RUSSIA – Video from a joint Russian-Kazakh exercise in Tuva with the 55th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade. Orlan-10 UAVs detected an illegal armed formation which was then destroyed by 2S3 Akatsiya howitzers and Nona-SVK 120mm mortars.

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RUSSIA – During the trilateral exercise in Tajikistan, Russia practiced quickly relocating Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters and their ammunition /logistics support from Russia to the border with Afghanistan. Su-25SM aircraft were also relocated from Kyrgyzstan.

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RUSSIA – It is the 17th anniversary of the Beslan school siege.

Ten officers from the FSB Special Purpose Center, three from Alfa and seven from Vympel, were killed in the operation.

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A convoy of US military vehicles provided to Afghan forces has been filmed heading for Tehran having been handed over to the Iranian authorities

The loss of the military equipment to Iran, America’s arch-foe in the Middle East, is a further embarrassment to the Pentagon after the Taliban were seen parading in Kabul in front of captured US-supplied vehicles.

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⚠️ JUST IN – Russia: 🇮🇳⚔ Indian Army Contingent reached Nzhiny, Russia to participate in Exercise "ZAPAD-2021" at Mulino Training Ground.

Note: Ukraine raised concerns about the large-scale exercises on the Polish, Lithuanian border.

Poland declared a state of emergency on the border.

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UPDATE – According to a press release by European aerospace group Airbus, the Republic of Kazakhstan has placed an order for two A400Ms and becomes the ninth operator together with Germany, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Malaysia and Luxembourg.

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Camp Bastion is the UK's main base in Afghanistan, in Helmand province, east of Lashkar Gah.

In Google Maps, this is the first database snapshot update since 2006. For the UK, it was the largest base overseas since the Second World War.

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Although Iran was not a participant in the Taliban-Afghan government battle, it also got hold of trophies.

So, the Iranians got the HMMWV armored vehicles, in which the Afghan security forces fled to Iran.

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🇺🇸⚓ Launch of an SM-6 anti-aircraft missile by an unmanned vehicle USV "Ranger" from a Mk.41 standard container launcher.

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