Global security news

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev and Director General of the General Department of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Cambodia Hun Manit held consultations on security issues in Phnom Penh, the press service of the Security Council of the Russian Federation reported.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is well aware of the idea of a security guarantee system and understands Russia's concerns, said Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian leader.

Supporters of the Yemeni Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) used a "flying tank" - a Mi-24 combat helicopter in the battles against the formations of pro-Saudi President Hadi for the first time during the civil war.

Last week, video footage appeared on the Network, taken in the mountainous Jabal al-Balak al-Sharqi area in the south of Marib province. A rotorcraft flying at low altitude brought down unguided aircraft missiles on the enemy.

The German Federal Government should take the initiative on a new agreement on intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles. On Wednesday, December 15, a member of the Bundestag defense committee from Alternative for Germany, Rüdiger Lukassen, told Izvestia.

First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Titov at a meeting with the Ambassador of Britain and a number of diplomatic missions of Western countries explained the initiative of the Russian Federation on security guarantees, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.

A law has come into force in Ukraine designed to improve the procedure for the use of military equipment and weapons by the personnel of the State border service. This was reported on December 15 by the press service of the border agency.

$300 billion is provided for strengthening the defense of Ukraine. The defense budget of 2022 increased by 5% compared to the previous year

The US Senate, following the House of Representatives, voted to adopt the draft US defense budget for 2022 in the amount of $778 billion, Bloomberg reported.

The Central Military District will increase the number of joint training sessions with our neighbors from Central Asia next year. The increased number of exercises is associated with the increase in military threats on the southern borders in the region.

Washington is considering the possibility of additional deployment of troops on a rotational basis on the eastern flank of NATO in the event of a "Russian invasion" of Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Monday.

The President of the United States Joe Biden, during a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, "clearly" voiced the specific reasons for Washington's concern about the situation around Ukraine. This statement was made by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Monday, December 13.

RBC: Russian Foreign Ministry to develop artificial intelligence for foreign policy analysis

The Russian Foreign Ministry is working on a system that will use artificial intelligence to analyze arrays of data on foreign policy issues. RBC writes about this.

At a time when Lithuania is forced to resist threats in connection with the policies of Belarus and Russia, as well as pressure from China after the opening of Taiwan's representative office in Lithuania, Washington is ready to provide military support to Vilnius, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin said.

The US Department of Defense has decided not to punish American servicemen for the deaths of 10 civilians, including seven children, due to an air strike on Kabul. The department called the incident a tragic mistake. This was reported by The New York Times on Monday, December 13.

In the next 18 months, the authorities will have to make a choice in favor of British or American technologies

The creation of its own nuclear submarine fleet, for the construction of which Canberra broke the largest defense contract in its history with Paris, could cost Australia 171 billion Australian dollars ($122.2 billion) and will require at least 20 years. Such data was published on Tuesday by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).

Cambodia has officially renounced American weapons. December 13, portal straitstimes.com He reported that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the military to destroy all American weapons available in the country or send them for storage.

Representatives of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) are trying to revive high-speed jet planes stored at Kabul airport for their newly created Air Force.

NATO members from Eastern Europe, as well as the United Kingdom, will seek to ensure that there is no dialogue with Moscow on security guarantees, Russian Ambassador to London Andrey Kelin said.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky was outraged that Germany blocked the supply of weapons to Kiev through the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO).

The main attention during the telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto was paid to issues related to the internal Ukrainian crisis, the Kremlin's press service reported.

The Russian President stressed the importance of immediately launching international negotiations to develop guarantees that exclude NATO's advance to the East