The press service of the Northern Fleet reported that a detachment of SF ships passed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea. This detachment includes the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, the frigate Admiral Kasatonov and the large anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov.

Exercises to combat pirates in areas of intensive shipping were conducted by marine units attached to a detachment of warships of the Northern Fleet, the press service of the Sevflot reported on Tuesday.

According to the agency interlocutor, commissioning works are currently being carried out on the ship, which will soon go into mooring tests

The second serial multipurpose nuclear submarine of the 885M (Yasen-M) K-571 Krasnoyarsk project, being built at the Sevmash enterprise in Severodvinsk, will enter factory sea trials in the White Sea at the beginning of June this year. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian expects that the contract for the supply of four Govind-class corvettes to Romania with a total value of 1.2 billion rubles. the euro will be signed soon.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that he was not aware of plans to create a joint command of the allied forces of Russia and Belarus

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has approved an agreement with Belarus providing for the dispatch of up to 200 Belarusian military personnel to Syria to provide humanitarian assistance. The corresponding order is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov reacted to the protest of the Japanese government because of the upcoming shootings in the Kuril Islands. In an interview with journalists, the Kremlin representative noted that the exercises of the Russian armed forces on the territory of the Russian Federation should not be a matter of concern for neighbors.

By the end of February, Russian military instructors will train more than half a thousand junior specialists for the Tajik army. This was announced on Monday, February 7, by the press service of the Central Military District.

Experts of the Security Council consider unprecedented attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of Russia by the countries of the collective West, they said this at a meeting of the Scientific Council at the Security Council, the press service of the Security Council staff reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to participate in the Munich Security Conference in any formats, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said.

The US Army is waiting for an imminent defeat in the land war with Russia, according to former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter. His article about a possible military confrontation between Washington and Moscow and the reasons that can lead to this is published by RT.

Biden and Macron discussed the situation around Ukraine

US and French leaders Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron held a telephone conversation on the evening of February 6. During the bilateral talks, the presidents raised the issue of Ukraine's security against the background of the accumulation of troops near its borders with Russia and Belarus.

The former head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine told the Guardian about the absence of an "invading army" on the border

Former head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Zagorodnyuk said that rumors about a "huge Russian army" at the eastern borders of the country are exaggerated.

Ukrainian nationalists and Polish mercenaries have been deployed to the contact line in Donbass, said Eduard Basurin, a representative of the People's militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov assessed the probability of a significant escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict as low, the press service of the country's military department reported.

Canada sent a military transport plane with a new batch of non-lethal weapons to Ukraine on the night of February 4. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the Canadian Ministry of Defense.

On February 5, the eighth plane from the United States landed in Kiev with a cargo of ammunition. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with the American newspaper Washington Post that his country supplied Ukraine with 5,000 helmets at the request of Kiev, while strict export restrictions play a big role in the issue of possible arms supplies.

On February 5, two Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces performed a patrol in the airspace of the Republic of Belarus.

Speaking about the combat qualities of the Russian Su-57 fighter, comparing it in air combat with the F-22 and F-35, they often overlook the outstanding capabilities of the Russian fighter in the field of hitting targets on the ground. Meanwhile, they are impressive and significantly surpass the capabilities of analogues from China and the United States, writes Military Watch.