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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.

As military and diplomatic sources told Izvestia, the analysis of American hypersonic weapons showed that the Pentagon's stake was placed on the development of ground- and air-based systems with a non-strategic range. This will make it possible to quickly create a grouping of such forces and means in Eastern European countries, in particular in Ukraine, without the need to build a complex and expensive infrastructure.

The aircraft of the Saudi-led coalition against Yemeni Houthi rebels struck and destroyed nine weapons depots in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Saudi state television reported, citing a coalition statement.

The Parties are creating a joint regional air defense system, which is an integral part of the joint air defense system of the CIS member states

The Federation Council at a meeting on Friday ratified the agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on the creation of a joint air defense system.

Moscow appreciates Beijing's reaction to its proposals regarding security guarantees, and calls on the West not to discount the determination of the Russian Federation and China to protect their national interests, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

They directly direct what is happening in the Donbass

About 10,000 Western military instructors are in Ukraine, 4,000 of them are from the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

Russia moves its troops exclusively on its territory, and this is its sovereign right, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

During the recent ostentatious launches of the American FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank complex, the Ukrainian military resorted to crude manipulations to demonstrate good results.

The Russian Defense Ministry published a video that instantly went viral.

The newest Russian Orion attack drone was demonstrated, which, according to Zvezda, was involved "in combat use against an aerial target."

The missile destroyer USS Gravely entered the Turkish naval base Aksaz in the Sea of Marmara, the 6th operational Fleet of the United States reported.

President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of the Zircon hypersonic system. On the air of Sputnik radio, military political scientist Alexander Perendzhiev commented on this event.

The Russian Ministry of Defense showed a video recording of the destruction of an oil refinery of militants in Syria with the help of barrage ammunition.

Two Borey-A missile submarines will be laid down at Sevmash in 2023

In Russia, two strategic missile submarines of Project 955A ("Borey-A") will be laid down at the Sevmash enterprise in 2023, a source in the military-industrial complex told TASS.

RIA Novosti: Russian Orion UAVs have carried out over 40 sorties to strike terrorists in Syria

Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Orion took off more than 40 times to strike terrorists in Syria, RIA Novosti reports with reference to an informed source. Since 2019, the Russian military has used two such unmanned aircraft.

The military exercises conducted by Iran this week in the Persian Gulf were a warning to Israel, said Hossein Salami, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, amid fears that Tel Aviv may be hatching plans to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.