New Mi-8AMTSh-VN fire support helicopters have been delivered to the Russian armed forces. Deliveries of the machines will take place in 2021 and 2022. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the military-industrial complex.

The first multi-purpose Mi-8AMTSh-VN helicopters, designed primarily for landing and fire support of special purpose units, have been received by the troops.

Belarus plans to complete the development of the UBAK-25 "Chekan" kamikaze drone in the first quarter of 2022, Chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee Dmitry Pantus said.

The first Mi-8AMTSh-VN special forces fire support helicopters have already been delivered to the Russian army, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The command staff of the aviation regiment of the Central Military District (CVO) carried out about 50 sorties on Su-34 bombers and Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft as part of command flights in the Chelyabinsk region, the press service of the CVO reported on Monday.

Russia and India are negotiating to increase the licensed production of Su-30MKI fighters by 50 units. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel by Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation.

Ankara is counting on cooperation with the Russian Federation on the national fighter development program. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the head of the Directorate of the Defense Industry of Turkey, Ismail Demir.

The United States should be prepared for a limited war with China to protect Taiwan in order to prevent China's dominance in Asia, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Sunday, citing former deputy assistant to the head of the Pentagon, Elbridge Colby.

Classified US intelligence data suggest that China plans to establish a base in Equatorial Guinea on the Atlantic coast of Africa, The Wall Street Journal newspaper reports, citing unnamed representatives of the American authorities.

The far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour wants the country to stop being a member of NATO.

Ukraine should act cautiously and diplomatically, and an increase in the number of troops on the territory of the country will irritate Russia. This opinion was expressed on Monday, December 6, by the Chief of the Canadian Defense Staff Wayne Airy.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov proposed to send 500 military instructors from Canada to the country. The head of the Defense Ministry said this on December 5 in an interview with the Canadian edition of The Globe and Mail.

The new Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov called on Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom to jointly and quickly provide military support to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian army is capable of "breaking any aggressive plans of the enemy." On Monday, December 6, it follows from the statement of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. The President's message was published on the day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Shooting practice has begun on the Kuril Islands.

This is reported by the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO). "The servicemen of the motorized rifle unit of the army corps of the Air Force in the Kuril Islands, as part of the week of intensive training that has started, have begun working out standards for the main subjects of combat training," the press release says.

The command staff of the Southern Military District will consider the issues of covert and operational redeployment of troops at the operational mobilization gathering, Vadim Astafyev, head of the press service of the Southern Military District, told reporters.

On December 8, a meeting of the Military Committee on the Development of Military Cooperation of the member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be held. This was reported in the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff.

Russia and India will expand regular dialogue on defense issues, follows from the joint statement on the results of the XXI Russian-Indian summit "Russia- India: Partnership for Peace, progress and Prosperity", published on the Kremlin's website.

"I am glad that a number of agreements, contracts, protocols on small arms and military cooperation have been signed," Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh commented on Twitter on the results of a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in New Delhi on Monday.

Russia and India have signed an agreement on a program of military-technical cooperation from 2021 to 2031. This was announced on Monday, December 6, by the Kremlin's press service.