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Lockdown in connection with the pandemic may contribute to the growth of threats of terrorist activity

Russia, China and Iran are the most hostile states to the UK, Minister of State for Security Damian Hinds told The Telegraph newspaper.

The Kremlin expects that the successful tests of the new hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will give additional credibility to Russian initiatives on security guarantees.

Russia, China and Iran are the most hostile states to the UK, Minister of State for Security Damian Hinds told The Telegraph newspaper.

The head of the Ministry of Defense stressed that the Day of the Rescuer is a special and expensive holiday for him

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu considers the Russian emergency prevention and response system to be the most effective and powerful in the world. This is stated in the congratulations on the Day of the Rescuer, which the Minister of Defense sent on Monday.

According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, sanctions make their creation impossible

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu believes that international rescue coordination centers could help in case of emergencies in different regions of the world, but sanctions make their creation impossible. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the Argumenty i Fakty newspaper published on Monday.

The Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov addressed the faculty and students of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on industrial policy and the development of the defense industry.

As the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry clarified, the successes of Chinese cosmonauts are "China's contribution to the peaceful exploration of outer space"

The Chinese authorities intend to develop the national space program on an open and equal basis, in accordance with the principle of joint development. This was stated on Monday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.

Rosatom has again fully fulfilled the state defense order in 2021, said Alexey Likhachev, Director General of the state corporation.

In Syria, a militant oil refinery was destroyed with the help of a Russian barrage ammunition. The operation took place in the province of Hama.

Bilateral exercises of the communications and electronic warfare units of the Black Sea Fleet took place on the Crimean Peninsula, involving more than 500 military personnel and 50 units of weapons and military equipment.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called the track of the Russia-NATO negotiations on security guarantees very important.

Russia has recently supplied military equipment and weapons to Tajikistan to ensure the country's defense capability, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Boeing E-8C Reconnaissance Aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) On December 27, the United States approached the Russian-Ukrainian border. This is evidenced by the data of the aviation monitoring site Flightradar.

The US Army has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman for the production of a unified control system for air and missile defense systems IBCS. According to Breaking Defense, under this agreement, the company will develop 160 systems for the US military and their foreign partners by the end of 2026.

NATO's activity in the Arctic region is intensifying, the strategic forces of the alliance are increasingly involved in exercises here in the immediate vicinity of Russia's borders, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said on Monday at a briefing for military attaches and representatives of embassies of foreign states accredited in Moscow.

The expansion of NATO's military infrastructure in the eastern direction has had a negative impact on the security architecture of the entire European continent, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said.

Targeted provocations of the North Atlantic Alliance near the Russian borders are highly likely to escalate into an armed conflict, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said.

In November, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on conducting tests during which an inactive Russian spacecraft was successfully hit

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, questioned the likelihood of repeated tests to destroy space satellites, similar to those conducted by Russia earlier in 2021. He expressed this opinion in an interview with The New York Times.

Defense Blog: Ukrainian military used Javelin against targets protected by bars

The Ukrainian military conducted exercises using FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems manufactured by the United States. During the maneuvers, the military hit targets protected by lattice screens. In the Defense Blog publication, the shooting was called a "big surprise" for Russia.

Estonian President Alar Karis believes that there is no question of discussing Russia's demands for security guarantees.