday.

Leader of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Araik Harutyunyan and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan discussed steps to solve humanitarian and social problems in Karabakh, the situation on the border.

After the flight of the government forces of Afghanistan, the militants of the radical Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) seized a part of the military equipment of the United States as trophies. This is reported by the Reuters news agency.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin's press service reported.

Ahmad Masood, who led the resistance forces in the only non-controlled radical movement "Taliban" (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in the Afghan province of Panjshir, is currently negotiating with the radicals, the publication Panjshir_Province reported on Saturday evening.

The Israel Defense Forces launched airstrikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip after a border police officer was seriously injured during riots in the area of the border security barrier, the Israeli army said in a statement.

Former US President Donald Trump said that the problems that America faced when withdrawing troops from Afghanistan were caused by the incompetence of President Joe Biden.

The International military-technical Forum "Army-2021" is held from August 22 to 28

A delegation of the Armenian Defense Ministry headed by Minister Arshak Karapetyan will travel to the Russian Federation to participate in the opening ceremonies of the Army-2021 military-industrial exhibition and the International Army Games. This was reported on Sunday by the press service of the department.

According to the ministry, one of the most significant events will be the congress " Diversification of the Defense Industry. Transformation of the production base"

The scientific and business program of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", which started on Sunday, will allow determining priority areas for the development of the military-industrial complex, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

According to the results of 2021, all military personnel will receive a one-time payment of 15 thousand rubles, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The President stressed that the military are the same citizens of the Russian Federation, but it is still a "special detachment"

Russian President Vladimir Putin assured the servicemen that the authorities will continue to provide them with comprehensive support.

The Taliban Resistance Movement (an organization banned in the Russian Federation), which controls the Panjshir province, expresses its readiness for both a coalition with the Taliban and a war.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Kiev continues to count on the supply of weapons from Germany. "We have applied to the German government regarding the supply of weapons (to Ukraine - IF) and received refusals in one form or another, because I would really like to, and we are really working - within the framework of exercises, within the framework of NATO exercises," Zelensky said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry takes an active offensive position, the potential of the domestic diplomatic service works very pragmatically, precisely in the national interests of Russia, President Vladimir Putin said.

A new type of war - mental-is becoming today the most important tool of interstate confrontation, adviser to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrey Ilnitsky said at a conference on Sunday.

The evacuation of civilians carried out by the United States at the Kabul airport is likely to become the second largest operation of its kind in American history, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Mark Milley said on Wednesday.

There are no prerequisites for the entry of the Russian military contingent into Afghanistan, Russia will focus on political and diplomatic efforts, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

US President Joe Biden said that the agreement of his predecessor Donald Trump with representatives of the Taliban movement (recognized as a terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation) helped to avoid attacks on the US military in Afghanistan.

US intelligence allowed the fall of the Afghan government towards the end of this year, but there was no consensus on this. At the same time, no one foresaw that the army of this country would collapse so soon, US President Joe Biden said in an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, August 18.