Russian Foreign Ministry: 10 thousand Western military instructors are in Ukraine, 4 thousand of them are from the USA
They directly direct what is happening in the Donbass
About 10,000 Western military instructors are in Ukraine, 4,000 of them are from the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.
Peskov: it is impossible to challenge the sovereign right of the Russian Federation to move troops on its territory
Russia moves its troops exclusively on its territory, and this is its sovereign right, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.
NATO Secretary General expects to convene the Russia-NATO Council on January 12 - Mass media
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, decided to convene the Russia-NATO Council on January 12, 2022, the DPA news agency reported with reference to the NATO press service.
President Putin on "red lines" for Russia: There's nowhere to go, we've been pinned down
Russia, offering the West to discuss security guarantees, wants to clearly define the "red lines" and ensure respect for the national interests of the country and the security of its citizens. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin on the air of the TV channel "Russia 1".
Vladimir Putin: Russia's response to NATO's expansion to the east may be very different
Russia's response to the further expansion of NATO to the east may be "very different," President Vladimir Putin said on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
Putin on security issues: Russia has been pushed to such a line that it is impossible to retreat further
Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking about security issues, said that Russia "has been pushed to such a line that we have nowhere else to go."
Russia is grateful to China for the positive reaction to Moscow's proposals on security guarantees - Ryabkov
Moscow appreciates Beijing's reaction to its proposals regarding security guarantees, and calls on the West not to discount the determination of the Russian Federation and China to protect their national interests, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
Turkish company to build first military school in Turkmenistan
The Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan has received permission for a contract with the Turkish company Ronesans Endustri Tesisleri Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. for the design and construction of the first specialized military school for 700 places in Ashgabat.
A gathering of the Black Sea Fleet command staff with a training landing of marines took place in Crimea
The Russian military held a gathering of the command staff of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Crimea with exercises of ships and marines, the navy said on Saturday.
In the Southern Military District, 10 thousand soldiers returned from field training
More than 10 thousand servicemen of the Southern Military District will return to their places of permanent deployment from field exercises that took place at the training grounds of the Crimea, Astrakhan, Volgograd and Rostov regions, as well as the Krasnodar Territory.
At the exercises, the ZVO demonstrated new ways of conducting combat with tanks and helicopters
New ways of conducting combat with tanks, artillery and helicopters were demonstrated during exercises in the Voronezh region, the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO) reported.
Participants of the international planning conference discussed the procedure for holding ArMI-2022
The Russian Defense Ministry hosted the 1st International Planning Conference on the preparation and holding of the 2022 Army International Games (ArMI-2022).
The Federation Council approved a law ridding the military of licenses for the development and testing of weapons
Senators at a meeting on Friday approved a law removing from military units and organizations the obligation to issue licenses for the development, production, testing, sale, disposal of weapons, military equipment and ammunition.
The winners of the All-Russian competitions of research works in the interests of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were awarded
On December 23, the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center hosted a solemn ceremony of awarding prize winners of All-Russian competitions of scientific research works in the interests of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Putin on the recognition of the Taliban movement
I would like relations between Russia and Afghanistan to develop in the best possible way, but as for the recognition of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation), we need to proceed from the realities in this matter.
The lead patrol ship of the Arafura class, intended for the Australian Navy, was launched
The Australian Ministry of Defense announced the launching ceremony of the lead patrol ship of the ocean zone OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) of the Arafura class, which took place on December 16 at the Osborne Naval Shipyard.
A foreign boat with a Russian 57-mm combat module was shown on video
Combat firing boats of the KCR-60M project of the Indonesian Navy were shown on video. During the exercises, the AU-220M automatic installation, created in the joint stock company "Central Research Institute "Burevestnik" (Nizhny Novgorod), was involved among the weapons samples on board.
Russia and the Netherlands have approved amendments to the agreement on the prevention of incidents at sea
The changes are aimed, in particular, at ensuring a higher level of safety of navigation of Russian and Dutch ships, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted
The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Alexander Fomin, and the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Russia signed a protocol on amendments to the Russian-Dutch intergovernmental agreement on the prevention of incidents at sea outside territorial waters. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The ships of the Pacific Fleet "destroyed" the mine and repelled the "raid" in the Sea of Okhotsk
A series of exercises with the participation of large amphibious ships of the Pacific Fleet took place in the Sea of Okhotsk. "Admiral Nevelskoy" and "Oslyabya" worked out anti-mine tasks.
The protective structures of the Novorossiysk Naval Base are among the five largest hydraulic engineering facilities in the world
The commander of the Novorossiysk Naval Base (NVMB) of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet), Rear Admiral Viktor Kochemazov, summing up the results of 2021, reported on the current state of the unification forces.
