Podolsk resident Arseniy Babashov became the millionth participant of the movement The

millionth participant joined the ranks of the Unarmia movement at a solemn ceremony at the walls of the Memorial Road museum complex in Kubinka, a TASS correspondent reports.

About one hundred units of the VVST received formations and military units of the Central Military District stationed in the Samara, Saratov, Novosibirsk regions, as well as in Udmurtia and the Republic of Tajikistan, in November of this year.

This year, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation together with the Russian Geographical Society conducted several unique expeditions, State Secretary of the Military Department Nikolai Pankov said on Friday at the summing up of the joint work of the Armed Forces and the Russian Geographical Society.

The military of the two countries will continue to work together in Idlib

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, spoke in favor of further coordination of the efforts of the two countries to resolve the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Kremlin's press service reported.

Azerbaijan handed over 10 servicemen to Armenia, the State Security Service of Azerbaijan reports.

"On December 4, the Republic of Azerbaijan, guided by the principles of humanism, handed over 10 Armenian servicemen to the Armenian side. These persons were detained on November 16, 2021 while preventing a provocation by the Armenian Armed Forces in the Kelbajar direction of the state border," the statement reads.

Ukraine denies violation of the air space of Belarus during the exercises

Belarusian border guards said that the Ukrainian military aircraft "Mi-8" crossed the state border of the republic and went deep into its territory for a kilometer. And they published a video where a helicopter flies over the forest. In Kiev, another version - there was no incident, there was no violation of the state border of Belarus. About the situation - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".

The Ministry of Defense of Belarus handed a protest note to the military attache at the Embassy of Ukraine in the republic in connection with the increased cases of border violations, the press service of the defense department reported.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Friday that Russia and Ukraine need to adhere to the Minsk agreements in order to achieve de-escalation of the conflict with Ukraine.

Ukraine should be forced to comply with the Minsk agreements, Moscow calls on Berlin and Paris to contribute to this, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Is studying the possibility of retaliatory measures for Kiev's purchase of Turkish drones

The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin promised to destroy Turkish Bayraktar drones in case Kiev tries to strike them on the territory of the DPR.

Moscow, not Kiev, should take steps to reduce tensions near the Russian-Ukrainian border, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

The People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic recorded the operation of electronic warfare stations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of three settlements controlled by Kiev in the Donbass.

The topic of Ukraine will become one of the central issues at the talks between the Presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, the possibility of whose behavior is currently being discussed, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at a briefing on Friday.

Defense Minister of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov called on Western leaders to support and strengthen his country, as well as to resist Russian pressure.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov described the consequences for Western countries in the event of a "full-scale Russian invasion" and called on Western leaders to support the country. He wrote about this on December 3 in an article for the Atlantic Council analytical center.

The United States is ready to provide Ukraine with everything necessary for it to be able to protect its territory, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a conference at the Ronald Reagan Foundation.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Saturday, December 4, at a forum organized by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, avoided a direct answer to a question from journalists about whether Washington considers Russia's invasion of Ukraine possible. The broadcast of the speech of the American minister was conducted on the Pentagon's Twitter account.

Russia's use of military force against Ukraine will put an end to the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, said Manfred Weber, head of the largest faction of the European Parliament - the European People's Party.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and EU Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel welcomed the establishment of structural cooperation between the US and the EU in the field of defense.

Russia should not influence NATO's decisions on the expansion of the alliance, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.