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The commander of the Turkish Air Force (Air Force), Abidin Yunal, is allegedly responsible for the incident with the Russian Su-24 aircraft, which was shot down in 2015 in the sky near the border of Syria and Turkey.

The weapons belonging to the company EMKO, stored in warehouses in the Czech village of Vrbetice, where the 2014 explosions occurred, were old ammunition from the Warsaw Pact era and were not intended for sale. This was stated in an interview with the magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday, May 22, the head of the company, the Bulgarian arms dealer Emiliyan Gebrev.

The head of the US Department of Defense, Lloyd Austin, during a speech to cadets of the US Military Academy West Point in New York on Saturday, May 22, said that the country faces threats of terrorism, cyber weapons and the coronavirus pandemic.

The main threat to the UK is Russia, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said in an interview with The Telegraph.

Russian and Serbian special forces during the tactical exercise "Joint Response - 2021" demonstrated a high level of coordination of actions, said State Secretary - Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov.

Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru commanded the Nigerian army for less than six months. On May 22, the BBC news agency reported that the crew of a Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force and 11 of its passengers were killed in a plane crash near Kaduna International Airport.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Sunday, May 23, appealed to the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, with a request to consider the introduction of sanctions against the Belarusian authorities over the incident with the Ryanair plane.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during a telephone conversation that Israel needs some time to complete the operation in Gaza, Axios reports, citing an Israeli official.

The Foreign Ministry, the SVR and the Ministry of Emergency Situations will determine the timing and format of the evacuation, taking into account the development of the situation in the Gaza Strip

The evacuated citizens will be taken to Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on the evacuation of Russian and CIS citizens from the Gaza Strip.

Cameroon has received the first (of two planned transfers) shipment of military equipment to equip the contingent taking part in the peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR).

In Russia, there are new airline complexes, they have no analogues in the world, combat surface and submarine ships due to a prudent attitude to finance, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In the third reading, the plenary session of the State Duma considered and adopted the draft laws "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" and "On Amendments to Article 51 of the Federal Law "On Military Duty and Military Service".

At a meeting of the Russian organizing committee "Victory", Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the topic of threats against the Russian Federation. The Russian leader noted that our country can "knock out the teeth" of those who try to "bite" it.

The area of the interior of the cave was about 100 square meters

The Russian and Syrian military destroyed another underground catacombs of terrorists in the province of Hama with the help of their own ammunition left during the retreat in 2019 in the caches of the city of Kafr Zayty, Lieutenant Colonel of the engineering service of the Russian Armed Forces Anton Timofeev told reporters.

In Ukraine, the decision of the National Security Council of the country (NSDC) of May 14, which provides for an increase in military spending in the budget of Ukraine in the next three years, was put into effect. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on May 18.

A representative of the command of the Eastern Military District of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) on Wednesday protested in connection with the next passage of a US warship through the Taiwan Strait.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers plans to explore potential contractors for a project to build military facilities in 20 countries in the Middle East and Central Asia. The corresponding initiative is estimated at $240 million, as reported on Wednesday, May 19.

Threats to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT payment system exacerbate the risks in the country's economy, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Vakhrukov said in an interview with Interfax.

Russia will help Tajikistan build a modern border post on the Tajik-Afghan border, and a corresponding agreement will be signed in the near future.

Russia will not leave unanswered the expulsion of its diplomatic staff and unsubstantiated accusations from unfriendly countries, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Vakhrukov said in an interview with Interfax.