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The Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov addressed the faculty and students of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on industrial policy and the development of the defense industry.

As the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry clarified, the successes of Chinese cosmonauts are "China's contribution to the peaceful exploration of outer space"

The Chinese authorities intend to develop the national space program on an open and equal basis, in accordance with the principle of joint development. This was stated on Monday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.

Rosatom has again fully fulfilled the state defense order in 2021, said Alexey Likhachev, Director General of the state corporation.

In Syria, a militant oil refinery was destroyed with the help of a Russian barrage ammunition. The operation took place in the province of Hama.

Bilateral exercises of the communications and electronic warfare units of the Black Sea Fleet took place on the Crimean Peninsula, involving more than 500 military personnel and 50 units of weapons and military equipment.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called the track of the Russia-NATO negotiations on security guarantees very important.

Russia has recently supplied military equipment and weapons to Tajikistan to ensure the country's defense capability, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Boeing E-8C Reconnaissance Aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) On December 27, the United States approached the Russian-Ukrainian border. This is evidenced by the data of the aviation monitoring site Flightradar.

The US Army has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman for the production of a unified control system for air and missile defense systems IBCS. According to Breaking Defense, under this agreement, the company will develop 160 systems for the US military and their foreign partners by the end of 2026.

NATO's activity in the Arctic region is intensifying, the strategic forces of the alliance are increasingly involved in exercises here in the immediate vicinity of Russia's borders, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said on Monday at a briefing for military attaches and representatives of embassies of foreign states accredited in Moscow.

The expansion of NATO's military infrastructure in the eastern direction has had a negative impact on the security architecture of the entire European continent, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said.

Targeted provocations of the North Atlantic Alliance near the Russian borders are highly likely to escalate into an armed conflict, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said.

In November, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on conducting tests during which an inactive Russian spacecraft was successfully hit

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, questioned the likelihood of repeated tests to destroy space satellites, similar to those conducted by Russia earlier in 2021. He expressed this opinion in an interview with The New York Times.

Defense Blog: Ukrainian military used Javelin against targets protected by bars

The Ukrainian military conducted exercises using FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems manufactured by the United States. During the maneuvers, the military hit targets protected by lattice screens. In the Defense Blog publication, the shooting was called a "big surprise" for Russia.

Estonian President Alar Karis believes that there is no question of discussing Russia's demands for security guarantees.

As military and diplomatic sources told Izvestia, the analysis of American hypersonic weapons showed that the Pentagon's stake was placed on the development of ground- and air-based systems with a non-strategic range. This will make it possible to quickly create a grouping of such forces and means in Eastern European countries, in particular in Ukraine, without the need to build a complex and expensive infrastructure.

The aircraft of the Saudi-led coalition against Yemeni Houthi rebels struck and destroyed nine weapons depots in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Saudi state television reported, citing a coalition statement.

The Parties are creating a joint regional air defense system, which is an integral part of the joint air defense system of the CIS member states

The Federation Council at a meeting on Friday ratified the agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on the creation of a joint air defense system.

Moscow appreciates Beijing's reaction to its proposals regarding security guarantees, and calls on the West not to discount the determination of the Russian Federation and China to protect their national interests, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

They directly direct what is happening in the Donbass

About 10,000 Western military instructors are in Ukraine, 4,000 of them are from the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.