The rear units of the Southern Military District began to return to their places of deployment after the exercises in the Crimea
The rear units of the Southern Military District (SE) have begun to march to the points of permanent deployment after the end of the exercises in the Crimea, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Wednesday.
"We don't need permission." Expert on the return of Russian troops after the exercises
The units of the Western and Southern military districts are returning to their permanent locations after the end of the exercises, the Defense Ministry said. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Vladislav Shurygin commented on the situation around the maneuvers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry announced the withdrawal of the Russian military from the republic after joint exercises
Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei announced on February 16 that all Russian military and equipment will leave the republic after the end of the joint exercises.
The Security Council of the Russian Federation: An information operation is being conducted against Russia within the framework of the concept of "hybrid war"
The bellicose statements of certain political figures in Western countries today are accompanied by references to "intelligence" received from unknown sources about the alleged readiness of Russian troops to invade Ukraine, unbridled propaganda campaign and specific military activities. Mikhail Popov, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, said this in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Senator Kovitidi said that Russia is set for a diplomatic dialogue on security
Russia is set up exclusively for a diplomatic dialogue on the security guarantees it has proposed, it is talking about them precisely because it does not want war, Senator Olga Kovitidi told RIA Novosti.
Press Secretary Peskov noted Biden's willingness to negotiate with Russia on security
The Kremlin considers the readiness of US President Joe Biden to negotiate with Russia on security to be positive, and hopes for the beginning of the negotiation process, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.
Swedish media estimated the power of the Russian army
Svenska Dagbladet journalists called the Russian army the most powerful combat readiness in Europe
The Swedish edition of Svenska Dagbladet published a material with an assessment of the combat readiness of the Russian army. So, according to experts interviewed by the newspaper, Russia has created the most powerful armed forces in Europe.
Svenska Dagbladet called the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation the most powerful in Europe
The Russian army is able to cope with any enemy in Europe. The latest weapons and training of personnel, combined with the experience of modern military conflicts, make the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation the most powerful in the region.
Sweden spoke about the maximum combat readiness of the Russian army
Russia has updated its Armed Forces and is in full combat readiness. Such an assessment in its material was given by the Swedish publication Svenska Dagbladet.
The United States is not going to destabilize Russia, does not consider it its enemy
Neither the US nor NATO plan to deploy missiles in Ukraine
The United States does not consider Russia its enemy, and Washington has no goal to destabilize it, US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday.
In the USA, the possible war between Russia and Ukraine was called an invaluable lesson
Breaking Defense analyst said that the war between Russia and Ukraine will be a lesson for the United States
A possible war between Russia and Ukraine can be an invaluable lesson for the United States, Mark Kanchian, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said on the pages of the American edition of Breaking Defense.
The West oversaturates Ukraine with weapons and pushes it to war in the Donbass - the Security Council of the Russian Federation
By supplying weapons to Ukraine, Western countries can push Kiev to a forceful solution to the Donbass problem, said Mikhail Popov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine has requested assistance from NATO in case of possible emergency situations
The Euro-Atlantic Coordination Center for Disaster Response received a request for international assistance from Ukraine on Tuesday, according to the NATO website.
MiG-31 forced to land a conditional violator
In the Leningrad region, the crews of the ZVO worked out the interception of a conditional violator
The crews of the MiG–31 high-altitude interceptor fighters worked out the coercion to land a conditional intruder of airspace. Pilots of the fighter aviation regiment of the Western Military District (ZVO) conducted an exercise in the sky over the Leningrad region, the press service of the ZVO reported.
Russian fighters have worked out interceptions of aircraft in the Brest region
Russian Su-35 fighters intercepted planes of a simulated enemy during exercises in Belarus, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The pilots of Belarus and Russia conducted a simulated air battle in pairs during the exercises
Pilots of Belarus and Russia at the exercises "Allied Determination-2022" conducted a conditional air battle in pairs, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported on Wednesday.
Tu-22M3 lit up in Syria with a new missile
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published the first image of a long-range missile carrier Tu-22M3 with a new cruise missile X-32 on an external suspension.
The first photo of the Russian Tu-22M3 with a new missile has been published
The Russian Defense Ministry has published the first pictures of the Tu-22M3 bomber with the X-32 missile
The Russian Ministry of Defense has published the first images of long-range Tu-22M3 bombers with new weapons. The planes in the image are equipped with a new X-32 missile, the Telegram channel bmpd reports.
Popular Mechanics compared the Russian Air Force and the Ukrainian Air Force
Popular Mechanics magazine compared the Russian and Ukrainian Air Forces against the background of the ongoing hysteria around Ukraine
According to the Flight Global almanac for 2022, the Ukrainian Air Force has only 69 fighters in service. These are 43 multi-purpose MiG-29 fighter-bombers and 26 Su-27 air superiority fighters. All of them were built during the Cold War. That is, they are more than 30 years old. Since then, the state has not purchased new aircraft.
Forbes: Ukrainian pilots resign from the armed forces
The most massive fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force is the MiG-29, inherited from the USSR. However, these planes will not be able to inflict much damage to the enemy: the problem is not in the machines themselves, but in the lack of pilots for them.
