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President Vladimir Putin said that there is no need to worry about the Russian army, since everything is fine with it. He mentioned this on December 9 at a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC).

On Thursday, December 10, at a meeting with foreign military attaches, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov commented on Western accusations that Moscow was allegedly concentrating forces on the border with Ukraine and preparing an invasion of a neighboring state.

He noted the activation of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of American troops

The head of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces, General Frank Mackenzie, said that for the foreseeable future, the US will keep the number of its military in Iraq at the current level of 2.5 thousand people.

The President of Estonia, Alar Karis, spoke in favor of discussing security issues with all allies in the North Atlantic Alliance, the press service of the head of state reported.

Estonian President Alar Karis said that during a telephone conversation with the heads of state of the eastern wing of NATO on Thursday, the US president promised to transfer additional troops to the alliance countries if necessary.

The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin, held a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Argentine Republic for International Defense Issues Francisco Cafiero.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov believes that incidents like the one that occurred with the Ukrainian Navy "Donbass" are fraught with serious consequences.

It is naive to believe that Russia will soon be able to receive security guarantees from the United States, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced a large-scale conscription of recruits in the autumn of 2021 in military specialized units.

"In the ongoing autumn conscription, which was launched in October and involves the recruitment into the Armed forces, other troops, military formations more than 127 thousand people, more than 400 inductees 9 December went by collection points of the constituent entities of Russia for the military service in scientific and scientific-production company", - said the Agency.

Relations between Russia and the West continue to degrade and have reached a critical point.

The relevant information is on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry noted the readiness expressed by US President Joe Biden during a conversation with Russian Leader Vladimir Putin "to establish a serious dialogue on issues related to ensuring Russia's security."

NATO is ready to discuss with Russia topics that cause it concern, but it cannot be about depriving Ukraine and other countries of the right to decide independently whether to join the alliance, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.

Canada confirmed its unwavering support for Ukraine and readiness to use the available tools to prevent the escalation of the conflict in the Donbas.

The Russian startup We Can Fly intends to take part in a competition organized by American entrepreneur Elon Musk, with a developed technology for cleaning the Earth's atmosphere from carbon dioxide (CO2). This was reported on December 11 by TASS with reference to the company's press service.

Creating a united front of the "Big Seven" against Russia's policy towards Ukraine will be one of the tasks of the meeting of the foreign ministers of the G7 countries, British Foreign Minister Liz Truss told reporters.

The administration of US President Joe Biden has postponed the provision of a $ 200 million military aid package to Ukraine, which was prepared in advance, NBC reported with links to its informed sources.

Readers of the British newspaper The Times commented on the words of the country's Defense Minister Ben Wallace that the army should be ready to wage war in the Arctic because of Russia's "activity" in the region.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and German Foreign Minister Annalenna Berbock discussed measures that both countries will take if Russia takes hostile actions against Ukraine, the State Department reported on Saturday.

Two servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic were killed as a result of an explosion of ammunition dropped by a Ukrainian drone. This was reported on December 11 in the People's Militia of the DPR.

The department noted that this information is official and is not subject to disclosure.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has classified information about the use of Turkish Bayraktar attack drones and American Javelin missile systems in the Donbass.

Ukraine's ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk believes that Kiev should not expect arms supplies from Berlin under the new Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Melnik was asked whether it was worth waiting for the new government of Germany to cancel the blocking of supplies of anti-drone rifles to Ukraine.