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Russia's nuclear triad provides a solution to the tasks of deterring a potential enemy, more than 95% of ground-based strategic nuclear forces (SNF) launchers are ready for combat use, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

In 2022, the main trends that may have an impact on macroeconomics will be the end of the era of free money on stock markets and the transformation of space into a new "Wild West". This is reported by RBC with reference to the Deutsche Bank report "Ten main topics of 2022" on Thursday, December 9.

Russia is fending off potential threats in the aerospace sphere by improving the combat potential of the Aerospace Forces (VKS), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing to military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.

The main event of the training of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2022 will be the strategic command and staff exercise "Vostok-2022", which will be held in September, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said.

The strategic aviation of the United States began to appear much more often in the immediate vicinity of the eastern borders of Russia, practicing reaching the frontier of the use of cruise missiles, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing before foreign military attaches.

The "new security equation" proposed by Russia can become an effective arms control mechanism to ensure strategic stability, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

NATO has increased military activity in the immediate vicinity of the Russian borders in recent years, the US strategic aviation is training cruise missile launches at facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, noting that the Russian Defense Ministry confirms its readiness to discuss security issues to de-escalate tensions and increase mutual trust.

Among the main tasks, according to the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, mine clearance of terrain and facilities, the return of prisoners of war and detained persons, the search for the bodies of the dead, ensuring the safety of the delivery of humanitarian supplies and the implementation of infrastructure projects.

The possibility of firing a hypersonic missile from both a surface ship and a nuclear submarine from an underwater position has been confirmed, said the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Tests of the shipboard missile system "Zircon" are being successfully completed, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing before the military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.

This creates prerequisites for the spread of nuclear technologies by creating a nuclear submarine fleet in Australia, Valery Gerasimov noted

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov called the creation of the AUKUS unit a destabilizing factor in the Asia-Pacific region (APR), as it creates prerequisites for the proliferation of nuclear technologies through the creation of a nuclear submarine fleet in Australia.

The maneuvers will be held in September 2022

It is planned to invite foreign military contingents to the strategic command and staff exercise "Vostok-2022", which will be held in September 2022, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation noted that the recently signed bilateral roadmap for the development of cooperation in the military field opens up new opportunities on this track

Cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is an important link in ensuring stability in the Asia-Pacific region (APR), the recently signed bilateral roadmap for the development of cooperation in the military field opens up new opportunities on this track, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

On Thursday, at a meeting with military attaches of foreign states, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, commented on Western accusations that Moscow is allegedly concentrating forces on the border with Ukraine to prepare an invasion of a neighboring state.

The Majlisi Namoyandagon (lower house of Parliament) of Tajikistan has ratified the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan on the establishment of a Unified Regional Air Defense System.

Russia does not plan to invade the territory of Ukraine, but any provocations by Kiev on the forceful settlement of the situation in the Donbass will be stopped, said the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.

A decision on the format of the discussion between Russia and the United States on the development of security guarantees has not yet been made, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.

The role of military attaches is also to help their capitals better understand the Russian military, said the French Republic's defense attache, Vice Admiral Alexis Wheeler

The French Republic's Defense attache, Vice Admiral Alexis Wheeler, on behalf of the military diplomats accredited in Moscow, thanked the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, for the briefing he gave on Thursday, which was useful in a complex international context.

"One of the main tasks of increasing the combat capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces remains to maintain high combat readiness of the nuclear triad," Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said at a meeting with military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.

The protection of Ukraine's sovereignty is the task of the country itself and its army, but various assistance from other states is also necessary. This was announced on December 9 by the head of the Lithuanian Defense Ministry Arvydas Anushauskas.

Russia is alarmed by information about the circulation of 5 million units of unaccounted firearms on the territory of Ukraine. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on Thursday, December 9, during a weekly briefing.