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The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that the plan of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) to "contain" Russia is useless. As he said in an interview with the Financial Times on December 12, the strategy of "non-provocation" against the Russian Federation "does not work and will never work."

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the country's defense budget, which is planned for 2022 in the amount of over 1.1 billion rubles. In the future, it will be increased by another 500 million euros for the purchase of equipment and weapons, including combat aircraft.

Servicemen and employees of law enforcement agencies will be able to receive a QR code on vaccination against coronavirus, if the bill is adopted, a clarifying amendment will be prepared for it, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova said.

The number of militants of the terrorist organization "Al-Qaeda" (banned in the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan has increased since the Americans withdrew their troops from there at the end of August.

It can be assumed that Russia will transmit its proposals on security guarantees to the United States through diplomatic channels this week, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

It will be called "The Memory of the people. The tape of the military history of the Fatherland"

By the end of 2023, the Russian Military Department will create a portal about military operations in which Russia has ever participated. This was announced by the head of the Department for Perpetuating the memory of those killed in the Defense of the Fatherland of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Valery Kudinsky.

Nine APL-500 field camps with a full support cycle have been established in the Southern Military District (SE) for combat training of battalion tactical groups, the press service of the district reported on Monday.

The children from Suvorov, Nakhimov naval schools, presidential cadet corps and boarding schools of pupils of the Ministry of Defense of Russia began winter holidays. They started ahead of schedule on the calendar.

The Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan has published generalized data on state budget expenditures on law enforcement agencies.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin and Myanmar's Ambassador to Russia Lwin Wu confirmed at a meeting in Moscow the desire of the two countries to maximize the accumulated potential for deepening cooperation in the defense sector, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

The US NATO allies from Eastern Europe reacted negatively to the decision of American President Joe Biden to hold a dialogue with Russia on issues related to this alliance, Bloomberg wrote on Thursday, citing diplomatic sources.

Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets said that the North Atlantic Alliance should demonstrate unity in support of Ukraine.

The United States has decided to be an active participant in the peace process to resolve the situation in Donbass, said the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak, commenting on the telephone conversations between the presidents of the United States and Ukraine.

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.