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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.

Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expect to adopt an updated plan to combat terrorism next year.

He called the clogging of the near-Earth orbit a new direction of environmental work that has arisen before humanity

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on Tuesday discussed the problems of environmental legislation with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, who joined the discussion with the ISS. The video broadcast of the seminar was held on the official YouTube channel of the Sun.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov forwarded to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation the question that Russia allegedly sent tanks and snipers to the line of contact in eastern Ukraine in order to provoke Ukraine to return fire.

The Armed Forces of Mali announced the adoption of several dozen new armored vehicles on December 3, designed, as noted, to continue the fight against Islamic terrorism in the country.

The US authorities are making every effort to ensure that the situation around Ukraine does not lead to a military confrontation. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in an interview with Defense One published on Tuesday, December 7.

The United States does not intend to send its military to Ukraine to "fight with Russia." Adam Smith, chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Armed Forces, said this in an interview with CNN on December 7.

The United States should be prepared for a limited war with China to protect Taiwan in order to prevent China's dominance in Asia, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Sunday, citing former deputy assistant to the head of the Pentagon, Elbridge Colby.

The far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour wants the country to stop being a member of NATO.