Popular Mechanics: the "arsenal of democracy" for Ukraine from the USA may include ATGM and MLRS

The composition of the "arsenal of democracy", which can be sent by the United States to Ukraine as part of military assistance in the amount of $ 200 million, includes a portable anti-tank missile system (ATGM) AGM-148 Javelin and a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), writes Popular Mechanics.

The United States does not rule out military involvement in the conflict over Ukraine, the US Permanent Representative to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said in an interview with the Moldovan Jurnal TV channel.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Friday in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba discussed a trip to Europe in response to the military buildup of Russian forces near Ukraine, the US State Department reports.

The Osa anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) was deployed by Ukrainian security forces near the Kiev-controlled village of Dmitrovka in the Donbass.

Ukraine continues to violate agreements providing for a ban on the installation of weapons near settlements, the press service of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) reported.

Kiev has concentrated about 120 thousand troops at the contact line in the Donbass

Donetsk is not preparing for an offensive, despite the statements of the Western media, said the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin.

The head of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Kai-Achim Schoenbach, said that the next continental war may be in the next few decades.

American officials asked their Russian colleagues not to publicly distribute written responses to Russian initiatives on security guarantees that are currently being prepared in the United States, The Washington Post reported.

The Alliance will not abandon the presence of troops in its eastern part

The North Atlantic Alliance rejected Russia's demands for the withdrawal of troops from Bulgaria and Romania, American media reported, citing NATO representative Oana Lungescu.

Russia will not wait indefinitely for a response from the United States and NATO on security guarantees and will protect its security by other methods, Konstantin Gavrilov, head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said on the Izolenta live YouTube channel.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to instruct Defense Minister Ben Wallace to accept the invitation of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to hold talks in Moscow, Sky News channel reported on Sunday, citing sources.

On Friday, January 21, the Russian Defense Ministry released fragments of a letter that the head of the Russian military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu, wrote in response to an invitation from British colleague Ben Wallace to visit London.

Shoigu invited Wallace to Moscow

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has accepted an invitation from his British counterpart Ben Wallace to hold talks on topical security issues, The Independent wrote on Saturday, citing a source in the British Ministry of Defense.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu sent a letter to the head of the British military department, inviting him to hold talks in Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan the situation in Karabakh and the progress of negotiations with the United States on security guarantees, the Kremlin's press service reported.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, in congratulating DOSAAF on the anniversary, noted that the defense organization has brought up millions of real patriots, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

Within the framework of the visiting meeting of the State Duma Committee on Defense, deputies together with experts discussed the creation, functioning and development of Patriot military-patriotic parks of culture and recreation in all military districts and in the Northern Fleet. The meeting was held in the Moscow region on the site of the Congress and Exhibition Center. It was attended by the directors of all Patriot parks and representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

To participate in the combat readiness check of the reaction forces of the Union State, an echelon with military personnel and military equipment from Russia arrived at the Polonka railway station in the Brest region on Sunday. Information about this was reported on January 23 by the official Telegram channel of the branch department of Belarus.

Their peculiarity is in the participation of the troops of the Eastern Military District

The Russian-Belarusian exercises are exclusively defensive in nature, their peculiarity is that the troops of the Eastern Military District will be involved from Russia, head of the Main Directorate of Combat Training of the Belarusian army Andrei Nekrasevich said on Friday.

In 2021, the Armed Forces received more than 5,000 new and upgraded weapons, military and special equipment. Among them are the S-400, S-350 air defense systems, Bastion missile systems, more than 100 aircraft and helicopters. This was announced on Thursday at the Single Day of Acceptance of Military products by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Russia's policy towards Ukraine became the main topic of discussion at the meeting of US President Joe Biden with members of the National Security Council (NSC), the White House said.