The Ukrainian Research Institute of IS VVT has completed tests of the complex with Barrier-V missiles for the Mi-8MSB-V

Tests of the Ukrainian complex with Barrier-B missiles for helicopters have been completed. Specialists of the State Research Institute for Testing and Certification of Weapons and Military Equipment (GNII IS VVT) performed more than 30 missile launches. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to the press service of the Institute.

Last Thursday, the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA reported a serious incident with a military helicopter belonging to the Ministry of Defense of that country.

The disaster happened during the exercise. The crew, due to a technical malfunction on board, made a hard landing in a mountainous area with difficult terrain.

A new version of the Lancet-3 barrage ammunition was used on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. It was equipped with one large X-shaped wing and an X-shaped tailplane.

Military expert Alexey Leonkov on Friday, February 18, in an interview with Izvestia, told about the features and advantages of the upgraded version of the Lancet-3 UAV.

The Russian military used a new version of the Lancet-3 kamikaze drones against militants in Syria

The Russian military used an upgraded version of the Lancet-3 kamikaze drones on the positions of terrorists in Syria. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a military-diplomatic source.

Expert Leonkov named the features of the Lancet-3 barrage ammunition

The Russian Lancet-3 barrage munition, which was tested in Syria, will allow strikes against previously unknown targets. The features of the kamikaze drone were named by military expert Alexey Leonkov in an interview with Izvestia.

Forbes: the main problem of Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters is the lack of pilots

The MiG-29 is the most massive fighter of Ukraine, inherited by the country from the USSR. The readiness of Ukrainian combat aircraft for war was assessed by Forbes columnist David Ax.

Pilots of the Russian Erebuni aviation military base and calculations of anti-aircraft units of the Air defense (air defense) military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Armenia performed training tasks together with servicemen of duty shifts of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, the press service of the SE reports.

Russian Su-24 bombers based in Crimea have conducted exercises to relocate to replacement airfields in other regions of the Russian Federation, said the official representative of the Black Sea Fleet Alexei Rulev.

Tu-22M3 with "Daggers" will become a problem for NATO in the Mediterranean.

The publication Military Watch reacted to the transfer of Tu-22M3 bombers and MiG-31K fighters with "Daggers" to Syria.

The airstrike was carried out on control points deep in the defense of a simulated enemy with high-explosive fragmentation bombs of large caliber

Two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian Federation bombed the Allied Resolve - 2022 exercises at the control points of a conditional enemy, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Saturday.

Military Watch: Dagger complexes in Syria may close the Mediterranean Sea to NATO

Russian hypersonic missile systems X-47M2 "Dagger", recently transferred to Syria, can close the Mediterranean Sea for NATO. Thus, the American magazine Military Watch assessed the appearance of Tu-22M3 bombers and MiG-31K fighters at the Syrian Khmeimim airbase.

Large-scale exercises are continuing in Siberia. So, in the final of the first stage, the pilots of the supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM destroyed the high-precision weapons of the "enemy" - cruise, anti-aircraft and aircraft guided missiles.

The Russian aviation missile system 9-A-7660 "Dagger" was tested in the Syrian Arab Republic. Earlier it became known that long-range Tu-22M3 bombers equipped with X-32 cruise missiles arrived there.

Pilots of MiG-31 high-altitude interceptors and Su-30SM fighters during day and night flights in Primorye discovered and hit air targets and evaded a retaliatory strike, the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reports.

AlfaTV (Finland): Finland's chances of becoming a NATO member have decreased — "It's obvious"

Many NATO countries now think that the expansion of the Alliance in the current situation may lead to an escalation of the conflict, the AlfaTV portal reports. Journalists talked to Finnish expert Matti Pesu, who believes that Finland's chances of becoming a NATO member have decreased.

German troops, which are part of the NATO rapid reaction force, will be put on high alert, which will shorten the time of their deployment to protect Eastern European allies in the event of an escalation of tensions with Russia, the German Defense Ministry said on Friday.

US President Joe Biden and the heads of a number of European NATO member states agreed to continue their diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalating the situation around Ukraine, while at the same time expressed readiness to take tough measures in case of a complication of the situation, the White House reports.

It is necessary to avoid further escalation of the tension of the situation around Ukraine, the representative of the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric said on Friday.

The United Kingdom on Thursday begins to transfer military personnel to Estonia, as well as tanks and other armored vehicles, the British Ministry of Defense reports.