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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.

The representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, said that there is a consensus in Western countries regarding the urgent need to strengthen Ukrainian air defense

The representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, commenting on the possible dispatch of Greek-owned S-300 systems from the island of Crete to Ukraine and their replacement with the American Patriot system, said that the decision on the supply of weapons to Kiev is made by the country to which they belong.

The Ukrainian army is armed with more and more strange-looking combat vehicles, which are assembled at enterprises from the wreckage of broken armored vehicles and even museum weapons. Forbes writes about this, analyzing the situation with the provision of armored vehicles to the Ukrainian army.

TNI: in addition to the ten "known unknown" risks, the world may be shaken by unforeseen

In fact, there may be more risks, the authors of the article in TNI point out. Ten of them can be attributed to the "known unknowns", their trajectories can be predicted to some extent. But there are also truly unforeseen risks with catastrophic consequences.

Colonel McGregor: ignoring Russia, the US is prolonging the suffering of Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine is not a computer game, but a human tragedy, writes retired US Colonel McGregor in an article for TAS. Ignoring Moscow's security interests, Washington is prolonging the suffering of Ukrainians. The US should call on Kiev to negotiate.

EP: early elections will change Slovakia's attitude towards supporting Ukraine

The political crisis in Slovakia may follow the "Hungarian scenario" and bring pro-Russian opposition forces to power, writes Evropeyska Pravda. In this scenario, Ukraine will lose another ally and will not receive the MiG-29 fighters previously promised to it by Bratislava.

Al-Ain: The EU has not been tested for strength by the Ukrainian crisis

The Ukrainian conflict has revealed the problems of the EU, which depends on NATO under the leadership of the United States, writes Al-Ain. Europe got into an energy crisis because of its own sanctions, and now the countries cannot agree on negotiations with Moscow or on other measures to get out of a difficult situation.

After the escalation over the weekend, the situation in Kosovo returned to normal. But there are still extremely high chances that blood will be shed any minute, a massacre will begin, and Belgrade will be forced to launch its own special military operation in the north of Kosovo. However, so far the Serbs are trying to negotiate with NATO. What does Serbia want?

"Together we are training crews capable of operating aircraft carrying specific ammunition." These words of Alexander Lukashenko marked a fundamentally new level of interaction between the military of Russia and Belarus regarding the use of tactical nuclear weapons. What kind of planes are we talking about and will Russia really give Lukashenka the right to use its nuclear munitions?