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320 foreign military personnel took part in the forum

More than 1.7 million people attended the international forum "Army-2021", 320 representatives of foreign military departments from 117 countries took part in it. This was reported on Saturday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Minister of Defense noted that the festival traditionally gathers the best military orchestras of the world

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu sent a greeting to the participants of the International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower", noting that brass music combined with original art allows you to feel the unique national flavor and realize the diversity of cultures of different countries.

Russia is relatively comfortable with the coming to power in Afghanistan of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation), said the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan, director of the second Department of Asia of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zamir Kabulov.

The military-technical forum "Army-2021" in the Moscow region has completed its work, it was attended by more than 1.7 million people. This was reported on Saturday, August 28, on the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

According to the Minister of Defense, the situation was close to this in 2014

It would be interesting for the crews of the Russian army taking part in the International Army Games to compete with the military from the United States and Europe. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, on the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".

The United States during a special operation in Afghanistan, as a result, destroyed two militants of the radical group IS (the terrorist organization "Islamic State", banned in the Russian Federation). This was announced on Saturday, August 28, by American General Hank Taylor during his press briefing.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that Paris and London will submit a draft resolution to an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday with a proposal to form a security zone in Kabul.

Israeli Air Force planes on Sunday night struck targets of the Hamas group in the central part of the Gaza Strip, the Yediot Ahronot newspaper reports, citing the Israeli army.

At least seven people were killed and more than 50 were injured on Sunday as a result of attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels on the Yemeni Air Force base "an-Anad" in the province of Lahij in the south of the country.

According to the Minister of Defense, the terrorists have introduced a monetary system and a system of centralized taxation

The Russian Federation faced professional and organized terrorists during the counter-terrorist operation in Syria. This was announced by the head of the Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu in an exclusive interview for the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live", the footage of which was shown on the TV channel "Russia-1".

The threat is posed by drugs and weapons. More than 100 American Javelin anti-tank complexes fell into the hands of the Taliban

The main risks from the territory of Afghanistan, where the Taliban movement came to power (banned in Russia), are drugs and weapons, including modern portable anti-aircraft missile and anti-tank systems, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu does not consider Ukraine a threat to Russia. "I would not talk about Ukraine as a threat. I believe that Ukraine and the Ukrainian people are a fraternal people. These are not only our neighbors, we are one people. Here, I don't even want to argue and reflect on this topic at all. Because this is a creation and plans and a program that is implemented, you know, by whom, how and for what money, " Shoigu said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the parties discussed the situation in Afghanistan, the Kremlin's press service reported on Wednesday.

The Taiwan administration has announced plans to increase the defense budget for 2022 from 453.4 billion to 471.7 billion Taiwanese dollars (from $16.25 billion to $16.89 billion), Western media reported on Thursday.

Within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum "ARMY-2021", which has been held annually since 2015, a round table was held on the topic: "Topical issues of the development and use of technical weapons of Railway troops".

Exercises to combat enemy underwater saboteurs were held at the Crimean Naval Base (KVMB), the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) said on Thursday.

The US sanctions imposed against Kalashnikov are aimed at giving the Americans an advantage in the small arms market, Vladimir Lepin, CEO of the concern, told Interfax.

Joint exercises with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region of Collective Security of the CSTO "Rubezh-2021" will be held in Kyrgyzstan from September 7 to 9, the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff reported.

Russia has received new applications from the countries of Central Asia, Afghanistan's neighbors, for the supply of helicopters, small arms and border protection systems, the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev told RIA Novosti during the Army-2021 forum.

This year the forum was organized for the first time in Simferopol

The international military-technical forum "Army", which will be held in Simferopol for the first time, is planned to be made annual, the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov said on his page in VKontakte.