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The control check of the Russian Armed Forces was carried out this spring in accordance with international standards and in a planned mode, but for some reason it frightened Western countries, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

"We have completed vaccination by almost 93 percent, including not only military personnel, but also their relatives," Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday at a plenary meeting of the Public Council under the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced plans to hold a series of preparatory exercises that will precede the strategic command and staff exercises "West-2021".

The international air force exercise Arctic Challenge Exercise is provocative and contradicts the peaceful development of the Arctic region, the Russian Embassy in the United States said.

The main Command of the SV and specialists of educational institutions will demonstrate to the business and scientific community, as well as to all visitors of the Army-2021 forum, the best achievements of scientific and technical thought, embodied in modern and promising models of VIVT.

Relations between Russia and the United States should be taken out of the lowest point in which they have been since the Cold War, this is in the interests of not only the two countries, but also the whole world, said Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

A number of issues for the Russia-US summit are in an advanced stage of preparation, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday.

Currently, the problem of evaders from military service is not serious, the number of such cases has been declining for several years. This was announced on Tuesday, June 8, by a representative of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Department of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The Western military District (ZVO) will be reinforced with hypersonic missile systems "Dagger", according to "Izvestia", citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The joint Russian-Belarusian-Serbian tactical exercise "Slavic Brotherhood-2021" will be held in the Krasnodar Territory on the basis of the Novorossiysk Airborne Forces, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Russia does not abandon the dialogue with NATO, but there is no positive agenda for the Russia-NATO Council yet, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said.

At the Polish aviation training ground Nadarzyce, the pilot of a MiG-29 fighter from a 30-mm gun fired at another MiG-29, with which he was flying in a pair. The incident occurred on May 14 during an exercise.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the decision on Ukraine's accession to NATO cannot be postponed for the future, it must be decided immediately.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that during meetings with the head of the US State Department Anthony Blinken and US senators, they discussed increasing military assistance to Ukraine, as well as strengthening security in the Black and Azov Seas.

Shooting training sessions for Russian and Syrian military personnel were held on the Syrian coast. This was announced on Monday, June 7.

The Japanese authorities will continue to negotiate with Russia on the conclusion of a peace treaty, said the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan Katsunobu Kato.

Russia sold $15 billion worth of weapons abroad in 2020, and the order portfolio remained at $50 billion, said Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation.

The company also participates in the international arms exhibition Shield Africa 2021, which takes place from June 8 to 10 in Abidjan

Rosoboronexport (part of the state corporation Rostec) signed contracts worth $1.7 billion with sub - Saharan Africa in 2020-early 2021. This was reported on Monday in the press service of the company.

On June 7, the sale of tickets and car passes for the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021"began. Tickets can be purchased on the official website of the event.

The Army-2021 Forum will be held from August 22 to 28, 2021 at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, at the Alabino training ground and Kubinka airfield.

The final 3rd International Planning Conference with the participation of representatives of the host countries of the ArMI-2021 and the military and diplomatic corps was held in the Patriot Exhibition Center.