The new Russian diesel submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has launched a Kalibr cruise missile at a training coastal target in the waters of the Sea of Japan, the Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday.

Repair and preparation for the museum of the submarine K-3 "Leninsky Komsomol" are being started at the Kronstadt Marine Plant. She was put in the dock. Mitrofanova, the press service of the United Shipbuilding Corporation reports.

The bases of the Ukrainian Navy near Ochakov (Black Sea) and Berdyansk (Sea of Azov) will appear in 2024. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the commander of the naval forces of Ukraine Alexey Neizhpapa.

On December 16, the ceremony of handing over the fourth and last patrol ship of the coastal zone LMS (Littoral Mission Ships) "Renkong" of the Keris class to the command of the Malaysian Navy took place at the Wuchuan Shipyard.

According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the improvement of the military and social infrastructure of Russian bases abroad continues

Work has been completed to increase the runway of the Khmeimim airfield in Syria. This was announced on Tuesday by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the board of the military department.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted that they are monitoring the situation in this country

The situation in Afghanistan creates risks of exporting terrorism and drugs to the territory of the CSTO states. This was stated on Tuesday by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the board of the military department.

On Monday, the Scientific Council of the Russian Security Council discussed possible challenges and threats to Russia's security in connection with geopolitical changes in the world.

The role of foreign intelligence in ensuring the security of the Russian Federation is growing, this concerns the operational and qualitative analysis of international information, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Enterprises of the military-industrial complex should receive support in terms of production diversification. This was stated by the president at a meeting in the Kremlin with the head of Promsvyazbank, Pyotr Fradkov. Diversification will increase their technological capabilities, which means that it will improve the work on the main line.

Russia's Permanent Representative to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, said that NATO expansion in itself would be a violation of the political obligations assumed by all countries of the European continent plus the United States and Canada within the OSCE

The end of the conflict in the east of Ukraine is possible through political and diplomatic means, but in case of threats to the territorial integrity of the country will not make any concessions, emphasizes the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Alexey Reznikov.

German Defense Minister Kristine Lambrecht on Sunday, December 19, in an interview with Bild am Sonntag, said that the German authorities may use threats of sanctions against Russia against the background of the situation with Ukraine.

Russia's demands to limit the US presence in Europe are aimed at splitting NATO.

This was stated by Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anushauskas during a joint press conference with the head of the German military department Kristine Lambrecht, quoted Rubaltic.ru portal BNS.lt .

The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, said that in January 2022 he would submit an updated version of the Strategic Compass security concept to the heads of the Foreign and Defense Ministries of the EU countries for consideration.

It is not enough just to cooperate, you also need to know the peculiarity of the local mentality. This is the opinion of Romanian Defense Minister Vasile Dyncu, who explained the long-term theft of fuel at the American military base.

The Moscow Arbitration Court rejected the claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which demanded to recover about 504 million rubles from PJSC Irkut Research and Production Corporation, which produces, in particular, Su-30 fighters, follows from the information in the arbitration file.

The newest Russian light fighter of the fifth generation Su-75 Checkmate, manufactured by Sukhoi, was included in the list of the 10 most significant achievements in the field of military aviation for 2021. This is reported by the profile American magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology.

China and Indonesia are planning to purchase Russian multipurpose super-maneuverable Su-35 fighters for their air forces. This was reported by the American magazine The National Interest (TNI) with reference to its sources.

In the report by Alexander Rogatkin from the TV program "Vesti Nedeli", footage of bomb weapons tests on the Hunter unmanned vehicle was shown. Earlier, the UAV was first demonstrated with a flat nozzle.

Russian Orion reconnaissance and strike drones are capable of coping with Turkish-made Bayraktar drones in the event of a collision, Major General Alexander Novikov, the head of unmanned aviation of the Russian Federation, said on Sunday.