Special manipulators, giant anthropomorphic "hands" for orbital electron beam (ELS) welding were created in Izhevsk by Progress threads under the management of RT-Capital of Rostec State Corporation. The orbital welding method allows the device to "encircle" the products.

The most serious emergency in many years happened on the International Space Station – and this directly affects the astronauts on it. What exactly happened, what danger threatens the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft and why the only salvation may be an urgent evacuation of the crew?

Pavel Cherenkov — about work on subscriber terminals, protection of the orbital frequency resource of the Sphere groupings, the estimated cost of the program's services and their priority over Starlink and OneWeb in Russia.

The companies claim the same frequencies as the Russian satellite system "Skif", said Pavel Cherenkov, CEO of JSC "Satellite System "Gonets"

Starlink and OneWeb claim the same frequencies as the Russian Skif satellite system, but the application from the Russian Federation was submitted earlier. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the CEO of JSC "Satellite system "Messenger" (controls the operator company "Sphere") Pavel Cherenkov.

Military review "Izvestia" Anton Lavrov — about the possible transfer to Ukraine of the most powerful air defense system in the American arsenal of the Patriot air defense system

There is little doubt that the United States will soon decide to transfer to Ukraine the first battalions of long-range air defense systems MIM-104 Patriot. The United States simply has no other ways to ensure the air defense of its ally in the long term.

Recently, publications have been published literally daily in the American press regarding the "consideration of opportunities" for the supply of new types of weapons to Ukraine by the United States administration. One of the untwisted stories is related to publications about the alleged readiness to supply Kiev with Patriot air defense systems in the form of a single complex. Then in the same press began to refute such readiness of Washington. Now they are writing about other supply options from the USA.

The Russian Defense Ministry reports on the loading of the Yars ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) into a mine-type launcher. The loading operation was carried out in the Kozelsky connection of the RVSN.

The United States and the Netherlands will finance the supply of at least 90 T-72 tanks from the Moroccan Armed Forces to Ukraine in exchange for other equipment. As a reminder Infodefensa.com under pressure from the United States, Rabat recently agreed to supply military equipment to the Kiev regime.

Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense (RUMO) The US has announced the conclusion of a significant contract for the modernization of its top–secret internal network - the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Gathering System, or JWICS. The American press writes about it.

Izvestia met with mobilized fighters in the Avdiivka direction in the DPR

Near the village of Vodiane in the Avdiivka direction in the Donetsk People's Republic, artillery installations of the Russian Armed Forces destroy Ukrainian targets. Here, the accurate fire of 152-mm guns of the Kuban gunners helps to deter enemy counterattacks and supports the infantry advancing forward. Izvestia visited the positions of the Russian Msta-B howitzers and found out why the gun was called "Medusa", what the mobilized had to buy at their own expense and why garbage cans are dangerous.

At the same time, they suffer heavy losses and roll back

The armed forces of the Russian Federation stopped the attacks of three assault groups of the VFU in the Krasnolimansky direction — the enemy lost more than 50 people killed and wounded there and several pieces of equipment, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on December 13. Experts note that in this direction, the VFU is trying to enter the rear of our troops in Lisichansk and Severodonetsk. Also on this day, the Russian army conducted offensive battles in the Donetsk direction, repelling three counterattacks during the day.

Platform for Peace and Neutrality (Vienna): The Minsk Agreements perished with the neutrality of Europe

We offer our readers the final part of the discussion organized in Vienna is a non-partisan platform for peace and Neutrality. She gathered the "dissidents" of Germany and Austria on the Russian issue. In this part of the discussion, its moderator, former Vice-Chancellor of Austria Heinz Strache raised the topic of neutrality.

German and Austrian politicians said that Russia is portrayed in too negative a light

Unusual thoughts were voiced at the round table on relations between Russia and the EU held in Vienna, Kronenzeitung reports. Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria Heinz-Christian Strache reproached the West for unwillingness to invite Moscow to the negotiating table. Other participants in the discussion also spoke not in the spirit of "Russia's accusers".

Australian General Ryan is shocked by the level of ammunition equipment of Western armies

The high rate of ammunition consumption is not a relic of the past, Major General of the Australian Armed Forces Mick Ryan told The Sydney Morning Herald. In his opinion, since the end of the cold war, no Western government could even imagine that it might again need mass production of weapons and ammunition.

Al Mayadeen: The West wants to forget that it was Russia that saved the world during World War II

The Ukrainian conflict was unleashed by the West, writes Al Mayadeen. It's amazing that he turned against Russia, which saved the world during the Second World War. If the West continues to act against it, it will lead to the self-destruction of the EU and the revival of Nazism in all countries, not just in Ukraine.

Yeni Şafak: The US controls military aid to Kiev to contain the geography of the conflict

The United States is afraid of the spread of the Ukrainian conflict throughout Europe, writes Yeni Şafak. Therefore, they plan to reduce the military assistance provided to Kiev, and even change the characteristics of the supplied weapons. For example, Washington decided to limit the range of the supplied HIMARS.

The Senate Committee on National Defense was engaged in the execution of the budget of the Ministry of National Defense for 2022. Detailed information at the meeting on Tuesday was presented by the director of the Budget Department of the Ministry of National Defense Pavel Barchak. He recalled that the budget of the Ministry of Defense was planned to be 2.2% of the country's GDP. This year it amounted to 57.8 billion zlotys ($12.8 billion).

NDP: Zelensky will need Duda's help to disappear quickly

Zelensky has already sold Ukraine to Duda since the beginning of Russia's special military operation for the opportunity to suddenly disappear when defeat is inevitable, writes NDP. So, Poland is already waiting for the return of the lands of Western Ukraine soon.

Poland has a little more than a year left for decisive actions to return its "Eastern Crosses", and maybe less… There are a number of impressive arguments for this.

NYT: fear of Russian spies has driven Norway to paranoia

In connection with the conflict in Ukraine, Norway has begun to closely study all incidents on its territory that seem suspicious to it, writes the NYT. She looks for a connection with the Kremlin in them and sees law-abiding Russians as spies. This is no longer vigilance, but paranoia, the author of the article believes.