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The administration of US President Joe Biden has postponed the provision of a $ 200 million military aid package to Ukraine, which was prepared in advance, NBC reported with links to its informed sources.

Popular Mechanics: FGM-148 Javelin complexes in Ukraine are vulnerable to Russian artillery

American portable FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems in Ukraine are not enough to confront Russia, writes Popular Mechanics.

A batch of new T-72B3M tanks, which reinforced the Russian military base in Tajikistan, has been sent to a training ground in a mountainous area, the Central Military District (CVO) said on Saturday.

The department noted that this information is official and is not subject to disclosure.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has classified information about the use of Turkish Bayraktar attack drones and American Javelin missile systems in the Donbass.

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that sooner or later foreign partners will also have hypersonic weapons, but Russia will most likely have the means to eliminate them by then.

Russia today occupies a leading position in the world in modern types of weapons, Vladimir Putin said in the film "Russia. Recent history" on the channel "Russia 1".

The crew of the small anti-submarine ship "Junga" of the Kola Flotilla of the heterogeneous forces of the Northern Fleet (SF) practiced artillery firing in the coastal ranges of the Barents Sea, the press service of the fleet reported on Sunday.

In the Kiev region, a Ukrainian-Turkish plant under construction will begin production of a new generation of jet unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of countering other aerial objects.

The United States will send small arms and ammunition to Ukraine this week. This will be the last batch of military aid that is planned for the current year, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on December 8.

State tests of the upgraded multiple launch rocket system "Hurricane" have begun in Belarus at the Osipovichi test site. The MLRS received a new automotive platform: instead of the ZIL-135LM, the launcher for 220-mm rocket projectiles is placed on the MAZ-6317.

A hypersonic missile is already ready for him

The Su-57 fighter will be armed with hypersonic weapons, from 2027 the aircraft will go to the troops with a new engine, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.

The Russian Embassy in the United States condemned the words of Senator Roger Wicker about a possible nuclear strike on Russia, RIA Novosti reports.

While the United States is trying to achieve at least minimal success in hypersonic technologies, Russia is testing ready-made missiles. And, although the most attention of the public is attracted by the planning Avangard combat units for ballistic missiles, the main advantage of hypersonic technologies is concentrated in the operational and tactical link, writes 19FortyFive.

On December 8, one of the stages of state tests of the prototype 9P140MB combat vehicle was successfully completed at the Osipovichsky training ground as part of the OKR for the modernization of the Hurricane MLRS in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus.

The Su-57 fighter will be armed with hypersonic weapons, from 2027 the aircraft will go to the troops with a new engine, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.

The calculations of the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in the Primorsky Territory, took part in a practical training on one of the ranges with the tasks of preparing, launching and controlling missile strikes.

Defense Express: Ukraine has started the operation of the Bars-8MMK mortars received in 2019

The airborne assault troops of Ukraine have begun operation of new mobile mortar launchers "Bars-8MMK". The military uses vehicles that they received in 2019, writes Defense Express.

USC: serial equipping of ships with Zircon missiles is possible after the decision of the military

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is ready to equip Russian ships with hypersonic Zircon missiles after a command from the military. Vladimir Korolev, Deputy Director General for Military Shipbuilding and Special Programs of JSC "USC", called the conditions of rearmament. This is reported by Interfax.

The situation in eastern Ukraine is escalating, but any provocations by the Kiev authorities to resolve the situation in Donbass by force will be stopped, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said on Thursday at a briefing before the military attaches of foreign states.

Russia's nuclear triad provides a solution to the tasks of deterring a potential enemy, more than 95% of ground-based strategic nuclear forces (SNF) launchers are ready for combat use, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.