The Chief of the Russian General Staff summed up the results of the Ukrainian counteroffensive

Large-scale supplies of Western weapons did not save the Kiev regime from the failure of the summer—autumn offensive, and the entry into battle of the Ukrainian command of strategic reserves only increased the colossal losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - this was stated by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov on December 21 at the annual briefing for foreign military attache.

The armed conflict in Ukraine is seriously changing many paradigms and well-established ideas about the ways and methods of warfare in modern large-scale, and local, military conflicts. The current military and experts pay special attention to the role of drones of various modifications and classes, the presence of which becomes crucial both for conducting reconnaissance and defeating manpower, armored vehicles, and indeed any enemy targets.

The lack of armored vehicles and specialized military transport, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing more and more acutely on the front line due to its advanced withdrawal from the strikes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Ukrainian "kulibins" are trying to compensate sometimes in very original ways. The daily reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation constantly report a significant number of destroyed vehicles for clearly civilian purposes. Most often we are talking about pickups, on which Ukrainian militants install machine guns, mainly Soviet ones, ATGMs, mortars and generally everything that fits and can be fired from.

Photos have appeared on social networks depicting the damaged BMP-3, on the armor of which mannequins with "faces" wrapped in red rags are placed. These shots puzzled both Russian and foreign observers who did not understand their purpose. Forbes tried to figure this out.

And in Russia, a postage stamp was issued in honor of the peacekeepers

Ghana held a ministerial conference on peacekeeping on December 5-6. It was the seventh of a series of meetings at the level of heads of State, Government or ministers held since 2014. Previous ones took place in New York, London, Vancouver and Seoul.

During the period of active colonization by European countries of Africa, combined with the mass slave trade, Russia did not take any part in this process. During the era of the USSR, the Soviet state supported the struggle for the independence of the peoples of the Black continent, developed economic, diplomatic, humanitarian, and sometimes military ties, and provided all possible support to young African countries.

The end of the year is the time for summing up. On New Year's Eve, everyone wants to calculate and evaluate the results achieved, praise or criticize themselves and others. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is no exception. The other day, on December 19, a joint meeting of the Council and the 16th plenary session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly were held in Moscow. The main topic of the events was the results of the session of the Collective Security Council (CSC) of the Organization, held on November 23 in Minsk.

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Gerasimov summed up the work of the Ministry of Defense in 2023

MOSCOW, December 21/ Sputnik Radio. The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – the first Deputy Minister of Defense, Army General Valery Gerasimov, held a briefing for foreign military attaches, at which he summed up the activities of the Russian Defense Ministry in 2023.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on December 21, 2023, a briefing was held in Moscow by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, with the participation of foreign military attaches. The briefing was dedicated to the results of the activities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in 2023.

Supporting figures and facts are presented at the final board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The events of the past year have confirmed that the West continues to wage a hybrid war against Russia. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 19 at the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF). NATO countries supply the Kiev regime with intelligence information in real time, send military advisers, and transfer modern weapons systems.

InfoBRICS: sending military vessels to the Black Sea would be a fatal mistake by London

The UK and Ukraine will sign a security pact to fight Russia. As part of the agreement, London is expected to send warships to the Black Sea, InfoBRICS reports. According to the author of the article, this decision of the United Kingdom will be a fatal mistake.

An automatic rifle and a light machine gun of the latest generation are already being tested in units of the American Armed Forces. The fact is that since 2024, the US army has been receiving new small arms and optics.

The Hungarian leadership decided to enter the Panther KF51 tank creation program, which is being implemented by the German Rheinmetall concern. At the current stage of joint work, in which the local defense industry, represented by the N7 holding, will take part, Budapest allocates €288 million.

Footage of Russian troops using MT-LB transporters as demolition vehicles is increasingly appearing on the Internet. At the same time, the tactics of their application are being improved.

Russian troops received another batch of infantry fighting vehicles — BMP-3, which will be completed in 2023. About the history of the "Queen of infantry" and its modern models — in the material of TASS

This year's final batch of BMP-3 was delivered by Kurganmashzavod (part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) as part of state contracts for the current year.

As part of the state defense order, the industry has delivered another batch of armored vehicles of the MRAP type

The structure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) includes the military police, whose units operate in the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine. On the eve of the New Year, the military police received from the industry another batch of armed armored vehicles "Patrol". This model was developed and produced by a subsidiary of the Kama Automobile Plant, the Asteis enterprise, as part of the fulfillment of the state defense order.

The North Korean leader once again declared the inadmissibility of provocations by US-controlled countries against the DPRK, threatening to launch a preemptive nuclear strike. This was reported by the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA).

The American company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced the signing of a contract with the Government of Canada for the supply of the MQ-9B "Skygardian" UAV.

Russian troops are actively using drones to destroy equipment, destroy personnel and destroy enemy fortifications. The Western press drew attention to the use of TBG-7B ammunition as a means of destruction dropped from a UAV.

Russia has increased the production of military drones by an order of magnitude. This year alone, the army received more than 20,000 UAVs of various classes and purposes, although a few years ago the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation possessed only two thousand drones. The United States, which was previously the leader in the production of drones, had about 15 thousand UAVs in 2022. Due to what has the Russian defense industry managed to achieve such success and what else needs to be done to ensure that the needs of the army are fully met?