The North Atlantic Alliance will not respond to calls in the Russian Federation to withdraw its troops from countries that have joined NATO since 1997, since there cannot be "second-class" members, said the organization's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Russia is the party that caused the crisis situation with Ukraine, and it needs to put an end to such developments, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CBC television on Sunday.

The possible deployment of NATO military personnel in Estonia is proof of the validity of Russia's concerns and the fact that it is not Russia that is escalating tensions, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Russia expects to receive concrete answers from the United States and NATO on security guarantees, and believes that contacts on this matter will take place in the next few days, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

The Russian side will be forced to take measures if it realizes that the West is not going to take its concern about a number of security aspects seriously, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

New US sanctions against Moscow, including against the leadership of the Russian Federation, may lead to a complete rupture of relations between the two countries, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

In the military innovation technopolis "ERA", the recruits of scientific companies took the Military Oath.

More than 150 of the best graduates of technical universities arrived in Anapa from different cities of the country to undergo military service in the science city. 

President of Belarus Lukashenko said that Ukraine is pulling troops to the borders

Minsk - Ukraine's military contingent is being built up near the borders of Belarus. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said this today while listening to a report on the idea of a joint operational exercise of the armed forces of Belarus and Russia, BelTA has learned.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko heard a report on the plan of joint operational exercises of the armed forces with Russia, and also criticized the United States for deploying a military contingent near the Belarusian borders.

The purpose of checking the reaction forces of the Union State is to assess readiness to neutralize threats at the borders, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has approved the idea of a joint exercise of the Belarusian and Russian armed forces, it will be called "Allied Resolve-2022", the Telegram channel "Pool of the First", close to the press service of the head of state, reported.

The exercises of the Russian Federation on its territory have nothing to do with the process of internal Ukrainian settlement, said the permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich.

At military training grounds in Tatarstan, Altai, Khakassia, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, the Central Military District reserves will be collected. The press service of the Central Military District reported that from January 24 to January 26, military personnel from the combat army reserve of the country - BARS will work out combat training tasks there.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Jewish state Yair Lapid explained that NASA had offered Israel "to sign an international treaty on the study of the Moon and Mars, as well as comets and asteroids"

The Israeli government and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA are preparing to sign the so-called "Artemis Agreements" on joint space exploration, in particular the Moon and Mars, as well as asteroids and comets. This was announced on Sunday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Jewish state Yair Lapid.

The American company Boom Supersonic installed engines on the demonstrator of the supersonic passenger aircraft XB-1 and began testing them. It tests all three power plants at idle in turn and simultaneously, and also checks them in different operating modes.

Iran should take into account that the time frame for reaching an agreement to return to compliance with the provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program is limited, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on NPR radio.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold talks with Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi next week.

China will not interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, Chinese Ambassador to Kabul Wang Yu said after his meeting with the acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) Sirajuddin Haqqani.

The countries of the Middle East do not need external intervention to solve regional problems, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said after a series of talks with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Turkey and Iran.

The concept of the DDG(X) combat destroyer was presented in the USA. It will be a new generation ship armed with hypersonic missiles and lasers. It is assumed that they will be ten times more powerful than current missiles and laser installations.