The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense announced the purchase of ammunition for the 84-mm Karl-Gustav hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers manufactured by the Swedish company Saab, which are in service with the Armed Forces of the country.

Rospatent: the scientific center of the Ministry of Defense has designed a protective gas mask-armor helmet

Russia has developed an innovative gas mask-armor helmet, which will protect not only from the effects of weapons of mass destruction, but also from such damaging elements as cartridges and fragments. The product was designed by the 27th Scientific Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Rospatent.

Servicemen of a separate electronic warfare (EW) unit of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) suppressed the communication system of a conditional enemy using the Palantin complex in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the press service of the district reported on Monday.

Light helicopter and airplane-type vehicles will be launched using a pneumatic catapult

The newest marine platform is being developed for the Russian Navy, which will be designed to base tactical and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

The marine navigable floating crane SPK-60150 became part of the support vessels of the Kola flotilla of heterogeneous forces. A solemn raising of the flag of the auxiliary fleet of the Russian Navy took place at the main base of the association – the Polar One.

The crews of the Baltic Fleet warships in the Kaliningrad region conducted training on the detection of unidentified air targets and repelling attacks by means of an air attack of a simulated enemy.

40 years ago, on December 12, 1981, the TK-208 nuclear submarine was commissioned - the Project 941 submarine, better known as the first representative of the world's largest nuclear-powered Akula submarines.

The number of militants of the terrorist organization "Al-Qaeda" (banned in the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan has increased since the Americans withdrew their troops from there at the end of August.

The President noted that the uniqueness of Russia's position is that no one can intercept missiles, "the speeds are such that it is impossible to take them"

The Russian authorities have managed to do a lot in the development of the military-industrial complex and the armed forces on the basis of the restored economy of the country. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview for the film "Russia. The latest history" on the TV channel "Russia-1".

Russia today occupies a leading position in the world in modern types of weapons, Vladimir Putin said in the film "Russia. Recent history" on the channel "Russia 1".

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that sooner or later foreign partners will also have hypersonic weapons, but Russia will most likely have the means to eliminate them by then.

President Vladimir Putin said that there is no need to worry about the Russian army, since everything is fine with it. He mentioned this on December 9 at a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC).

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin and Myanmar's Ambassador to Russia Lwin Wu confirmed at a meeting in Moscow the desire of the two countries to maximize the accumulated potential for deepening cooperation in the defense sector, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin, held a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Argentine Republic for International Defense Issues Francisco Cafiero.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced a large-scale conscription of recruits in the autumn of 2021 in military specialized units.

"In the ongoing autumn conscription, which was launched in October and involves the recruitment into the Armed forces, other troops, military formations more than 127 thousand people, more than 400 inductees 9 December went by collection points of the constituent entities of Russia for the military service in scientific and scientific-production company", - said the Agency.

Relations between Russia and the West continue to degrade and have reached a critical point.

The relevant information is on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry noted the readiness expressed by US President Joe Biden during a conversation with Russian Leader Vladimir Putin "to establish a serious dialogue on issues related to ensuring Russia's security."

It is naive to believe that Russia will soon be able to receive security guarantees from the United States, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday.

Two servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic were killed as a result of an explosion of ammunition dropped by a Ukrainian drone. This was reported on December 11 in the People's Militia of the DPR.

On Thursday, December 10, at a meeting with foreign military attaches, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov commented on Western accusations that Moscow was allegedly concentrating forces on the border with Ukraine and preparing an invasion of a neighboring state.

The escalation of information tension around Russia's alleged possible invasion of Ukraine is aimed at presenting Moscow as a potential aggressor, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.