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The International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" is held from August 22 to 28 at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Complex in Kubinka, near Moscow.

Moscow and Washington at the current stage of relations are far from the lowest point of the Soviet-American confrontation during the "Caribbean crisis", when the world was on the verge of a nuclear war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

As part of the scientific and business program of the Army-2021 Forum, the Department of Public Procurement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will organize a regular "round table" dedicated to procurement activities to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which will be held on August 24.

The Russian military conducted exercises using helicopters in the mountains of Tajikistan, the application of conditional strikes on enemy positions was practiced. On Monday, August 23, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reports.

The events in Afghanistan may lead to an increase in demand for Russian weapons, he said

The events in Afghanistan may lead to an increase in demand for Russian weapons, said the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin noted that the internal political situation in the republic is "quite serious"

Russia is ready to develop military and military-technical cooperation (MTC) with Myanmar, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said at a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Maung Maung Ay, on Monday.

A unit of British special forces in Afghanistan faced an unforeseen situation — they were surrounded by the Taliban. The Daily Mail tells how the brave British soldiers were rescued, and the readers of the publication actively express their opinion about this operation.

Joint Belarusian-Russian rear exercises are being held in Belarus before the strategic exercises "West-2021". This was reported on Monday, August 23, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic.

The total volume of supplies to Russia through military-technical cooperation (MTC) in 2020 amounted to $15.6 billion, said the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.

Russia is ready to localize the production of weapons and military equipment on the territory of the United Arab Emirates, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said during talks with his counterpart from the UAE, Al Jaberi Mubarak Said.

The reconstruction of the eastern branch of the Baikal-Amur mainline is planned to be completed a year earlier - in 2023, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation General of the Army Dmitry Bulgakov told reporters at the Army-2021 forum.

Russia and Iran, after the lifting of the UN arms embargo, are conducting a dialogue on the entire range of military products, Russian Ambassador to Tehran Levan Jagaryan said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Russia does not intend to interfere in the events that are taking place in Afghanistan, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The President drew attention to the fact that within the framework of the Army-2021 forum, the audience will be offered a meaningful, rich program

The holding of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" and the Army International Games in Russia will serve to develop cooperation with other countries in the military sphere. This was stated on Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the opening ceremony of these events in the Patriot Park.

The President stressed that Russian weapons have always been in demand on the world market and they reliably protect the security of many countries of the world

The enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) not only consistently provide supplies to the armed forces of the Russian Federation, but are also ready for the widest international cooperation. This was announced by President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the military-technical forum "Army-2021" and the Army International Games in the Patriot Park near Moscow.

Patrolling is carried out with the support of Russian aviation

The military police of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with the Turkish military, continue to patrol the border zone in the north of Syria in the province of Aleppo. This was reported to journalists by the representative of the military police Viktor Sosyura.

The US will abandon the Afghans who helped them, as they did in the Vietnamese city of Saigon. This opinion was expressed by a veteran of the Vietnam War, the first sergeant of the US army, retired Larry Suer.

The Taliban movement captured a huge amount of American-made military equipment and weapons as trophies. Especially a lot of it went to the Taliban at the Bagram air base.

The Kaliningrad Region is a fairly militarized enclave of Russia, which, nevertheless, is not capable of independently conducting aggressive ground operations in Poland. This is stated in the publication of the Defence24 portal, which analyzes the upcoming Russian-Belarusian maneuvers "West-2021".

Engineering units of the Southern Military District (SE) will work out new techniques and methods of performing engineering support tasks, including those developed on the basis of Syrian combat experience, during special exercises.