The meeting of the Russia-NATO Council is unlikely to lead to significant progress in the field of security, Federation Council member Alexei Pushkov believes.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called the track of the Russia-NATO negotiations on security guarantees very important.

According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, sanctions make their creation impossible

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu believes that international rescue coordination centers could help in case of emergencies in different regions of the world, but sanctions make their creation impossible. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the Argumenty i Fakty newspaper published on Monday.

The head of the Ministry of Defense stressed that the Day of the Rescuer is a special and expensive holiday for him

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu considers the Russian emergency prevention and response system to be the most effective and powerful in the world. This is stated in the congratulations on the Day of the Rescuer, which the Minister of Defense sent on Monday.

As noted by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the development of the military and social infrastructure of the Armed Forces is one of the priorities of the department's work

The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of construction, architecture and urban planning on Monday.

Russia has recently supplied military equipment and weapons to Tajikistan to ensure the country's defense capability, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

10 joint international exercises with the armed forces of nine foreign states are planned for 2022

The Russian military is expanding the geography of joint exercises and conducting them not only within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), but also with military personnel from Southeast Asia and North Africa. This was stated in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov.

The Ground Forces (SV) will take part in 10 international exercises next year, four of them will be held on the territory of Russia, SV Commander-in-chief Oleg Salyukov said on Monday.

The amphibious assault unit of the Baltic Fleet Marine Corps unit conducted a training to destroy enemy saboteurs at the Khmelevka naval training ground in the Kaliningrad region.

The Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov addressed the faculty and students of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on industrial policy and the development of the defense industry.

TASS: the corvette "Agile" to be fully restored after a fire at the shipyard

In 2026, the Nimble corvette can be fully restored after a fire that occurred on December 17 during the construction of the vessel at the Severnaya Shipyard in St. Petersburg. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in the shipbuilding industry.

Russia, China and Iran are the most hostile states to the UK, Minister of State for Security Damian Hinds told The Telegraph newspaper.

The aircraft of the Saudi-led coalition against Yemeni Houthi rebels struck and destroyed nine weapons depots in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Saudi state television reported, citing a coalition statement.

The military exercises conducted by Iran this week in the Persian Gulf were a warning to Israel, said Hossein Salami, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, amid fears that Tel Aviv may be hatching plans to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.

"American troops have been on the territory of Afghanistan for 20 years, spanning four presidencies, and our government has constantly fed us lies, half-truths and distortions about the fighting on the other side of the world," Mel Warwick, a popular publicist and historian in the States, gave this assessment just the other day.

The government of Mali has denied information according to which mercenaries from the Wagner PMCs arrived on its territory, French media reported on Saturday.

As reported by the Global Times, Chinese experts have completed tests of an air-independent power plant (VNEU) based on a Stirling engine. They want to use it on new non-nuclear submarines of the 039C project.

The missile destroyer USS Gravely entered the Turkish naval base Aksaz in the Sea of Marmara, the 6th operational Fleet of the United States reported.

The Americans have finally eliminated the difficulties with electromagnetic hoists for moving ammunition to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. In total, there are 11 such "elevators" on board.

The Russian submarine has not yet been able to locate.

The appearance of a group of Russian warships near the coast of Great Britain, which will arrive in Severomorsk in the early days of next year, caused panic in London.