The Russian armed forces are staffed by contract servicemen by almost 100%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The head of the Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that the Russian Armed Forces are staffed by contract servicemen by almost 100%

The Russian armed forces are staffed by contract servicemen by almost 100%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.

Exercises to repel an attack by sabotage reconnaissance groups of a conditional enemy on military infrastructure facilities were held in formations and military units of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as in the army corps of the Southern Military District stationed in the Crimea.

An indoor swimming pool has been built and has already been commissioned on the island of Alexandra Land in the Arctic. This was announced by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the plenary session of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Wednesday. According to him, this is "the world's first indoor swimming pool beyond the 80th parallel."

The grouping of Russian troops stationed in Syria is a guarantor of peace in this Middle Eastern country, as are the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Topical issues of international security were discussed on Wednesday during telephone talks between Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Mark Milli, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

At the very beginning of 2022, the first round of negotiations between Russia and the United States on security guarantees will take place, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

It is impossible to name specific deadlines for agreeing proposals on security guarantees, but the negotiations should not turn into a marathon, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

Russia does not want war, but will strictly ensure its security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Earlier, State Department spokesman Ned Price wrote on Twitter that, "contrary to the statements of the Russian Defense Minister (Sergei Shoigu)," Russia, not Ukraine or the United States, is responsible for the escalation of tensions.

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed the situation on the border of Ukraine with Russia during a telephone conversation.

Russia does not approve of the appearance in Turkey of a park named after the former leader of Chechen separatists Dzhokhar Dudayev. Moscow brought this point of view to Ankara through diplomatic channels.

The NATO command, in connection with the crisis around Ukraine, took concrete measures for the first time and increased the combat readiness of the rapid reaction forces consisting of 40 thousand people, the Welt newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed senior representative of the alliance.

Commander of the Air Force Chaiko: the first Su-57 will enter the Air Force in 2022

The troops of the Eastern Military District (VVO) will receive the first fifth-generation Su-57 fighters in 2022. The timing of the aircraft arrival was announced by the commander of the Air Defense Forces, Colonel-General Alexander Chaiko, during the final board of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

Minister Manturov: it is planned to produce more than a thousand aircraft in Russia

It is planned to produce more than a thousand aircraft in Russia by 2030, the statement of the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the country Denis Manturov, made at the government hour in the State Duma, reports TASS.

A batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers has arrived at the State Center for Training Aviation Personnel and Military Tests of the Russian Defense Ministry, stationed in Lipetsk.

The crews of MiG-31 interceptor fighters conducted piloting training in difficult weather conditions in the sky over Kamchatka, the information support department of the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet told RG.

The Drive: After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine owned the world's largest fleet of Tu-160 aircraft

After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine owned the world's largest fleet of Tu-160 strategic bombers, recalls the American edition of The Drive.

The Kronstadt company stressed that the center will additionally create more than 1.5 thousand jobs in the region

The Kronstadt company has created a center for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of aircraft and helicopter types in Dubna near Moscow. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of the company.

The company's designers have created a unique anti-icing system that allows Orion unmanned aerial vehicles to be used in difficult weather conditions

The Kronstadt Company was awarded the "Aircraft Manufacturer of the Year" award for the creation of an anti-icing system for Orion unmanned aerial vehicles. This was reported on Monday in the company's press service.

The first factory for the production of Orion and Sirius attack drones has been built in Russia. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Litovkin commented on the event.