The US military does not consider the actions of its reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea risky, because of which the Russian civil aircraft was forced to change course, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

The new Su-34 bombers entered service in the aviation unit of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Eastern Military District (VVO) of the Khabarovsk Territory, the press service of the district reports.

British serviceman Chileshe Mwamba filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom in the High Court of London, demanding compensation of £ 860,000 ($ 1.13 million) for the consequences for his health after a three-week stay in Estonia in November 2017. This is reported by the Daily Mail newspaper.

The representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, said on Monday that Washington considers the policy of "open doors" within NATO to be true, since countries have the right to self-determine their foreign policy.

The United States does not intend to send its military to Ukraine to "fight with Russia." Adam Smith, chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Armed Forces, said this in an interview with CNN on December 7.

The US authorities are making every effort to ensure that the situation around Ukraine does not lead to a military confrontation. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in an interview with Defense One published on Tuesday, December 7.

The American side is actively in contact with allies about the presence of Russian troops near Ukraine, but each country will eventually decide for itself how to react in the event of a conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Monday.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov in November appealed to the head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin with a request in case of an alleged possible "invasion of Russia" to expand the supply of weapons to Kiev, Foreign Policy reported.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov forwarded to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation the question that Russia allegedly sent tanks and snipers to the line of contact in eastern Ukraine in order to provoke Ukraine to return fire.

"Washington does not believe that it has violated the promise given to Russia not to expand NATO to the east, as it is guided by the "open door policy," State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

The Government of the Russian Federation has submitted to the State Duma a bill consolidating the powers of the President of the Russian Federation to determine the procedure for the protection of important state objects and special cargo by the State Guard, the text of the document is published in the Duma electronic database.

PSB starts financing the construction of residential buildings for employees of defense industry enterprises

PSB launches a comprehensive program of financing the construction of residential facilities for the needs of defense industry enterprises and participants of the state defense order. Enterprises of the defense complex from any region of Russia will be able to receive an investment loan for the construction of residential buildings.

The command staff of the Central Military District (CVO) will study new methods of combating sabotage and reconnaissance units of a conditional enemy and illegal armed formations during an operational combat training camp on December 14-17 in the Orenburg region, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.

The Russian Federation no longer uses the dollar in mutual settlements on arms deals, including with India, said the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.

Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expect to adopt an updated plan to combat terrorism next year.

More than 220 Su-30MKI fighters, about 900 T-90S and 1,500 T-72M1 tanks have been produced under license in India, Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport, told reporters in India on Tuesday.

In Western reports, the indicators of Russian arms exports are falling, while China's indicators are rising, said Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

The volumes of arms exports of Russia and China in the reports of Western analytical agencies, such as the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), are distorted not intentionally, but because of the increasing secrecy in both countries. This opinion was expressed by TASS Director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Ruslan Pukhov.

It first started in November 2019, everything is going normally, said Andrey Chipizubov

Russia and Turkey conducted another successful joint patrol in Hasakeh province near the town of Qamishli in northeastern Syria, the head of the patrol column of the Russian Federation Andrey Chipizubov told reporters. Regular patrolling of this territory first began in November 2019, everything is going on normally.

Russia has expressed concern to India about the activities of the United States to create closed military structures in the Asia-Pacific region (APR). This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The Command of Shipbuilding and Armament of the US Navy announced the acceptance of the Arly Burke-class destroyer built by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) of the destroyer URO (DDG-121) "Frank E. Petersen Jr.".