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Putin called the rapid provision of combat units with the necessary weapons a key task of the defense industry

President Vladimir Putin visited the Shcheglovsky Val Tula plant, where he inspected one of the upgraded BMP-2 combat vehicles and other weapons. He also held a meeting with the heads of enterprises of the military-industrial complex and outlined the key task for them - providing all units with weapons, equipment, equipment and ammunition of the necessary quality and in a short time. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

Biden did not deny Ukraine anything following the meeting with Zelensky

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with President Joe Biden during his one-day visit to the United States and addressed both chambers of the US Congress. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how the meeting of Biden and Zelensky would affect a special military operation.

Heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in armored vehicles since the beginning of the Russian military special operation, force the Ukrainian military to look for other ways to maintain mobility and the ability to fire. Basically, all this translates into the creation of so-called gantraks.

WP: Biden refused to supply Zelensky with heavy weapons for Ukraine

Despite smiles and thanks, Zelensky did not receive the main thing from Biden — heavy tanks and long-range missiles, writes WP. Biden showed reasonable caution, not allowing the Ukrainian leader to involve the United States and the entire NATO in a direct military clash with the gaining strength of Russia.

Putin called the rapid provision of parts with weapons the main task of defense industry enterprises

The most important task of defense enterprises is to provide all units and advanced units with weapons, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on meeting the needs of the Armed Forces involved in the special operation.

Judging by the reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, among the damaged equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, civilian pickups converted for military purposes have been increasingly coming across. Ukrainian militants use these SUVs mainly as part of the DRG. In the Polish online edition Defence24.pl a whole article dedicated to this topic has been published.

US President Joe Biden, at a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, announced that as part of military assistance, Washington would provide Kiev with a battery of this missile system and train the Ukrainian military to work with it.

The Russian army is stubbornly grinding various armored vehicles that are in service with Ukrainian neo-Nazi formations.

According to Greek Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos, this will also require the issuance of an appropriate permit from the main manufacturer

Greece has not received an official proposal to replace the Soviet S-300 missile systems based on the Greek island of Crete with other air defense systems in order to send the S-300 to Ukraine. This was stated by the Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikos Panagiotopoulos in an interview posted on Wednesday by the Greek information portal newsbomb.gr .

There are more and more problems in NATO because of supplies to Ukraine. Many Western countries that have flooded Kiev with weapons are faced with a shortage of artillery ammunition. About the upcoming "shell famine" — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Ukrainian army is armed with more and more strange-looking combat vehicles, which are assembled at enterprises from the wreckage of broken armored vehicles and even museum weapons. Forbes writes about this, analyzing the situation with the provision of armored vehicles to the Ukrainian army.

Spiegel: the "culling" of German Puma infantry fighting vehicles for NATO special forces revealed the disadvantages of the German military-industrial complex

NATO's high-alert forces were left without the German Puma infantry fighting vehicles promised to them, the German magazine Spiegel reports. This "beauty and pride" of the German military-industrial complex turned out to be too difficult to handle.

The development in Russia of a new generation tank "Black Eagle" became known in 1997. Then, in September, a running model of this car was presented for the first time at an exhibition in Omsk. It was noted that, in case of successful implementation of the project, its purchases by the Russian army and deliveries abroad are possible.

On December 14, 2022, the Czech Ministry of Defense signed with the French company Nexter Systems an addendum to the 2021 contract for the purchase of 52 self-propelled CAESAR howitzers of 155 mm/52 caliber in the performance on the Tatra T815 (8x8) wheeled chassis. According to the addendum, the Czech Republic will acquire 10 more CAESAR self-propelled howitzers in this version with delivery in 2026.

Drone attack and how to deal with it

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are currently extremely widely used for a variety of purposes. In this connection, the task of combating them is becoming more and more urgent.

The upgraded T-72M, intended for one of the African countries, may enter service with the formations of the Kiev puppet regime next year. Czech sources refer to Richard Kuben, the commercial director of Excalibur Army, who made such a statement.

Main battle tanks (MBT) have been around for a little over 100 years, and during this period they have been continuously developing, improving firepower, survivability and mobility. Despite the fact that several new models have appeared from a "blank slate", in many countries there is a tendency to modernize existing armored platforms, rather than develop or buy new ones.

London allowed the possibility of supplying Kiev with Storm Shadow cruise missiles

United Kingdom Defense Minister Ben Wallace did not rule out the supply of Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine. At the same time, the final decision has not yet been made. "Newspaper.Ru" dealt with the details of the transfer of Western-made aircraft weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Colonel-General Sergey KARAKAEV, Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, tells about the results of the past year, rearmament, development of new combat patrol areas, about the upcoming ballistic missile launches in 2022 and tasks for the coming years.

RIA Novosti's choice: the main events of 2022 in the military sphere

The beginning of the special operation in Ukraine became the main military event of the year in Russia. This is the first experience of a protracted large-scale military conflict for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the first partial mobilization, the first massive use of a number of weapons.