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Business Insider: The APU is powerless before the missiles and radars of the Russian Aerospace Forces fighters

Ukrainian pilots confirm that the Russian Su-30SM and Su-35S are completely superior to the fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force, Business Insider reports with reference to the report of the Royal Institute of Defense Studies. Kiev can lose the war in the air without the help of the West, no matter how successfully its pilots act, the authors of the report believe.

According to the president, Western countries are "strategic opponents" of the Russian Federation

On December 21, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense was held, at which Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke. Putin called Western countries "strategic opponents" of the Russian Federation, which have been striving for its weakening and disintegration for centuries. Shoigu suggested conscripting Russians into the army from the age of 21 to the age of 30. The most striking comments of the world press are in the TASS collection.

The American authorities are looking for an opportunity to shorten the training period, CNN reports

The US Department of Defense will begin training Ukrainian servicemen in the very near future to manage the Patriot air defense system, it will take several months. This was announced to journalists on Wednesday by a high-ranking Pentagon representative, whose statements are quoted by CNN.

The US leader also stressed that the US administration does not believe that the transfer of American Patriot air defense systems to Kiev leads to an escalation

The United States and other Western countries do not seek war with Russia or World War III by supplying weapons to Ukraine. This was stated on Wednesday by US President Joe Biden at a joint press conference with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky following talks at the White House.

In Moscow, at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense summed up the results of the outgoing year, discussed proposals to strengthen the army. About what decisions were made — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The supply chain of foreign weapons to Ukraine is gradually breaking down, Sergei Shoigu said

The priority task in 2023 will be to continue the special military operation until the tasks are fully completed, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on December 21 at the final board of the department.

Biden signed a memorandum on the allocation of a package of military assistance to Kiev in the amount of up to $1 billion

The United States has decided to allocate a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $1.85 billion, which for the first time will include Patriot air defense systems. This is reported in a written statement issued on Wednesday by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

Putin urged to analyze NATO weapons and use them for the construction of the Russian Armed Forces

Russian President Vladimir Putin held an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense, at which topical issues of the foreign agenda of the Russian Federation were touched upon, in particular, the course of a special military operation to protect the population of Donbass. The main statements of the Russian leader are in the material of Izvestia.

Vasily Golovnin — about what changes the Japanese policy in the field of armaments has undergone and how it is treated in the country

The Japanese government seems to be solving a difficult task now — how not to pronounce out loud the overly aggressive term "preventive strike against a potential enemy" and at the same time make it clear to Beijing and Pyongyang that Tokyo is ready to use its armed forces without hesitation if it seriously suspects its neighbors of an imminent attack.

On December 21, 2022, an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held in Moscow at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of President - Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, during which the results of the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2022 were summed up and tasks for the next period were defined. The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, made a report at an expanded meeting of the Board.

Biden: The US does not want to provoke a Third World War

President Joe Biden explained his unwillingness to provide Ukraine with all the modern weapons it wants, saying that the provision of longer-range missiles and other sophisticated equipment could lead to tensions in US alliances in Europe, including NATO.

At the board of the Ministry of Defense, Putin and Shoigu summed up the results of the outgoing year and decided on the near future

Russian President Vladimir Putin held an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense on December 21, at which the results of the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the outgoing year were summed up and tasks were set for the next one. Details are in the material of Izvestia.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, held a briefing for military attaches of foreign states on December 22.

The President said that the resources of Western countries and NATO "are not on the verge of exhaustion"

Russia will snap up the American Patriot air defense systems, which will be delivered to the Kiev regime. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to journalists.

Al Jazeera: Zelensky made his first foreign trip since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine

The United States has put a lot of effort into organizing Zelensky's visit to Washington, Al Jazeera writes. The Congress gathered for the sake of "special attention to democracy," but this does not mean that the requests of the Ukrainian president will be satisfied. Biden will have to find weighty arguments why America should continue to fund the new "51st state."

US President Joe Biden, at a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, announced that as part of military assistance, Washington would provide Kiev with a battery of this missile system and train the Ukrainian military to work with it.

On December 21, 2022, on the occasion of the visit of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to Washington, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new large-scale package of American military assistance to Ukraine for a record amount of $ 1.85 billion to date.

Guardian: The US needs to think hard before giving its valuable Patriot missiles to Ukraine

An expert from the British analytical center RUSI advises the Americans to supply Patriot air defense missiles to Kiev, but to do it selectively, the Guardian reports. This approach is not connected with concern for the cause of peace, it's just that the author is sorry to spend such a rare weapon on the needs of Ukrainians. After all, there is a fight with China ahead.

France will continue to supply weapons to Kiev, the next package of military aid will go to Ukraine at the beginning of next year. This was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron.

According to Greek Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos, this will also require the issuance of an appropriate permit from the main manufacturer

Greece has not received an official proposal to replace the Soviet S-300 missile systems based on the Greek island of Crete with other air defense systems in order to send the S-300 to Ukraine. This was stated by the Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikos Panagiotopoulos in an interview posted on Wednesday by the Greek information portal newsbomb.gr .