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Moscow, not Kiev, should take steps to reduce tensions near the Russian-Ukrainian border, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

Russia should not influence NATO's decisions on the expansion of the alliance, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

U.S. Defense Ministers Lloyd Austin and Japan's Nobuo Kishi agreed in a telephone conversation to discuss issues of deepening cooperation in the field of defense in the near future at a meeting in the "2 +2" format, the Pentagon said.

Russia and China do not want an exchange of nuclear strikes more than the United States, the American edition of SpaceNews reports a statement by former Deputy Defense Minister for Research and Technical Development of the United States (under the administration of President Donald Trump) Michael Griffin.

The People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic recorded the operation of electronic warfare stations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of three settlements controlled by Kiev in the Donbass.

The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) operational and Tactical missile system of the US Army, if deployed in Ukraine near its northern borders with Russia, is capable of hitting Moscow, writes the American edition of The Drive.

A civilian plane flying from Tel Aviv to Moscow was forced to change course over the Black Sea to avoid a dangerous approach with a foreign reconnaissance aircraft. This was announced on December 4 by a source in the air traffic control services.

The American army launched a drone strike in Syria, its target was one of the influential field commanders of Al-Qaeda (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), a representative of the Central Command said on Saturday on the American Fox News channel.

The deputy head of the interim government of the Taliban (banned in the Russian Federation), Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, called on Uzbekistan to return the planes and helicopters operated by Afghan pilots after the overthrow of the previous government.

Azerbaijan handed over 10 servicemen to Armenia, the State Security Service of Azerbaijan reports.

"On December 4, the Republic of Azerbaijan, guided by the principles of humanism, handed over 10 Armenian servicemen to the Armenian side. These persons were detained on November 16, 2021 while preventing a provocation by the Armenian Armed Forces in the Kelbajar direction of the state border," the statement reads.

Rosaviatsia will send a protest through diplomatic channels in connection with the frequent cases of flights of NATO military aircraft in the area of the Russian borders and the Black Sea, which carries risks for civilian vessels. This was reported in the Federal Air Transport Agency on Saturday, December 4.

Ukraine denies violation of the air space of Belarus during the exercises

Belarusian border guards said that the Ukrainian military aircraft "Mi-8" crossed the state border of the republic and went deep into its territory for a kilometer. And they published a video where a helicopter flies over the forest. In Kiev, another version - there was no incident, there was no violation of the state border of Belarus. About the situation - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Saturday, December 4, at a forum organized by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, avoided a direct answer to a question from journalists about whether Washington considers Russia's invasion of Ukraine possible. The broadcast of the speech of the American minister was conducted on the Pentagon's Twitter account.

The commander of the US Space Forces, General John Raymond, singled out China and Russia as the country's main rivals in space

Rivalry in the space sphere is growing rapidly, the commander of the US Space Forces, General John Raymond, said on Saturday, speaking at a forum organized by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.

The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, on Saturday, December 4, announced the readiness of the United States to support the defensive potential of Taiwan. In addition, Washington will resist any forceful pressure on the island's population. He said this during a speech at a forum organized by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.

Defense Minister of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov called on Western leaders to support and strengthen his country, as well as to resist Russian pressure.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov described the consequences for Western countries in the event of a "full-scale Russian invasion" and called on Western leaders to support the country. He wrote about this on December 3 in an article for the Atlantic Council analytical center.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaking at a conference at the Ronald Reagan Foundation in California, said that the US will continue to assist Taiwan in protecting against the use of force against it.

The United States is ready to provide Ukraine with everything necessary for it to be able to protect its territory, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a conference at the Ronald Reagan Foundation.

The Russian autonomous underwater nuclear system Poseidon will become an effective tool that Moscow can use during negotiations with the United States. This is written by military expert Brent Eastwood in the publication 19FortyFive.