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Enterprises of the Tula region continue to increase the volume of production of products for the army, in particular, balaclavas, vests and sleeping bags, while more than 20 enterprises have rebuilt production to meet the tasks of staffing military personnel, the government of the region reports.

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According to the press service of the regional government, state support is provided to the productions

Light industry enterprises in the Tula region are increasing the volume of production for the needs of the Russian Armed Forces, including some being converted to the production of sleeping bags, gloves, socks. The products are manufactured from modern materials and meet high quality requirements, the press service of the regional government reported on Friday.

The works will be handled by SRCTec

The US Department of Defense, as part of providing military assistance to Ukraine, has signed a $12 million contract with a company in New York state for the maintenance of TPQ-50 counter-battery radar stations. This is stated in a notice distributed by the Pentagon on Thursday.

Lithuania is very actively supporting Ukraine in its fight against "Russian aggression", even against the background of other countries, including the Baltic States. Neither Latvia nor Estonia express such zeal in transferring weapons and other equipment to Kiev.

Military medicine should help soldiers and the population in the special operation zone

For more than six months, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been conducting a special military operation (SVO) to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.

In addition to stormtroopers and other military specialists, there are also military paramedics and medical instructors in the units of the Wagner group, which are now in the Donbass and in adjacent territories and perform very serious combat tasks. Their main task is to evacuate the wounded from the battlefield and provide first aid before the wounded are taken to a field hospital.

The source said that new developments in the field of materials science have made it possible to increase the security of the machine without its radical weighting

The upgraded Ka-52M helicopter received an improved onboard defense system from all modern man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) and a new ballistic protection. This was told to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Belgium has decided to provide military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 12 million euros. The new package will include large-caliber machine guns and ammunition for them, as well as winter clothing, which the APU really needs. This was stated by the country's Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder.

On September 15, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 600 million.Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 has now exceeded $15.1 billion. The total amount of US military aid to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $17.9 billion.

The investigation by the American Air Force of a fatal accident that occurred in 2022 unexpectedly showed that the cause of the death of the F-16 fighter pilot David Schmitz in the United States could be counterfeit ejection seat parts. Its key elements could well be fake.

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Russian servicemen will receive a new individual first aid kit, the decision was made based on the experience of a special military operation in Ukraine. The development of a new first aid kit will be handled by Tsniitochmash.

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The T-72S tanks of the Iranian army received optoelectronic suppression systems of their own design. This technique was used in large-scale exercises conducted in the central part of the country. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

Russian tanks will receive the Arena-M active protection system, and development work is currently underway to modernize the fleet of tanks in service with the army with the installation of this complex. This was stated by the head of the Main Tank Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Alexander Shestakov.

Russian armored vehicles participating in a special military operation in Ukraine are equipped with additional protection right on the spot, this is provided by the design of infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers. This was announced by the head of the Main Armored Vehicle Directorate (GABTU) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Alexander Shestakov.

According to the publication, the USA, Canada, Sweden and Finland promised to provide up to half of the needs declared by Kiev

NATO, at the request of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov, called on the alliance member states to provide winter equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) as soon as possible, some members of the alliance have already promised to send assistance to Kiev. This was reported on Monday by Der Spiegel, citing its own sources.

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