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The special forces compound in the Krasnodar Territory has been equipped with new short-range reconnaissance stations and radar stations (radars), the press service of the Southern Military District reported.

The Chinese authorities should assess the situation more objectively and not take risky steps in the military field, the head of the Taiwan administration, Tsai Ing-wen, said in a New Year's address.

Russia's demands to the United States and NATO to stop the expansion of the alliance are alarming in Europe, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said in a New Year's address.

Finland retains the possibility of applying for NATO membership, the country's Prime Minister Sanna Marin said.

Russian and Turkish Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed Moscow's proposals on security guarantees, the Kremlin's press service reported on Sunday.

Russia and Belarus will hold joint military exercises in the first quarter of 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The personnel of the Russian military base (RVB) stationed on the territory of Tajikistan in 2021 conducted more than 300 anti-terrorist exercises on the territory of the republic, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

Until now, Belgrade has mainly purchased defensive weapons from Russia, as well as used military equipment. In the future, the possibility of buying new aircraft and air defense systems is being considered.

19FortyFive: The US has a clear advantage over China and Russia thanks to its alliances

The American publication 19FortyFive named the biggest advantage of the United States in a war with Russia or China.

The facts of large-scale theft of spare parts and components for armored vehicles were revealed in one of the military units of the Khmelnitsky region. The damage caused is estimated at UAH 1 million (about 2.7 million rubles).

Moscow confirms that negotiations on security guarantees will begin with consultations in Geneva between the Russian Federation and the United States on January 10, and then continue at a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council on January 12 in Brussels and on January 13 in Vienna at the OSCE site, further steps will depend on the willingness of the United States and NATO to discuss Moscow's concerns in detail, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

The European Union could do much more to prevent escalation in Europe and cooperation with Russia, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

In 2022, Rosoboronexport plans to further expand the range of weapons and military equipment exported from the Russian Federation

The volume of Rosoboronexport JSC contracts signed in 2021 with sub-Saharan Africa approached €2.5 billion. This was announced on Thursday by the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev.

The Checkmate light tactical stealth fighter topped the TOP 5 export novelties of the Russian defense complex in 2021. The rating also includes the Orion-E reconnaissance and strike drone, the Tosochka multiple launch rocket system with thermobaric ammunition, the AK-19 Kalashnikov assault rifle and the S-350E Vityaz anti-aircraft missile system.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the establishment of the Pipeline Troops Day in the armed forces.

Western experts: high technologies will be involved in the Third World War

The Third World War will be waged with the use of high technologies: hypersonic undetectable missiles. In this case, the Internet will be turned off in the first seconds. Such a possible scenario of a hypothetical conflict was described by Western experts in a conversation with the BBC.

The political recognition of the new government of Afghanistan formed by the Taliban (banned in the Russian Federation) is rather a "symbolic political act" — de facto recognition is already taking place.

On Thursday, December 30, a draft amendment to the Government decree of July 17, 1996 "On the procedure for issuing weapons to persons subject to State protection" was published on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts. Along with military personnel of the Ministry of Defense, employees of the FSB, SVR, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rosgvardiya, FCS, as well as judges and prosecutors, it is proposed to issue weapons to employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in case of a threat to their lives.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the provision of support measures and benefits to citizens participating on a voluntary basis in the protection of the state border of the Russian Federation.

The Chinese authorities at the talks between the Chinese and US military put forward demands to the American side to put an end to hostile activity near the Chinese borders, the weekly Newsweek reported, citing the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China.