Russia does not require special conditions for itself, stands for consideration of mutual interests in the dialogue with NATO

Russia will insist in dialogue with the United States and NATO on developing strong agreements that exclude the advance of the North Atlantic Alliance to the east, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The winter training period begins in the parts of the RVSN. In 2022, the General Staff plans to master new weapons and rearm missile units. Special attention is paid to combat duty and improving the quality of training, the Izvestia TV channel reports. In 2022, more than 200 exercises and maneuvers are planned in the Strategic Missile Forces. Special battle scenarios will be worked out with each missile regiment.

Several formations capable of conducting large-scale network-centric operations have been created in the Russian Armed Forces, informed sources told RIA Novosti.

The formation of a new airborne assault regiment in Crimea will be completed in December, the Russian military department reported. "In December of this year, the formation of the third airborne assault regiment of the Novorossiysk Guards Airborne Assault Mountain Unit will be completed," the Ministry of Defense said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

Airborne troops (airborne troops) will hold a new academic year under the motto "tactical surprise and combat initiative troops," the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

The army corps stationed in the Kaliningrad region is training motorized rifle and tank regiments with the withdrawal of more than 1 thousand servicemen to the training grounds, the press service of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation reported on Wednesday.

More than 3 thousand combat training events will be worked out in the troops of the Southern Military District in 2022, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Military expert Viktor Murakhovsky on Wednesday, December 1, in an interview with Izvestia, assessed the beginning of the exercises in the Southern Military District, and also spoke about their characteristic features.

Landfills in the Crimea, Volgograd and Rostov regions are involved

More than 10 thousand servicemen as part of battalion tactical groups of motorized rifle formations of the Southern Military District marched to the areas of combined-arms ranges, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Military exercises have started in the south of Russia, in which over ten thousand soldiers and officers of motorized rifle and tank formations of the Southern Military District take part. The corresponding information was distributed by the press service of the Southern Federal District.

Most of the tactical events will be held in a bilateral format

Phased preparation for the strategic exercises "Vostok" began in the Eastern Military District (VVO) with the beginning of the new school year, the press service of the district reported.

The troops of the Eastern Military District will prepare for the strategic command and staff exercise "Vostok-2022" in the new academic year, the press service of the VVO reports.

The Eastern Military District will hold more than 2 thousand special exercises in 2022, the press service of the Air Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

In addition, the pages of the publication reveal the life path of 22 cosmonauts who received military ranks of senior officers

The multi-volume scientific work "Senior Officers of a Great Country" was presented as part of the second round of the competition for the State Prize of the Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union G. K. Zhukov. The work was presented on Wednesday by Sergey Botsvin, Deputy Head of the Main Personnel Department of the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Minister of Defense noted that the preparatory activities for the new academic year, which started in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on December 1, have been fully implemented

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has set a task for the command staff of the Armed Forces to ensure a high rate of combat training in the troops.

In the new academic year, which started in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on December 1, the main priority will be to further increase the level of professional training of military personnel, according to the Ministry of Defense.

Russian servicemen will rest on December 29 and 30, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on a conference call.

As Sergei Shoigu noted, Russia and Vietnam "have accumulated a unique experience of working together, which is based on long-term friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation"

Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu and his Vietnamese counterpart Army General Fan Van Zang signed an intergovernmental agreement on military-technical cooperation (MTC) between the two countries on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

The American company AeroVironment presented the configuration of the Jump 20 tactical drone with two Switchblade 300 barrage ammunition — it is called the "Little Predator". According to FlightGlobal, the developers tested the Jump 20 together with the inactive Switchblade 300 in August to confirm the operability of the concept.

The anti-covid measures taken will protect Russian cosmonauts from the new strain of the Omicron coronavirus, the Cosmonaut Training Center told Interfax on Wednesday.