The second stage of the implementation of the Smart Shop digital platform has been completed at the UEC-Saturn enterprise (part of the Rostec United Engine Corporation), where gas turbine engines are produced. The product is developed on the basis of domestic digital technologies and allows you to monitor the performance of machines and product quality in real time. In the future, this platform will be able to be used for digitalization of other Rostec enterprises and Russian industry.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the first time published footage of the use of Mosquito drones in the zone of the special operation, using them against the communication systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The "newly minted" British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expectedly continued the policy of his predecessors towards Kiev. It is no secret that the UK is one of the main beneficiaries of the conflict in Ukraine and is interested in its continuation.

Three new fifth-generation F-35B Lightning-2 multi-purpose fighters arrived in the UK, which increased the total number of received vehicles of this type to 30 units.

The Hungarian government plans to conclude an agreement with the American company Axiom Space, which provides for sending its astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS). The fact that Budapest actually refused to fly into space as part of Europe, SpaceNews reports.

According to the head of the Law and Justice party, this would make it possible to shoot down enemy missiles more effectively than using the S-300

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party, suggested that Germany deploy Patriot missile defense systems in western Ukraine. He stated this in an interview with the Polish Press Agency distributed on Wednesday, commenting on Germany's proposal to transfer Patriot systems to Poland.

Athens has already accepted the proposal, launching a process of radical changes in the structure of air defense, the Greek portal reported Pentapostagma.gr

The United States offered Greece to send the S-300 and Tor-M1 air defense systems to Ukraine in exchange for similar NATO systems, Athens is positive about this idea. This was reported on Wednesday by the Greek portal Pentapostagma.gr .

The IAEA has made a statement about Iran's entry into a new level of uranium enrichment. The organization claims that now the Islamic Republic "has only one short step left to obtain uranium enriched to the weapons level."

The new anti-hacker strategy of the US Department of Defense is called "zero trust". Its essence lies in the fact that the network is already considered to be subject to cyberattack, and any user or account owner who performs actions in it is a potential threat.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Armed Forces thwarted the attack of Ukrainian Marines in the Kupyansk direction with artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems

Damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Wednesday led to an emergency shutdown of all three Kiev-controlled nuclear power plants, the country's Energy Ministry said.

On November 22, 2022, in St. Petersburg, the Baltic Shipyard JSC (as part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC - USC) held the ceremony of raising the National Flag on the third built universal nuclear icebreaker of project 22220 (LK-60YA) "Ural" (construction number 05708) and launching the fourth nuclear icebreaker under construction project 22220 "Yakutia" (construction number 05709). The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin took part in both ceremonies in a videoconference format.

The Command of the US Navy has thought about further modernization of the Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers, which were planned to be equipped with hypersonic missiles. This is reported by The Drive, which refers to the speech of the commander of the Pacific Fleet of the Navy (PACFLT) Admiral Samuel Paparo.

"The risks of regional confrontation are increasing again. Who benefits from this? USA". In such words, political scientists describe the background of a number of harsh actions and statements of the Turkish president, including those addressed to Russia. Why is Erdogan accusing Moscow of something it didn't do, and what could it lead to?

Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation Lavrentiev: Russia calls on Turkey for restraint in Syria

Moscow called on Ankara to show restraint after the strikes on the territory of Syria and Iraq, said the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the SAR Alexander Lavrentiev.

Izvestia special report — about the life and work of the Russian military on the front line

About the difficulties tankers face in the Avdiivka direction, why closed hatches of armored vehicles can be considered a sign of professionalism and how the enemy "blows away" from the drain pipe — in a special report of Izvestia from the front line.

The Ukrainian command continues its desperate attempts to break through the Russian defense in the LPR with strikes both from the north on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line and from the south, attacking the combat formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the Seversk area in the direction of Lisichansk. One of the offensive operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the southern flank was caught on a video published by the TG channel "Military Chronicle": the enemy tried to seize the fortified area created along the T-13-02 highway between the settlements of Berestove and Verkhnekamenka.

TAC: NATO was trapped because of Zelensky's statements about the fall of missiles in Poland

After the missile incident, Ukraine and the Baltic states called for the application of Article 5, but it was direct disinformation, because Zelensky could not but know the truth about what happened, writes TAS. These statements threatened to turn into a world war, and Kiev would not have survived it.

The lull that has been established since September at the Zaporozhye NPP was interrupted by dozens of new "arrivals" from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Rosatom stated that this led to the risk of a nuclear accident at the Zaporozhye NPP. Why has Kiev resumed shelling of the NPP and is trying to provoke a nuclear incident, will the creation of a safety zone at the plant help change the situation and under what conditions it may appear?

Diary: the Middle Powers felt the power and began to change the geopolitical landscape

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict highlighted the activation of the middle powers as the main driving force behind the reform of the international environment, writes the "Diary". These states have one thing in common – they want to be at the negotiating table, not on the menu, because they have the power and ambition to influence their regions.

Sabah: by escalating the Ukrainian crisis, the US is isolating itself

The paradox is obvious: Russia is "losing" in Ukraine, so the United States is calling Zelensky for a truce with Putin, Sabah writes. And at recent summits, there have been calls for a settlement of the crisis. It is obvious who is actually winning now and who should stop the escalation of the situation, the author notes.