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The Russian-Egyptian naval maneuvers "Friendship Bridge - 2021" will start in the area of the Gulf of Alexandria.

From Russia, a detachment of ships of the Black Sea Fleet will take part in the training: the frigate Admiral Grigorovich with a deck helicopter on board, the patrol ship Dmitry Rogachev and the rescue tug SB-742.

About 50 military infrastructure facilities of foreign countries, such as the USA, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, are located in the Arctic. This was stated by the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, during the strategic session "Security Architecture of the Arctic region: ahead of the challenges of the time" of the XI International Forum "The Arctic: Present and Future".

In 2021, the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance conducted 20 operational training events in the Arctic, said Fleet Commander Admiral Alexander Moiseev

The duration and intensity of military exercises of foreign states in the Arctic region has increased over the past three years. In 2021, the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance held 20 operational training events in the Arctic, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, Commander of the Northern Fleet, said at the XI International Forum "The Arctic: Present and Future".

The increase in the combat capabilities of the Northern Fleet troops (forces) is in line with the general concept of the development of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and in strict accordance with the plans of the Ministry of Defense.

The Ministry of Defense reported that the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Panteleev and the ASEAN warships worked out joint tactical maneuvering, communication and rescue at sea

The large anti-submarine ship Admiral Panteleev and the ASEAN warships during the ARNEX-2021 exercises in Indonesia worked out joint tactical maneuvering, communication organization and rescue at sea. This was reported on Friday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The active part of the first joint naval exercise ARNEX-2021 of the Russian Navy and sailors of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is taking place off the coast of Indonesia near the island of Ve. The ASEAN countries are represented there by the warships of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei and Myanmar, and the Russian fleet is represented by the large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet Admiral Panteleev.

The military of the two countries will continue to work together in Idlib

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, spoke in favor of further coordination of the efforts of the two countries to resolve the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Kremlin's press service reported.

Russian Su-27 and Su-30 fighters rose to escort US reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea, no border violations were allowed. This was announced on Friday, December 3, by the Ministry of Defense.

It is too early to believe that the negotiations in Vienna on the restoration of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) have encountered insurmountable difficulties, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in the Austrian capital, said on Friday.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Friday that Russia and Ukraine need to adhere to the Minsk agreements in order to achieve de-escalation of the conflict with Ukraine.

The topic of Ukraine will become one of the central issues at the talks between the Presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, the possibility of whose behavior is currently being discussed, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at a briefing on Friday.

The new Iranian government has not demonstrated a constructive approach to the resumed negotiations in Vienna on the restoration of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Friday.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and EU Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel welcomed the establishment of structural cooperation between the US and the EU in the field of defense.

Moscow, not Kiev, should take steps to reduce tensions near the Russian-Ukrainian border, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

Russia should not influence NATO's decisions on the expansion of the alliance, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

U.S. Defense Ministers Lloyd Austin and Japan's Nobuo Kishi agreed in a telephone conversation to discuss issues of deepening cooperation in the field of defense in the near future at a meeting in the "2 +2" format, the Pentagon said.

Russia and China do not want an exchange of nuclear strikes more than the United States, the American edition of SpaceNews reports a statement by former Deputy Defense Minister for Research and Technical Development of the United States (under the administration of President Donald Trump) Michael Griffin.

The People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic recorded the operation of electronic warfare stations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of three settlements controlled by Kiev in the Donbass.

The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) operational and Tactical missile system of the US Army, if deployed in Ukraine near its northern borders with Russia, is capable of hitting Moscow, writes the American edition of The Drive.

A civilian plane flying from Tel Aviv to Moscow was forced to change course over the Black Sea to avoid a dangerous approach with a foreign reconnaissance aircraft. This was announced on December 4 by a source in the air traffic control services.