Clashes between peacekeepers and armed bandits and terrorists during the mission of the peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) It did not happen in Kazakhstan. This was announced on Friday, January 14, by the Secretary General of the organization Stanislav Zas.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization will conduct three stages of the operation to combat drug trafficking near the border with Afghanistan this year, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said.

MOSCOW, January 14 - RIA Novosti. Russia stands for the issues of security guarantees with the United States and NATO to be resolved on the basis of a balance of interests, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

The West's demand to return Russian troops to the barracks categorically does not suit Russia, the West has overreached, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Russia will act in the interests of its security if its proposals on security guarantees are rejected by the United States and NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Military expert Konstantin Sivkov on the air of "Solovyov live" called three components of deterrence of the threat emanating from the West.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Washington and the North Atlantic Alliance are ready to continue dialogue with Russia.

Russia insists on concrete responses from the West to its proposals on security guarantees in connection with the growing tension around Ukraine, said the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov.

Breaking Defense: Russia's defense industry will not survive new US sanctions

The Russian defense industry may not survive the consequences of the introduction of new US sanctions, says the American edition of Breaking Defense.

The United States and Russia have once again found themselves in a state of "cold war," Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, told CNN on Sunday.

The United States is considering the possibility of submitting the Ukrainian issue to the UN Security Council in the event of an aggravation of the situation due to Russia's fault, Foreign Policy writes, citing its sources.

One of the topics of the recent consultations between the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrel and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was the "preparation of deterrence measures" for Russia in connection with the "build-up of Russian military power around Ukraine."

Ukraine is working closely with its partners and allies to implement a comprehensive package of deterrence of Russia, which includes diplomatic measures, sanctions and defense cooperation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said.

No business interests are worth a new war in Europe, he said

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba stated his expectations of cooperation with the new federal government of Germany under the leadership of Olaf Scholz to counter threats and attempts of intimidation from the Russian Federation, and also stressed that business interests are not worth a new bloody war in Europe.

The Euro-Atlantic community demonstrated to the Russian side during the negotiations between Russia and the United States and Russia and NATO this week that it stands firmly on the side of Ukraine, emphasizes the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba.

NATO is artificially luring Ukraine and Scandinavian countries into its ranks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Lavrov called NATO's one-sided interpretation of its non-expansion political commitments "unacceptable and flawed."

The Swedish command has sent military personnel to patrol the city of Visby on the strategically important island of Gotland located in the Baltic Sea, European media reported on Friday evening.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in a telephone conversation with South Korean Foreign Minister Chong Yong, discussed issues related to the recent missile launches of the DPRK, and also confirmed the importance of deterring Russia in the Ukrainian issue, the State Department said.

Adopted in 1981, the MiG-31 fighter remains one of the most formidable and well-known aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. After modernization, the interceptor received the ability to carry hypersonic weapons and fight the most modern air, land and sea targets.

Sohu: lifting the MiG-31 into the air terrifies the enemy

The MiG-31 fighter is a super-powerful interceptor and a "mysterious killer", the lifting of which into the air terrifies the enemy. This opinion was expressed by a journalist of the Chinese portal Sohu.