Izvestia: Ukraine can buy Rafale fighters from France

Ukraine can buy for its Air Force (Air Force) France has Rafale fighters, writes military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov, commenting on the entry of the French frigate Auvergne into the Black Sea.

Ukraine repaired almost all MiG-29 fighters

Ukraine has repaired almost all of its MiG-29 fighters. Dmitry Matrunchik, Director of the Lviv State Aviation Repair Plant (LGARZ), revealed the condition of the aircraft that Kiev inherited from the USSR in an interview with Armiyainform. Defense Express writes about this.

Supporters of the Yemeni Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) used a "flying tank" - a Mi-24 combat helicopter in the battles against the formations of pro-Saudi President Hadi for the first time during the civil war.

Last week, video footage appeared on the Network, taken in the mountainous Jabal al-Balak al-Sharqi area in the south of Marib province. A rotorcraft flying at low altitude brought down unguided aircraft missiles on the enemy.

The Kazan Helicopter Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding has completed the next stage of certification work to increase the resources of the main units of the Ansat helicopter.

The device based on the VK-650V engine with a capacity of 500 kW will be assembled by mid-2023

The appearance of a demonstrator of a promising hybrid power plant (HSU) for aircraft has been determined, design documentation is being issued. This was reported to journalists by the deputy director of the advanced engine program "UEC-Klimov" (part of the United Engine Corporation Rostec) Mikhail Shemet.

Western journalists noted a leap in the use of stealth technologies in Russia after the presentation of the upgraded S-70 Hunter attack drone.

The first demonstration of the updated version of the heavy attack drone S-70 "Hunter" with a flat jet nozzle took place yesterday in Novosibirsk. The foreign media did not ignore this event.

The crews of the Su-25 "Grach" attack aircraft of the Eastern Military District worked out the defeat of ground targets with unguided missiles at the Mukhor-Kanduy training ground in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the press service of the district reported on Wednesday.

The first place was taken by the US Army

The Russian Armed Forces have the second largest fleet of military aircraft in the world. This is stated in the handbook World Air Forces 2022, published by Flight Global magazine and available to TASS.

World Air Forces 2022: Russia ranks second in the world in the number of combat aircraft

Russia ranks second in the world after the United States in the number of military aircraft and helicopters. The place of Russian military aviation in the world is revealed in the directory World Air Forces 2022, published by the magazine FlightGlobal, reports TASS.

$300 billion is provided for strengthening the defense of Ukraine. The defense budget of 2022 increased by 5% compared to the previous year

The US Senate, following the House of Representatives, voted to adopt the draft US defense budget for 2022 in the amount of $778 billion, Bloomberg reported.

A law has come into force in Ukraine designed to improve the procedure for the use of military equipment and weapons by the personnel of the State border service. This was reported on December 15 by the press service of the border agency.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the statements of the US administration about the possible dispatch of military personnel to Eastern Europe are fueling anti-Russian phobias and revanchist sentiments in Ukraine. He told RIA Novosti about this on Wednesday, December 15.

First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Titov at a meeting with the Ambassador of Britain and a number of diplomatic missions of Western countries explained the initiative of the Russian Federation on security guarantees, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.

The head of the SVR noted that the partnership with colleagues from Arab states providing assistance in the field of counterterrorism is developing fruitfully

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has the closest relations with the intelligence agencies of the CIS and SCO countries. Cooperation with China and India is of particular value, the head of the service, Sergey Naryshkin, said in an interview with the Argumenty i Fakty newspaper published on Wednesday.

The information extracted and analyzed by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service makes it possible to predict, and sometimes to forestall the occurrence and development of crisis situations, said SVR Director Sergei Naryshkin.

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is interested in developing cooperation with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States on the principles of partnership. This was stated by the head of the Russian department Sergey Naryshkin.

The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation supplies the Russian leadership with only the information that it is ready to vouch for in the most serious way, said SVR Director Sergei Naryshkin.

The EU will form a group of experts who will be ready to advise on the demarcation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the statement of the European Council says.

Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Colonel-General Alexander Fomin held a working meeting in Moscow with the Central African delegation headed by the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic Simplis Mathieu Sarangi.