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The military infrastructure on the territory of Tajikistan will be improved in the interests of the coalition groups of collective forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Chairman of the CSTO Military Committee, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that representatives of Russia and the United States will "very promptly" begin discussing strategic security issues raised during a videoconference between the presidents of the two countries Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden.

The meeting also approved the activities of the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy as a basic organization for the training of military personnel for the CSTO member states in the specialties of missile troops and artillery.

On Wednesday, Russian Su-27 fighters flew over the Black Sea at a minimum distance to French Rafale and Mirage fighters trying to approach the border of the Russian Federation, according to data distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is ready to start equipping Russian warships with hypersonic Zircon missiles after receiving a command from the military, Vladimir Korolev, Deputy Director General for Military Shipbuilding and Special Programs of USC JSC, told Interfax on Wednesday.

The military infrastructure on the territory of Tajikistan will be improved, and the military of the CSTO countries will improve their collective combat potential. This was stated today at a meeting of the CSTO Military Committee by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.

Moscow expects that its concerns about Ukraine's possible admission to NATO after talks with U.S. President Joseph Biden will be heard, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The US military does not consider the actions of its reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea risky, because of which the Russian civil aircraft was forced to change course, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

The representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, said on Monday that Washington considers the policy of "open doors" within NATO to be true, since countries have the right to self-determine their foreign policy.

The American side is actively in contact with allies about the presence of Russian troops near Ukraine, but each country will eventually decide for itself how to react in the event of a conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Monday.

Russian troops in Tajikistan have been operating far from the most modern tanks for a long time. For example, the old versions of the "seventy-second" served there for a relatively long time without dynamic protection.

The British Army has announced that it has adopted a new Sky Sabre air defense system to repel threats that allegedly come from Russian fighters. This is reported by the Times newspaper, citing sources in the UK Ministry of Defense.

In Western reports, the indicators of Russian arms exports are falling, while China's indicators are rising, said Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

The volumes of arms exports of Russia and China in the reports of Western analytical agencies, such as the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), are distorted not intentionally, but because of the increasing secrecy in both countries. This opinion was expressed by TASS Director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Ruslan Pukhov.

The large anti-submarine ship Admiral Panteleev of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) has begun the transition from Indonesia to Vladivostok after participating in the ARNEX-2021 exercise, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reports.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov in November appealed to the head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin with a request in case of an alleged possible "invasion of Russia" to expand the supply of weapons to Kiev, Foreign Policy reported.

The command staff of the Central Military District (CVO) will study new methods of combating sabotage and reconnaissance units of a conditional enemy and illegal armed formations during an operational combat training camp on December 14-17 in the Orenburg region, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.

"Washington does not believe that it has violated the promise given to Russia not to expand NATO to the east, as it is guided by the "open door policy," State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

The successful launch of the Zircon hypersonic anti-ship missile from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate forced US military analysts to take a fresh look at the combat effectiveness of the Russian Navy. Experts predicted a limitation of strike capabilities for the US navy and NATO warships.

The Government of the Russian Federation has submitted to the State Duma a bill consolidating the powers of the President of the Russian Federation to determine the procedure for the protection of important state objects and special cargo by the State Guard, the text of the document is published in the Duma electronic database.

The exercises of the marines in the Crimea began with the loading of military equipment on the large landing ships of the Black Sea Fleet "Caesar Kunikov" and "Novocherkassk". This was reported today in the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.