At a time when Lithuania is forced to resist threats in connection with the policies of Belarus and Russia, as well as pressure from China after the opening of Taiwan's representative office in Lithuania, Washington is ready to provide military support to Vilnius, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin said.

Washington is considering the possibility of additional deployment of troops on a rotational basis on the eastern flank of NATO in the event of a "Russian invasion" of Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Monday.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky was outraged that Germany blocked the supply of weapons to Kiev through the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO).

The President of the United States Joe Biden, during a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, "clearly" voiced the specific reasons for Washington's concern about the situation around Ukraine. This statement was made by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Monday, December 13.

In Germany, Russia's proposals on the non-movement of NATO were considered unacceptable, since this requirement violates the right of countries to self-determination, a source in the office of the German Chancellor expressed this opinion to journalists.

NATO members from Eastern Europe, as well as the United Kingdom, will seek to ensure that there is no dialogue with Moscow on security guarantees, Russian Ambassador to London Andrey Kelin said.

The Russian President stressed the importance of immediately launching international negotiations to develop guarantees that exclude NATO's advance to the East

The main attention during the telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto was paid to issues related to the internal Ukrainian crisis, the Kremlin's press service reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told French President Emmanuel Macron about the importance of immediately launching international negotiations to develop legally fixed security guarantees, the Kremlin's press service reports.

Centers will appear in Kaliningrad, Bryansk, Kurgan, Orenburg, Moscow, Yakutsk, Tver and Khanty-Mansiysk

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an order on the establishment of military training centers at eight federal universities. The document was published on Tuesday on the official portal of legal information.

The Central Military District will increase the number of joint training sessions with our neighbors from Central Asia next year. The increased number of exercises is associated with the increase in military threats on the southern borders in the region.

The gunners of the Ussuri separate Guards amphibious assault unit practiced the skills of artillery calculations at command and observation posts and firing positions, as well as conducting fire adjustments from 122-mm D-30 howitzers on a simulator.

Half of the classes are held at night, tanks are involved, other armored vehicles

About 2,000 military personnel and 200 pieces of equipment are involved in shooting practice at two firing ranges in the Voronezh Region (the center of the European part of Russia), the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, December 14, consultations were held on the basis of the CSTO Joint Headquarters to review the draft Plan for joint training of management bodies and formations of forces and means for 2023.

The ministry indicated that the Ugandan side plans to use this equipment for the repair, restoration and construction of roads in hard-to-reach areas of the country

The Russian Ministry of Defense has supplied the Republic of Uganda with military engineering equipment, the ministry said.

The complex includes a satellite terminal, sensors, a computer and a solar panel

A hardware and software complex for monitoring high-voltage power transmission lines has been developed in Russia. This was reported to TASS in JSC "Satellite system "Messenger" (part of Roscosmos).

The number of militants of the terrorist organization "Al-Qaeda" (banned in the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan has increased since the Americans withdrew their troops from there at the end of August.

40 years ago, on December 12, 1981, the TK-208 nuclear submarine was commissioned - the Project 941 submarine, better known as the first representative of the world's largest nuclear-powered Akula submarines.

The crews of the Baltic Fleet warships in the Kaliningrad region conducted training on the detection of unidentified air targets and repelling attacks by means of an air attack of a simulated enemy.

The marine navigable floating crane SPK-60150 became part of the support vessels of the Kola flotilla of heterogeneous forces. A solemn raising of the flag of the auxiliary fleet of the Russian Navy took place at the main base of the association – the Polar One.