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Two Airbus A400M military transport aircraft of the Turkish Air Force took off from Boryspil Airport in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. This was reported by several Ukrainian mass media at once.

France will continue to supply weapons to Kiev, the next package of military aid will go to Ukraine at the beginning of next year. This was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The crews of Su-35S and Su-30SM ZVO fighters continue to strike at military infrastructure facilities and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, using a wide range of aviation weapons. The video is presented on the website of the Ministry of Defense.

According to the publication, the assignment of this status is a half-measure against the background of the White House's unwillingness to include Russia in the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, as requested by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

Japan will join the number of countries that not only assist Ukraine with the supply of weapons and equipment, but also with the training of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The government of the country plans to send military instructors to train Ukrainian sappers. This is reported by the Japanese press with reference to military sources.

Advance: Putin has decided to take a central role in the events surrounding the conflict in Ukraine

Putin's decision to visit Minsk proves that he has decided to take a central role in what is happening around the armed conflict in Ukraine, the author of Advance believes. He used to stay away, but now he's coming forward. His meeting with Lukashenka worries Kiev very much.

Putin: 150 thousand people are at military training grounds, this is a sufficient reserve for conducting an operation

Currently, 150 thousand mobilized are being trained, this is a sufficient reserve for conducting a special military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 21 at an expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

According to the Russian Defense Minister, the Russian military in Ukraine is opposed by the combined forces of the West

The Ukrainian side resorts to prohibited methods of struggle, including elements of nuclear blackmail, but Western countries do not notice them. This was stated on Wednesday by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the final board of the military department with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to Greek Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos, this will also require the issuance of an appropriate permit from the main manufacturer

Greece has not received an official proposal to replace the Soviet S-300 missile systems based on the Greek island of Crete with other air defense systems in order to send the S-300 to Ukraine. This was stated by the Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikos Panagiotopoulos in an interview posted on Wednesday by the Greek information portal newsbomb.gr .

The US cybersecurity forces are providing Ukraine with comprehensive assistance in repelling attacks by Russian hackers.

The Minister of Defense recalled that an Arctic expedition was conducted in the eastern sector of the Arctic and in Chukotka

During special exercises in 2022, the Strategic Nuclear Forces of Russia successfully fulfilled the tasks of delivering a massive nuclear strike in response to the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by the enemy. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the final board of the military department with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin urged to investigate NATO weapons and apply this data for development in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense in Moscow. The Head of State announced the preliminary conclusions of the special military operation in Ukraine. He called for making the experience of his military the basis for improving combat training, called on the military to listen to civil initiatives and take into account "even emotional criticism." Putin also compared the fighters in the SVO zone with the soldiers of the patriotic wars.

On Tuesday, a bill was submitted to the Polish Sejm to exclude criminal liability for a Polish citizen serving in the Armed Forces after February 20, 2014 without the necessary consent of the head of the Polish Defense Ministry. The President of Poland approves this decision. The project was signed by almost all deputies from the ruling Law and Justice Party, Civic Platform, the Left, the Poland-PSL Coalition, Poland 2050 and the PPP.

An expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense was held at the National Defense Management Center on December 21, at which the results of the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2022 were summed up and tasks for the next period were defined.

The leaders of the two countries agreed to work on the creation of new military equipment and continue joint exercises

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko discussed the formation of a single defense space, ensuring the security of the Union State and cooperation within the framework of the CSTO in Minsk on December 19.

Douglas McGregor said that the conflict in Ukraine will lead to the collapse of the US hegemony

The West, led by the United States, made weapons out of Ukraine so that it would become a threat to Russia, retired US Army Colonel Douglas McGregor said. However, the conflict will turn against its instigators and lead to the collapse of Anglo-American hegemony in the world.

According to the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Moscow sees no insurmountable problems in restoring the agreement on the nuclear program

The accusations that Russia is allegedly using Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles in Ukraine are far-fetched. This was stated on Monday at a meeting of the UN Security Council by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the World Organization Vasily Nebenzia.

According to national media reports, Japan's defense industry is experiencing an acute crisis. Large companies continue to withdraw from the market. Since 2003, more than 100 companies have left the defense sector. Therefore, for the next fiscal year, for the development of the country's defense industry, the Ministry of Defense (DoD) of Japan requested a budget for a separate estimate.

There are more and more problems in NATO because of supplies to Ukraine. Many Western countries that have flooded Kiev with weapons are faced with a shortage of artillery ammunition. About the upcoming "shell famine" — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Ukrainian military tested Marlet missiles in action on the basis of the British Starstreak MANPADS. Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Interior Minister of the country, reported on the successful launch. The published video says that Marlet makes it possible for Ukrainian troops to build a "multi-layered defense of the sky", including short-range weapons such as MANPADS and Buk—M1-2 air defense systems, as well as long-range S-300.