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 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.

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 US administration has allowed the Baltic states to supply Ukraine with American-made anti-tank and portable anti-aircraft missile systems.

The German authorities do not allow their NATO ally Estonia to supply Ukraine with those weapons that are of German origin, the Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on Friday, citing representatives of the German and Estonian authorities.

Germany blocked the transfer of German-made artillery from Estonia to Ukraine.

This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to German and Estonian officials. According to the article of the American edition, unlike the United States, Great Britain, Poland and other allies, Berlin decided to ban the export of deadly weapons directly to Ukraine.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz refused a personal meeting with US President Joe Biden to discuss the situation around Ukraine, The Telegraph reports.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk considers the resignation of Kai-Achim Schoenbach from the post of commander of the German Naval Forces an insufficient step to restore full confidence in Berlin.

The German authorities are preparing a plan to evacuate the families of diplomats from the territory of Ukraine in case of escalation of tension, the Bild newspaper reports.

The State Department, according to media reports, is going to urge Americans to leave Ukraine if possible

The US State Department has decided to begin the evacuation of the families of its embassy staff in Ukraine in the near future, Fox News reported on Saturday, citing unnamed American officials.

The UK is considering the possibility of additionally sending several hundred troops to NATO member countries located near Ukraine, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources in the Ministry of Defense.

London declares the UK's readiness to support Ukraine, but considers it extremely unlikely that it will be possible to send its military to the border in the event of a suspected Russian invasion, Sky News channel reported on Sunday.

France's withdrawal from NATO would be "the biggest gift that can be given to Russia," he believes

The French leadership does not expect an open conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but the EU should be ready to react at any moment in case of a complication of the situation, according to the Secretary of State for European Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry Clement Bon.

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.

Former NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hop Scheffer said that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO in the near future. "In the foreseeable and unforeseen future, they (Ukraine) will not become a member of NATO. And I think the whole group at the table in Bucharest (in 2008) knew that. It was already clear that for the opponents (of Ukraine's membership in NATO), this (delay in joining the alliance) will last until hell freezes over," the Financial Times newspaper quotes the ex-Secretary General.

Ukraine will not be able to join NATO in the foreseeable future, former Secretary General of the organization Jaap de Hop Scheffer said.

As reported by PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation", shareholders of the United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC "UAC" of Rostec State Corporation) approved the joining of two subsidiary aircraft companies to PJSC "UAC" - JSC "Sukhoi Company" and JSC "RSC "MiG". The majority of shareholders voted for the reorganization of the UAC in the form of joining Sukhoi and MIG during the extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the company held on January 17, 2022. The issue of reorganization was submitted to shareholders by the Board of Directors of UAC in November 2021.

Irkut Corporation handed over four upgraded Su-30SM2 fighters to the Russian Navy

In 2021, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (part of the Irkut Corporation) manufactured four modernized Su-30SM2 fighter jets for the needs of naval aviation of the Russian Navy. Alexander Veprev, General Director of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant of Irkut Corporation, reported this to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on January 20, TASS reports.

The first samples of Su-30SM2 fighters were transferred to the Russian Navy. On January 20, the TASS news agency reported that, as part of a single day of military acceptance, Rostec State Corporation handed over samples of modernized aircraft to the armed forces.

Pilots from the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District, stationed at the Krymsk airfield in the Krasnodar Territory, practiced aerial duels and performed aerobatics during the exercises.