Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov, in response to the statement by Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu about the concern about the "Russian threat" on the border with Ukraine and on the Black Sea, recalled that several dozen NATO warships were present in the Black Sea this year.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan highly appreciated Russia's role in ensuring the security of the republic and the contribution of Russian peacekeepers to maintaining peace in Nagorno-Karabakh. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

The armed forces of the Russian Federation are reliably protected from coronavirus and feel confident thanks to timely vaccination and revaccination, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation proposed to introduce an alternative to conscription in the army for conscripts with medical education. They can be sent to work in the primary health care in the Far East. 

The Ministry of Defense plans to form new military training centers in civilian universities in seven more Russian regions. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at a board meeting, this issue has been worked out with regional authorities and universities directly.

Sociological studies show that a healthy socio-psychological climate has developed in the Russian Armed Forces, and in society service in the army is considered an honorable duty, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.

Sappers will have to perform tasks both in the jungle and in settlements

The squad of sappers of the International Mine Action Center (MPC) The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation arrived in Laos to perform humanitarian demining tasks. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The marines of the Baltic Fleet have received new AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifles, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported on Wednesday.

The growing activity of NATO near the Russian borders dictates the need to maintain the combat readiness of nuclear forces, increase the potential of non-nuclear deterrence forces, including equipping with high-precision weapons and effective means of destruction, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Plans for the development of armaments of the army and navy have been implemented despite restrictions due to COVID-19 and rising prices for raw materials

More than 20 thousand basic weapons, about two million pieces of equipment and support equipment were sent to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from 2018 to 2020, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Polish Ministry of Defense has ordered the repair of Soviet short-range anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) "Osa". The combat readiness of Soviet weapons will be maintained until the creation of new missile defense systems (air defense). This is reported by Defence24.

Following a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, where the expansion of the practice of military training of students of civilian universities was considered, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, gave a number of instructions.

"It is necessary to prepare a schedule for regular certification of military training centers. This applies not only to those on whom we have made a decision today, but also to all training centers," the minister ordered.

On November 21, the Ministry of Defense of India announced the ceremony of the adoption of the Indian Navy's lead destroyer URO (D66) Visakhapatnam, built under the Project-15B program, at the Mumbai Naval Base.

The US Navy reported that on Tuesday, the American destroyer Milius with Arleigh Burke-class guided missiles made a passage through the Taiwan Strait.

At the Austal USA company's facility in Mobile (Alabama), the baptism ceremony of the EPF (Expeditionary Fast Transport) high-speed expeditionary transport of the "Sperhid" class, intended for the US Navy Maritime Transportation Command, took place.

The British Foreign Ministry has published the full text of the framework agreement on granting Ukraine a loan of 1.7 billion pounds to finance contracts for the purchase of weapons and the construction of fleet infrastructure, RIA Novosti reports.

Two Island-type patrol boats arrived on November 23 from the United States to Ukraine, soon they will provide maritime security in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Ukrainian Navy.

They will be held in Indonesia

The first-ever naval exercises of Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be held from December 1 to 3 this year in Indonesia. This was announced to the TASS correspondent on Tuesday by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to ASEAN, Alexander Ivanov.

The crew of the Russian submarine Veliky Novgorod carried out the laying of mines as part of tactical exercises in the Black Sea, writes Argumenti.ru with reference to the press service of the Southern Military District.

The first-ever naval exercises of Russia and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be held on December 1-3 in the area of North Sumatra in Indonesia. This was stated on November 23 by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to ASEAN, Alexander Ivanov.