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Classified US intelligence data suggest that China plans to establish a base in Equatorial Guinea on the Atlantic coast of Africa, The Wall Street Journal newspaper reports, citing unnamed representatives of the American authorities.

The frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" and the corvette "Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov" of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) entered the waters of the Sea of Japan to conduct the first combat training events in the new training period, the TOF reports.

It first started in November 2019, everything is going normally, said Andrey Chipizubov

Russia and Turkey conducted another successful joint patrol in Hasakeh province near the town of Qamishli in northeastern Syria, the head of the patrol column of the Russian Federation Andrey Chipizubov told reporters. Regular patrolling of this territory first began in November 2019, everything is going on normally.

The command staff of the Southern Military District will consider the issues of covert and operational redeployment of troops at the operational mobilization gathering, Vadim Astafyev, head of the press service of the Southern Military District, told reporters.

We are talking about the conclusion of an agreement on the development of facilitated conditions for the import of military personnel, the exchange of classified information, mutual fuel supply and other technical support.

In the USA, they tried to determine the winner in a hypothetical confrontation between the Russian T-90M tank and the American M1A2 Abrams SEP v3.

The National Interest writes that in general, the functionality of the T-90M corresponds to Western analogues. The Russian tank has a panoramic commander's sight, and the gunner has a multi-channel "Pine-U". Also, the T-90M has a modern dynamic protection system "Relict", which is complemented by anti-cumulative protection under the tower and in the rear of the car. In the future, the T-90M, as reported, can be used to actively protect the "Afghanit"

The new Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov called on Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom to jointly and quickly provide military support to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian army is capable of "breaking any aggressive plans of the enemy." On Monday, December 6, it follows from the statement of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. The President's message was published on the day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov proposed to send 500 military instructors from Canada to the country. The head of the Defense Ministry said this on December 5 in an interview with the Canadian edition of The Globe and Mail.

The Minister added at the same time that Russian-Indian relations have a special character of a privileged strategic partnership

The implementation of the deal on the supply of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to India is going according to plan, despite US attempts to undermine cooperation between Moscow and New Delhi in this area. This was stated to journalists on Monday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar and Russian-Indian consultations in the "2+2" format between the defense and foreign ministers of the two countries.

The detachment of ships of the Russian Navy includes the frigate Admiral Grigorovich with a Ka-27PS helicopter on board, the patrol ship Dmitry Rogachev and the rescue tug SB-742

The crews of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) of Russia and the Egyptian Navy have started the three-day maritime phase of the joint exercises "Friendship Bridge - 2021" in the Mediterranean Sea, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Monday.

The leadership of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) refuted the conclusions of experts from the SIPRI Institute about the decline in Russian arms exports.

A new motorized rifle division in the Kaliningrad region, which, according to the Russian military, was created in response to NATO activity, has received more than 40 upgraded tanks this year, the Baltic Fleet said on Monday.

The data of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on the decline in Russian arms sales are not true. On Monday, December 6, military expert Andrei Frolov told Izvestia.

Amid increasing tensions in diplomatic and military relations between Russia and the West, the launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile system into mass production has put the United States in a hopeless position. The Iranian newspaper Kayhan writes about this on December 6.

Ukraine should act cautiously and diplomatically, and an increase in the number of troops on the territory of the country will irritate Russia. This opinion was expressed on Monday, December 6, by the Chief of the Canadian Defense Staff Wayne Airy.

On December 8, a meeting of the Military Committee on the Development of Military Cooperation of the member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be held. This was reported in the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff.

Amid increasing tensions in diplomatic and military relations between Russia and the West, the launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile system into mass production has put the United States in a hopeless position.

Russia has expressed concern to India about the activities of the United States to create closed military structures in the Asia-Pacific region (APR). This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The state corporation explained that all calculations are given in dollars, but the main volume of domestic defense industry products is the state defense order, where calculations are made in rubles

Conclusions of experts from the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) The decline in sales of Russian weapons on the world market cannot serve as an objective source of information.