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In 2022, promising VVST models, including those with hypersonic weapons, will be put on combat duty. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the Deputy Commander-in-chief of the VKS, Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin.

NATO member countries are increasing the offensive potential of the armed forces near the borders of Belarus, Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing to increase the age limit for military service for marshals, army generals and navy admirals by the decision of the President of the Russian Federation, the document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The situation at the western and southern borders of Belarus is heating up. Minsk is forced to plan retaliatory measures. On Monday, November 29, the head of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus Viktor Khrenin told reporters after a meeting on military security.

The new leadership of Afghanistan, which came to power after the seizure of the country by the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation), is ready to recognize the Russian status of Crimea.

The military integration of Russia and Belarus is a new challenge to NATO's collective security, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda believes. His opinion is quoted by RIA Novosti.

The North Atlantic Alliance is concerned about the information about the concentration of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine and calls on Russia to de-escalate the situation, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke at the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving problems in the field of defense of the Russian Federation".

According to him, no task of state importance - be it the defense of the country or the fight against coronavirus - can be solved without consolidated efforts, reliable, uninterrupted functioning of such a system. As the minister noted, it is "constantly improving and adapting to changes in the global geopolitical picture. This was clearly demonstrated by the coordinated work in the conditions of continuing restrictions on the coronavirus pandemic."

Former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper sued the Pentagon over a ban on the publication of part of his memoirs, which deals with his work in the administration of President Donald Trump. This was reported by the New York Times on November 28.

About 40 exercises will be held at the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan during the winter training period, which will begin on December 1, the Central Military District (CVO) reported.

The EDEX defense Industry exhibition begins its work on Monday in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, more than 20 countries are expected to participate, including Russian companies.

The Russian Defense Ministry has allocated 4.5 billion rubles for the construction of the Irkutsk Suvorov School.

The Military Department has signed a contract with a Military construction company, which is currently carrying out preparatory work to strengthen the foundation of the base of the building of the facility. The old building was decided to be preserved, and it will be unchanged.

The Russian army is not capable of waging a prolonged war in Europe, because it has limited logistical capabilities, military analyst Alex Vershinin writes on the pages of the American edition of War on the Rocks.

The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the US Army upgraded models of Russian T-72, T-80 tanks and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles. The unit simulates the actions of a conditional enemy in exercises. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks confirmed the United States' support for NATO allies on the eastern flank of the alliance and NATO's cooperation with the European Union, the Pentagon said.

The situation in the Black Sea region can be called tense for a year, and the degree of tension is unlikely to decrease. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Izvestia on Friday, November 26.

On Friday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke at the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving tasks in the field of defense of the Russian Federation".

According to Shoigu, no task of national importance, whether it is the defense of the country or the fight against coronavirus, can be solved without consolidated efforts, reliable and uninterrupted functioning of such a system.

More than 2.5 thousand tons of food and basic necessities were delivered to Syria, Armenia, Afghanistan, Nicaragua and Cuba

The Russian Armed Forces have increased the volume of humanitarian aid delivery to Russian regions and foreign countries several times in 2021, said Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.

In the event of a war with Russia, Ukraine will be defeated because of its artillery. The reason for Kiev's loss in a potential conflict with Moscow was named by the American magazine Forbes.

On Friday, on the sidelines of the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving problems in the field of defense of the Russian Federation", the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu and the head of the Russian Historical Society Sergei Naryshkin signed an agreement on the exchange of information between the military department and RIO.