Field trials of the upgraded multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) Uragan-M are in progress in the Osipovichsky exercise area of the 51st Guards Artillery Brigade, BelTA learned from the chief of the Osipovichsky exercise area, commander of army unit No.12147, Guards Colonel Aleksei Ratushny.

A train carrying armored fighting vehicles BTR-82A from the Russian city of Arzamas has arrived at the Grodno garrison. The new BTRs are intended for the 6th Independent Guards Mechanized Brigade, representatives of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA.

Plans are in place to expand the Museum of Gifts in the Palace of Independence beyond the hall on the third floor into other premises, Press Secretary of the Belarusian President Natalya Eismont told the participants of the excursion around the Palace of Independence in Minsk, BelTA has learned.

One more evacuation flight has left Minsk for Iraq, BelTA learned from Minsk National Airport.

Another evacuation flight left Minsk on 4 December to take migrants to Iraq, BelTA learned from Minsk National Airport.

Establishing a Eurasian Space Agency sounds like a good idea. Director General of the Russian state corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin made the relevant statement during the Eurasian Economic Union business forum Space Integration in Moscow on 3 December, the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission told BelTA.

The Gomel Oblast Council of Deputies and the State Assembly of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russian Federation signed a cooperation agreement in Gomel on 2 December, BelTA has learned.

More than 3.582 million Belarusians have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

The countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are conducting joint research to develop vaccines and diagnostic test systems for infectious diseases, including COVID-19, BelTA learned from the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) following the meeting of the EEC Board.

Belarus intends to stage an army exercise together with Russia in order to cover southern borders. Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin made the statement after the government conference held by the Belarus president in the Defense Ministry's strategic control center on 29 November to discuss military security, BelTA has learned.