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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.

NATO servicemen often complain about the maneuvers of the Russian military, which they carry out in dangerous proximity to ships and aircraft of the North Atlantic Alliance.

The director of the Israeli intelligence "Mossad" David Barnea is due to pay a visit to the United States on Sunday for talks with senior representatives of the American administration on the issue of Iran, the Times of Israel reports.

Russia's use of military force against Ukraine will put an end to the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, said Manfred Weber, head of the largest faction of the European Parliament - the European People's Party.

Is studying the possibility of retaliatory measures for Kiev's purchase of Turkish drones

The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin promised to destroy Turkish Bayraktar drones in case Kiev tries to strike them on the territory of the DPR.

The United States will produce 480 new tactical nuclear bombs in the B61-12 modification by 2025, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

Ukraine should be forced to comply with the Minsk agreements, Moscow calls on Berlin and Paris to contribute to this, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

The Ministry of Defense of Belarus handed a protest note to the military attache at the Embassy of Ukraine in the republic in connection with the increased cases of border violations, the press service of the defense department reported.

The actions of the US Air Force pose a threat to civil aviation. This was announced on December 5 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

The incident with the US reconnaissance aircraft, due to which a civilian aircraft was forced to change course, needs to be assessed at the international level. Dmitry Belik, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, told Izvestia on December 5.

The POLARIS 21 exercises of six NATO member countries ended in the Mediterranean Sea area, becoming one of the largest naval maneuvers in history, The Guardian reported on Sunday.

The refusal of the United States, Great Britain and Australia to provide detailed information about the AUKUS union is not normal, said Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of a meeting of the foreign ministers of NATO member countries in Riga, discussed stability in the Black Sea region, the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border, as well as the situation in Armenia and Azerbaijan, the State Department reports.

The opening ceremony of the first joint naval exercises of Russia and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ARNEX-2021 was held at the naval base in the port of Belavan (Indonesia), the Pacific Fleet reported on Thursday.