The most significant expansion of NATO to the east occurred in 2002, during several waves of the alliance's infrastructure approaching the western borders of Russia, the bloc significantly increased its combat potential, said Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.

The readiness of Washington to provide support to its NATO allies on the eastern flank with the application of Article 5 of the NATO Charter in the conditions of Russia's concentration of troops on the border with Ukraine was announced by President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

The Su-25SM3 and Su-25SM attack aircraft of the Southern Military District conducted special flight training exercises, during which they trained bombing and launching unguided missiles at a conditional enemy. According to the press service of the Southern Military District, in total, the pilots made about 70 scheduled sorties.

The Su-25SM3 and Su-25SM crews made about 70 scheduled sorties

The crews of the Su-25SM3 and Su-25SM attack aircraft launched a missile and bomb attack on the forces of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Stavropol Territory. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the press service of the Southern Military District (SE).

Forbes: E-8 Joint STARS and RC-135 aircraft collected data on the Russian army

The American E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) combat control and targeting aircraft and the RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, which recently flew over Ukraine and the Black Sea, tracked the location of the Russian army, Forbes magazine says.

Russia is negotiating the creation of joint ventures for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the territory of foreign customers, the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia, Valeria Reshetnikova, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Manturov: MS-21 received a basic type certificate

The Russian passenger aircraft MS-21 has received a basic type certificate, which includes foreign components. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, RIA Novosti reports.

The Ukrainian company Antonov has rolled out the first serial military transport aircraft AN-178. It became one of three winged vehicles that will be built under a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Government of Bangladesh has decided to purchase eight Russian Mi-28NE attack helicopters manufactured by Rostvertol PJSC, part of the Russian Helicopters holding, for the country's Air Force.

Defseca: Bangladesh to buy Russian Mi-28NE instead of Boeing AH-64 Apache

The Bangladesh Air Force has decided to purchase Russian Mi-28NE attack helicopters. They plan to spend $ 478 million on the purchase of eight helicopters, according to the Defseca portal.

The German company Grob Aircraft has begun to supply the Bangladesh Air Force Command with G-120TP basic training aircraft ordered in June 2021.

The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan has announced its intention to sign a letter of offer and acceptance of an offer for the supply of American-made MQ-9B "Skygardian" UAVs in March next year.

A video recording of the launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome was published by the Russian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, December 28.

The space forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted on Monday the third test launch of a heavy carrier rocket "Angara-A5" with a large-scale model of the payload from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

It significantly increases the potential capabilities of the rocket in comparison with earlier Angara models. As in the last three test launches of missiles of this family, the payload was represented by a mock-up.

In terms of the number of launches of space rockets, Roscosmos in 2021 equaled 2019, according to TASS calculations

Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, congratulated the state corporation and all space enthusiasts on the accident-free completion of the launch campaign this year.

Glavkosmos: 11 launches of foreign spacecraft are planned in 2022

In 2022, Roscosmos has planned to conduct 11 spacecraft launches in the interests of foreign customers, Dmitry Loskutov, CEO of Glavkosmos, told TASS.

The only woman in the Roscosmos cosmonaut squad reported that the preparation for the flight on the ship will take place in the USA

The flight of the only woman in the Roscosmos cosmonaut detachment, Anna Kikina, may take place in September - October next year as part of cross-flights with the United States on the American Crew Dragon ship. She said this in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Monday.

In particular, one of the launches is expected from the Vostochny cosmodrome, three from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana

Glavkosmos JSC (part of Roscosmos) plans 11 spacecraft launches next year. This was reported to TASS by the company's CEO Dmitry Loskutov.

Roscosmos congratulated Oleg Kononenko, Oleg Artemyev and Alexey Ovchinin on the presentation of state awards and wished them "new space achievements for the good of Russia"

Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, who survived the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle accident in 2018, was awarded the Order of Courage in the Kremlin. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.