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The children from Suvorov, Nakhimov naval schools, presidential cadet corps and boarding schools of pupils of the Ministry of Defense of Russia began winter holidays. They started ahead of schedule on the calendar.

The Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan has published generalized data on state budget expenditures on law enforcement agencies.

Two servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic were killed as a result of an explosion of ammunition dropped by a Ukrainian drone. This was reported on December 11 in the People's Militia of the DPR.

The department noted that this information is official and is not subject to disclosure.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has classified information about the use of Turkish Bayraktar attack drones and American Javelin missile systems in the Donbass.

Ukraine's ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk believes that Kiev should not expect arms supplies from Berlin under the new Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Melnik was asked whether it was worth waiting for the new government of Germany to cancel the blocking of supplies of anti-drone rifles to Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden said that the issue of the introduction of American troops into Ukraine has never been on the agenda.

The escalation of information tension around Russia's alleged possible invasion of Ukraine is aimed at presenting Moscow as a potential aggressor, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

The RC-135 Rivet Joint strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force flew for the first time in the airspace of Ukraine, including in the south-east and south of the country to the north of Crimea, it follows from the data of Western aviation resources.

The Americans have officially completed combat operations against the terrorist organization "Islamic State". December 11, portal military.com He reported that the US Department of Defense announced the curtailment of the military mission in Iraq.

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that sooner or later foreign partners will also have hypersonic weapons, but Russia will most likely have the means to eliminate them by then.

Russia today occupies a leading position in the world in modern types of weapons, Vladimir Putin said in the film "Russia. Recent history" on the channel "Russia 1".

Several thousand employees of the Russian private military company (PMCs) Wagner are in Libya, the Anadolu agency quoted the chairman of the country's Supreme State Council, Khaled al-Mishri, as saying on Sunday.

In the Kiev region, a Ukrainian-Turkish plant under construction will begin production of a new generation of jet unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of countering other aerial objects.

The President noted that the uniqueness of Russia's position is that no one can intercept missiles, "the speeds are such that it is impossible to take them"

The Russian authorities have managed to do a lot in the development of the military-industrial complex and the armed forces on the basis of the restored economy of the country. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview for the film "Russia. The latest history" on the TV channel "Russia-1".

NASA has launched a new monitoring of asteroid collisions with Earth. Now the system more accurately calculates the probability of a dangerous approach. The result of complex calculations can be seen on a separate website, the Izvestia TV channel reports. Asteroids and stars are visible on the resource with 3D visualization. The data is constantly updated, the real picture is displayed. The previous NASA system worked for almost 20 years. In less than an hour, it was possible to get the probability of a collision with our planet over the next 100 years.

The US NATO allies from Eastern Europe reacted negatively to the decision of American President Joe Biden to hold a dialogue with Russia on issues related to this alliance, Bloomberg wrote on Thursday, citing diplomatic sources.

On Thursday evening, it became known about a new provocative flight of NATO aircraft near our borders.

"On December 9, 2021, Russian airspace controls over the neutral waters of the Black Sea detected air targets approaching the state border of the Russian Federation," the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported. To identify and escort foreign planes, Su-27 fighters on duty were lifted into the sky.

Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets said that the North Atlantic Alliance should demonstrate unity in support of Ukraine.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Andrey Demin stressed that in 2021, the S-350 was operated and mastered by teachers at a specialized training center, showed high reliability of systems and proved itself from the best side.

The United States has decided to be an active participant in the peace process to resolve the situation in Donbass, said the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak, commenting on the telephone conversations between the presidents of the United States and Ukraine.