Russian President Vladimir Putin, as commander-in-chief, is taking measures to ensure Russia's security amid rising tensions, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov forwarded to the Ministry of Defense the question whether the Russian military exercises in the Baltic are a reaction to NATO's decision to transfer additional forces to Eastern Europe, but noted that the activity of the alliance near the borders of Russia cannot be ignored by the armed forces of the country.

The Kremlin, following the DPR, stated that it sees signs of a possible offensive by the Ukrainian army on Donbass.

The threat of an armed offensive by Ukraine on Donbass is now very high, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, TASS reports.

The United States can send up to 5,000 military personnel, ships and aircraft to the countries of Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, The New York Times reports, citing knowledgeable sources in the US administration.

The Su-30SM fighter entered the top 6 most dangerous in Europe.

The publication Military Watch made an overview of the most formidable European fighters.As the author explains in the introductory part, some of the most powerful fighters in the world have been concentrated in Europe for a long time, since the border between NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries lay here. During the Cold War, the most combat-ready aircraft were the American F-15 and F-14 and the Soviet Su-27 and Su-24M.

The troops of the Central Military District (CVO) in 2022 will receive more than 1.3 thousand units of new and upgraded weapons and military equipment, including airplanes, helicopters and radar stations, the commander of the CVO troops Alexander Lapin told reporters.

The crews of the squadron of the newest Su-25SM3 attack aircraft of the aviation regiment of the Southern Military District, based in the Krasnodar Territory, destroyed the infrastructure of the airfield of the conditional enemy during the exercises, the press service of the Southern Military District reported on Monday.

The Russian Aerospace Forces were represented by the crews of Su-34, Su-35 and A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft

Russian and Syrian military pilots conducted the first joint air patrol along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates from the airfields of Khmeimim, Seikal and Dumair. This was reported to journalists in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian and Syrian planes conducted joint patrols along the Syrian border, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The patrol route ran along the Golan Heights, then along the southern border, up along the Euphrates and over the northern regions of the Syrian Arab Republic. During the patrol, training missile launches were carried out on air targets and ground targets were hit at one of the landfills located in the central part of the country," the ministry said.

Flight tests of the second sample of the Hunter heavy attack unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a flat nozzle will begin in the summer, RIA Novosti reported on January 24, citing a source in the aircraft industry.

FAR EAST - The MS-21-300 civil aircraft arrived in Yakutsk from the city of Zhukovsky, Moscow region, where it will be tested in low temperatures, the press service of the government of Yakutia reports.

The helicopter regiment of the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District (ZVO), based in the Smolensk region, will receive two new multi-purpose Mi-8AMTSh-VN helicopters in 2022.

The vehicles will strengthen the combat power of the brigade in the Urals

The troops of the Central Military District (CVO) will receive Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters for the first time in 2022, the commander of the CVO troops Alexander Lapin told reporters.

FAR EAST - Helicopter crews of naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) in Kamchatka conducted flights as part of groups, working out the rescue of people at sea and a number of other tasks, the press service of the fleet reported on Monday.

Americans are experimenting with a new generation of aviation. On January 23, the press service of the AFWERX division of the US Air Force announced successful tests of the Heaviside aircraft developed by Kitty Hawk.

The US State Department has approved the potential provision of additional logistics support services for the MQ-9 UAV fleet to France as part of the Foreign Military Sales program, as well as the supply of related equipment.

The new Russian missile defense system will enter service in the near future. This will increase the protection of the central industrial region of Russia from modern nuclear missile weapons.

The THAAD anti-missile system intercepted a ballistic missile during a Houthi attack in Abu Dhabi. According to Defense News, this is the first known use of the American complex in a combat operation.

The Central Military District (CVO) will receive two divisional sets of Iskander-M missile systems in 2022, Alexander Lapin, commander of the CVO troops, told reporters.

Rocket scientists of the Southern Military District arrived at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region to conduct special exercises on the management of the Iskander-M missile defense system, the press service of the Southern Military District reported on Monday.