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NATO activity near the Russian borders does not decrease, the military-political situation remains tense

Modern dangers and threats require Russia to take new approaches to ensuring the country's national security and defense, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said on Friday at a graduation ceremony for graduates of the Military Academy of the General Staff.

[b]An innovative scheme for providing troops during the transition from peacetime to wartime has been developed, said Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova.]

The new system of financing the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in wartime will be developed for the first time during the joint Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021", which will be held on the territory of the two countries in September. This was reported to journalists by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Tatyana Shevtsova during a working trip to Belarus.

The calculation of Western countries on technical superiority in terms of the implementation of the Open Skies Treaty (DON), from which the United States and later Russia withdrew, did not justify itself, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Small European states are determined to remain useful to NATO. June 17, portal luxtimes.lu he said that Luxembourg and Belgium are going to form a joint army battalion.

The North Atlantic Council of NATO has expressed its "deep regret" over Russia's decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty (DON).

Enterprises of the military-industrial complex can use a tool that is gaining popularity among state - owned companies to attract financing in the market-perpetual bonds, joining borrowers such as Gazprom and Russian Railways.

As part of the Baltops 2021 exercise, the US army "tested" a new Challenger 650 Artemis reconnaissance and target designation aircraft in Russia, Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Some US troops will leave the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Biden administration is changing its military strategy. The Pentagon has begun withdrawing Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems from Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, the Izvestia TV channel reports.

The Russian Black Sea Fleet has sent 1.5 thousand troops to help the population of Crimea, which was affected by flooding, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

The video diary of innovations of the forum “Army 2021 " is a series of video broadcasts about innovative products of the most advanced enterprises of the military-industrial complex. The broadcasts will be held from August 23 to 27, 2021, during the Army-2021 forum, and are aimed at the heads of the main enterprises and the command of the Ministry of Defense.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar in a telephone conversation raised issues related to the diplomatic presence in Afghanistan, the press service of the Pentagon reported.

Russia and the United States can follow the path of constructive cooperation, said the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov. "We felt a constructive attitude. I think both our countries will follow this path, " Gerasimov said about the talks between the Russian and US presidents in Geneva in an interview with the host of the Moscow program. The Kremlin. Putin" to Pavel Zarubin (TV channel "Russia-1", VGTRK).

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on his Greek colleagues to abandon "provocative actions" in the Mediterranean. "Greece needs to abandon provocative actions," Cavusoglu said at a press conference on the occasion of the end of the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya.

Soviet military aircraft are living out their last years in Ukraine. Another confirmation of this was the proposal to equip the Air Force of this country with F-16 fighters. What are the chances that Ukrainian pilots will fly in American cars, what price will Ukraine have to pay for this decision – and what threat will these cars pose to Russia?

The leader of the military in power in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaine, went to the Russian Federation, Chinese TV channel CGTN reported on Sunday, citing Burmese media.

US concerns about Russia's militarization of the Arctic are groundless, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The concept of "official secret" in the field of defense is now fixed at the legislative level - in the Law "On Defense". Official secrets will include information about any activity in the defense sector that is not classified as a state secret, but is not publicly available.

A qualitative change in relations between Moscow and Washington after the meeting of the leaders of the Russian Federation and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, should not be expected, but now they have a chance to move into a more or less meaningful confrontation, the chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SWAP), Fyodor Lukyanov, told Interfax.

US President Joe Biden has announced a major arms control agreement between Russia and the United States. Of Russia. His press conference following his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was broadcast on the PBS YouTube channel.

The United States believes that Russia is interested in more militarization of the Arctic, while Washington wants the region to remain a region of peaceful cooperation.