Thread: remarks of the Russian President Putin at the expanded Defense Ministry Collegium:
- The military-political situation in the world remains difficult, the potential for conflict has grown in a number of regions, new hotbeds of tension have emerged.
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- If the US and NATO missile systems appear in Ukraine, then their flight time to Moscow will be reduced to 7-10 minutes, and with the deployment of hypersonic weapons - up to 5.
- Russia's proposals on security guarantees 'not an ultimatum.'
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- The US & NATO will have to "understand the seriousness of the situation."
- Moscow will not be satisfied with attempts to "blabber, plunge into some kind of swamp" its proposals.
- Even if Russia receives legal guarantees, it is not worth believing the West completely.
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- In the difficult conditions of the pandemic, the Russian military completed all tasks clearly and without failures.
- Ensuring the security of the Union State successfully worked out during Zapad-21 exercises.
- the Russian army must learn 'new ways of acting.'
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- The share of modern weapons in the Russian army exceeded 71%, in the strategic forces - 89%.
- Success depends on the accuracy and speed of decision-making in the military sphere, it is necessary to develop artificial intelligence systems.
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- Modern military conflicts do not follow a pattern, the one who makes non-standard decisions wins, Russia needs to train the appropriate personnel.
"Documented movements of military equipment of the Russian Armed Forces dated from 12 to 15 December. All convoys and military echelons were filmed in or heading towards the Bryansk Oblast and were moving towards the border with Belarus."
At least 9 TELARs of the Tor-M2 surface-to-air missile system with markings painted over. Location unknown. Video reportedly uploaded on December 16, 2021.
Russian Foreign Ministry: if the US refuses and torpedoes the issue of security guarantees, they will in return receive an inevitable deterioration of the situation.
Russian Foreign Ministry: a new missile crisis in Europe must be avoided before it's too late.
Putin: "The conversation [with Biden] was very open, substantive and, I would say, constructive. In any case, I hope that this is how the American side assesses the results of our meeting."
(TASS)
Putin: "We spoke on a number of other issues, on the normalization of diplomatic ties, and so on. In general, we did speak for a long time, in detail on all these topics."
Putin: "We spoke in detail about cyber security, ensuring security in this area, and stated that after our meeting in Geneva, we managed to make significant progress in this area."
The condition of one of the servicemen wounded by shelling is serious, one is moderate, and five are satisfactory, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced.