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On December 29, 2022, during a visit to Paris, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anushauskas signed contractual agreements with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornu on Lithuania's accession to the program for the development of a new 155 mm/52 wheeled self-propelled howitzer CAESAR Mk II, implemented under the auspices of the General Directorate of Armaments (Direction générale de l'armement - DGA) of the Ministry the French Armed Forces, and the acquisition of 18 CAESAR Mk II units for the Lithuanian armed forces. Their delivery to Lithuania should be made in 2027.

The military-political leadership of Germany, in the process of reorganizing the national armed forces, pays considerable attention to the readiness of the Bundeswehr ground forces to conduct operations "in ground airspace". Airmobile troops (primarily airborne and helicopter units) to increase their combat capabilities are concentrated as part of one unit - the Special Operations Division (Division Schnelle Kräfte, DSK ).

Canadian armored personnel carriers LAV II CSV Super Bison, promised to Kiev in the summer, finally reached Ukraine and entered service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian press, pictures of the first armored vehicles in the area of the contact line appeared on Internet resources.

The Ukrainian army has adopted Swedish Bandvagn 202 all-terrain vehicles, a batch of equipment has arrived in Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian press, this is not an official delivery from the Swedish Ministry of Defense, the all-terrain vehicles were purchased by a private person and donated to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Politico: the delivery of air defense systems to Kiev is an advertising campaign for American weapons

Ukraine demands more and more powerful weapons from the United States, but Biden fears the collapse of NATO, writes Politico. Kiev's bet on new Western weapons does not justify itself. The Russian army has adapted to the Javelins and Haimars. The "Patriots" will not save either, the authors write.

The main battle tanks (MBT) appeared on the battlefield for just over 100 years. In the first part of the article, the trends in the development of this category of military equipment in Europe are considered. Let's turn our attention to the other side…

Pavel Popov, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army, tells Krasnaya Zvezda about how innovative activities are carried out in the Russian Defense Ministry and what results it has allowed to achieve in the past year.

"Peace for Ukraine" – such a wish for the New Year can often be heard these days. But how real is it?

In one day, 13 Ukrainian long-range guns and self-propelled guns were put out of action in the SVO zone

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has tasks set for the near future. This was announced on December 27 by the head of the military department, Sergei Shoigu. Next year, he stressed, the course for the progressive development and improvement of the combat capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will be continued.

The militants of the Ukrainian armed formations demonstrated the loading of a Biber tank bridge-laying truck, one of those received from Germany, onto the trawl. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

TASS on the results of the defense industry in 2022

The Special Military Operation (SVO), which began on February 24, had a significant impact on the entire military-industrial complex (MIC) of Russia this year. Responding to the needs of the army, the industry adjusted the pace and range of manufactured products in a short time.

And on the ground — in the Bryansk region — a group of Ukrainian saboteurs was liquidated

In the area of Kramatorsk, a repair and restoration point of the VFU armament was destroyed, which contained two HIMARS MLRS combat vehicles, two Gvozdika self-propelled guns, five D-30 howitzers and special vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on December 26.

Washington has approved another package of military assistance to Kiev in the amount of about $ 1.8 billion. Ukraine will receive a lot of weapons, including new models. However, Zelensky, as the media write, failed to get what he wanted.

On December 19 and 21, 2022, respectively, ceremonies were held for the transfer of the first Leopard 2A4 tank from Germany to the armed forces of Slovakia and the Czech Republic under agreements concluded earlier by Slovakia and the Czech Republic for the purchase of these tanks in exchange for the supply of military equipment to Ukraine. All costs of these deliveries of Leopard 2A4 tanks within the framework of the German Ringtausch (Ring Exchange) program for the transfer of German military equipment to Eastern European countries as compensation for the transfer of Soviet-style military equipment by these countries to Ukraine are fully covered by the German government.

Soulless cars are ramming, minesweeping, extinguishing fires, taking out the wounded

The practice of conducting a special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine has demonstrated that conducting military operations is unthinkable without the widespread use of military-purpose robotic complexes. We are witnessing a revolution in military affairs. At the same time, the West has become the main source of increasing the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), including through such innovative systems.

The number of basic weapons sent to the Russian army increased by 30%, ammunition for rocket and artillery weapons and aviation weapons - from 69 to 109%. As Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu noted the day before, the combat capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces have increased significantly in 2022. For more information about what weapons, including those involved in a special military operation, the army was replenished in the outgoing year, see the TASS material.

On December 16, 2022, the Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV) signed a framework agreement with the Swedish branch of BAE Systems Corporation (BAE Systems AB / Land Systems Hägglunds AB) for the purchase of 436 two-link articulated tracked armored BvS10 transporters within the framework of the three countries' Collaborative AllTerrain Vehicle (CATV) program for the supply of them to the Swedish armed forces (236 cars), Germany (140 cars) and the UK (60 cars).

Despite their advanced age, Soviet tanks of the first post-war generation can still be used to perform various combat missions.

Units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are reliably protected from air strikes.

The head of the military Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Alexander LEONOV, tells the Red Star about the current state and prospects for the development of this kind of troops.

Newsweek: The APU will not be able to use the Patriot air defense system before spring

Ukraine is suffering huge losses and is in great danger, says American General Barry McCaffrey. He offered to transfer the main US combat tanks - M1 Abrams, as well as ATACMS surface-to-surface missiles to the AFU in order to "try to influence the balance of power." In his opinion, one Patriot air defense system battery, which the United States promised to deliver to Kiev, will not change the situation "on the ground."