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At a time when Lithuania is forced to resist threats in connection with the policies of Belarus and Russia, as well as pressure from China after the opening of Taiwan's representative office in Lithuania, Washington is ready to provide military support to Vilnius, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin said.

The US Department of Defense has decided not to punish American servicemen for the deaths of 10 civilians, including seven children, due to an air strike on Kabul. The department called the incident a tragic mistake. This was reported by The New York Times on Monday, December 13.

In the next 18 months, the authorities will have to make a choice in favor of British or American technologies

The creation of its own nuclear submarine fleet, for the construction of which Canberra broke the largest defense contract in its history with Paris, could cost Australia 171 billion Australian dollars ($122.2 billion) and will require at least 20 years. Such data was published on Tuesday by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).

Cambodia has officially renounced American weapons. December 13, portal straitstimes.com He reported that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the military to destroy all American weapons available in the country or send them for storage.

Representatives of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) are trying to revive high-speed jet planes stored at Kabul airport for their newly created Air Force.

NATO members from Eastern Europe, as well as the United Kingdom, will seek to ensure that there is no dialogue with Moscow on security guarantees, Russian Ambassador to London Andrey Kelin said.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky was outraged that Germany blocked the supply of weapons to Kiev through the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO).

The main attention during the telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto was paid to issues related to the internal Ukrainian crisis, the Kremlin's press service reported.

The Russian President stressed the importance of immediately launching international negotiations to develop guarantees that exclude NATO's advance to the East

In Germany, Russia's proposals on the non-movement of NATO were considered unacceptable, since this requirement violates the right of countries to self-determination, a source in the office of the German Chancellor expressed this opinion to journalists.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told French President Emmanuel Macron about the importance of immediately launching international negotiations to develop legally fixed security guarantees, the Kremlin's press service reports.

On Tuesday, December 14, consultations were held on the basis of the CSTO Joint Headquarters to review the draft Plan for joint training of management bodies and formations of forces and means for 2023.

The "Summit for Democracy" organized by Washington carried an unambiguously anti-Russian and anti-Chinese charge.

In the first Chechen War, the Russian army actively used modern T-80BV, T-72B and T-72B(M) tanks in battles at that time. Unfortunately, due to mistakes in tactics, the battles in Grozny led to the loss of several dozen units of such equipment.

RIA Novosti: the US has no means of interception for Russian nuclear missiles after leaving the missile defense

Russian military experts interviewed by RIA Novosti said that the United States does not have the ability to intercept nuclear missiles to prevent Russia from striking back in the event of a conflict. Despite the fact that 20 years ago the United States withdrew from the Treaty on the Limitation of Missile Defense Systems (ABM) in order to create such means, they still have not succeeded.

Iran seems to be preparing for a space launch at its Imam Khomeini cosmodrome, the Associated Press reports, citing satellite images taken over the weekend.

Ukraine and Georgia can make progress on the issue of NATO membership if they meet the requirements. This was stated by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in an interview with NBC. The North Atlantic Alliance confirmed at the summit in 2008 that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually join it, but we will not provide the countries with an action plan.

The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that the plan of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) to "contain" Russia is useless. As he said in an interview with the Financial Times on December 12, the strategy of "non-provocation" against the Russian Federation "does not work and will never work."

The protection of the skies of the Crimean Peninsula, the Kerch Strait and the regions of the North Caucasus will soon be strengthened with upgraded S-300PM air defense systems.

The number of militants of the terrorist organization "Al-Qaeda" (banned in the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan has increased since the Americans withdrew their troops from there at the end of August.