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On December 9, 2022, the German Rheinmetall Group announced that it would supply two new Skynex 35 mm ground-based anti-aircraft artillery systems to an unnamed "international customer". The delivery will be made in early 2024. The total value of the contract is 182 million euros. In addition, a memorandum was signed in the amount of another 12 million euros for the supply by Rheinmetall group of heavy military trucks RMMN HX complete with vehicles for transporting and providing Skynex complexes.

Officer of the 3rd ZVO corps: the AFU soldiers fled at the sight of the Russian Terminator BMPT

The Ukrainian military are wary of Russian Terminator tank support vehicles (BMPT) and are hunting for them, the commander of the vehicle crew of the 3rd Army Corps of the Western Military District told RIA Novosti.

The United States considers strengthening Ukraine's air defense a priority. This was stated by US President Joe Biden in a telephone conversation with Zelensky.

Not all of the DPRK's ballistic missile tests were successful. Despite this, North Korean Hwasong missiles are capable of reaching American territory.

In addition, he told what needs to be done to quickly saturate the Russian army involved in its military with innovative military developments, and revealed plans for cooperation with Dmitry Rogozin's "Royal Wolves".

In the last two days alone, Ukrainian formations have lost ten Western-made MLRS

On December 8, Vladimir Putin presented the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia. The President of Russia stressed that the country's authorities will never forget to support the families and loved ones of the heroes of the Fatherland, including the dead and wounded. On this day, two HIMARS MLRS, five MLRS and MARS-II were destroyed in the area of the SVO. Experts note that Russian troops have successfully perfected tactics to combat these weapons systems. Also, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to attack in the Krasno-Limansky direction, where they inflicted sensitive damage to the enemy.

On December 2, 2022, the Director General of the State Defense Investment Center of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus - RKIK) Magnus-Valdemar Saar signed with the Director of the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) By James A. Hersh, an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters LOA (Letters of Offer and Acceptance) on the purchase by Estonia through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) land-based missile systems manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation, including missile ammunition.

Russian Ambassador to the United States: Moscow restrains nuclear conflict, Washington provokes confrontation

Moscow prevents a nuclear conflict, not accelerates it, writes Newsweek with reference to the Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. In his opinion, Russia's statements about the threat of escalation of the conflict between the nuclear powers are a classic deterrence in extreme circumstances.

On December 7, the German Defense Ministry once again updated data on the supply of equipment, weapons systems and non-lethal assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the German Armed Forces and from German defense companies funded by the federal government.

Rheinmetall from Germany made a presentation of five key new developments for equipping army field artillery. The interest of the Greek armed forces in them is understandable, because now Athens is more interested than ever in increasing the power and combat capability of its army against the background of the growing deterioration of relations with neighboring Turkey. The German company's novelties are described by the Defense Review publication.

During the press conference of the President of Russia, who is on a visit to the capital of Kyrgyzstan, the issue of the nuclear doctrine of the Russian Federation was raised. Recall that at the moment the nuclear doctrine provides for the presence of nuclear weapons virtually exclusively as a deterrent. The use of the nuclear arsenal prescribed in the doctrine is as a retaliatory action, including as a response to such actions of the enemy that aim to make the use of nuclear weapons itself impossible.

According to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Russia must withdraw its forces from Ukrainian territory before any agreement can be considered

British anti-aircraft guns and air defense missiles, which London promised to transfer to Kiev, will be delivered to Ukraine in the coming weeks. According to the office of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the prime minister said this on Friday in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

Economist: the crucial role of artillery in the Ukrainian conflict was an unexpected revelation

The Ukrainian conflict shows the importance of the dispersal of forces, firepower and weapons stocks, writes the Economist. The crucial role of artillery turned out to be an unexpected revelation for Western European armies, whose firepower declined sharply after the Cold War.

As the publication explains, earlier the Pentagon was more afraid of the possibility of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons or strikes on the territory of one of the NATO countries

The United States no longer insists that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) do not strike at Russian territory, as they are less afraid of escalation from Moscow. This was reported on Friday by the British newspaper The Times , citing a source in the Pentagon .

It seems like, already at all levels of government, in the public public space, the topic has been repeatedly raised and exaggerated that in the conditions of a special military operation, everything that concerns its own should not have a drop of formalism. There was public criticism, orders from the very top, it seems like the corresponding work is being carried out on the ground, judging by the reports. But in some moments, the traditional Russian bureaucracy has not outlived itself.

The Times: The US no longer insists that the APU does not strike at Russia

The United States has revised its assessments of the "threats" emanating from Russia and is no longer asking Kiev not to attack its territories, The Times reports. Now they are less concerned that the strikes inflicted by the APU may lead to escalation. They decided to ignore Moscow's warnings.

The Americans have decided which strategic weapons systems will be deployed in the coming years

In the USA, a new — record—breaking - defense budget was adopted this week. Congress has agreed on the Pentagon's spending for fiscal year 2023 in the amount of $858 billion. This is $80 billion more than this year. One of the reasons for such a significant increase is the work on new missile programs.

NYT: the issue of the supply of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine deepened the split between Poland and Germany

Poland's demand to send the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine has caused a new round of tension in its relations with Germany, writes NYT. Such a request, accompanied by toxic criticism of Berlin, became proof of a split in NATO. And it will only get worse.

Military expert Khodarenok told how to protect Russian airfields from APU attacks

In Kiev, after the UAV attacks on long-range aviation airfields, it was assumed that the armed forces of Ukraine would be able to hit any targets on the territory of Russia, including in Siberia. Military observer of the Newspaper.Ru" figured out what was behind such statements.

The Times: The US no longer insists that the APU does not attack the territory of Russia

The United States no longer insists that the Ukrainian military does not strike at Russian territory, because they are less afraid of escalation from Moscow, writes The Times. The newspaper claims that now Washington only asks not to attack the Russian civilian population and not to kill specific individuals. Now the United States is more likely to supply Ukraine with longer-range weapons, according to a newspaper source in the Pentagon.