Withdrawal from various arms agreements is always a bad decision, but if the United States does not provide Russia with guarantees of strategic security, then dialogue on the extension of such agreements, for example, on the limitation of strategic offensive arms, will be extremely difficult, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with leading Russian media, including RIA Novosti.

No one has expressed objections to the involvement of the United States in the negotiation process to resolve the situation in Ukraine, in fact, Washington is already actively influencing Ukrainians, but now it is trying to create problems, said Deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.

U.S. and Polish Defense Ministers Lloyd Austin and Mariusz Blaszczak discussed the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border during a telephone conversation, the Pentagon said.

The Drive: The USA handed over the M141 BDM hand grenade launcher to Ukraine

The United States handed over to Ukraine the M141 Bunker Defeat Munition (BDM) hand grenade launcher, designed to destroy protected targets at short distances. The possibilities of the weapons sent to Kiev were revealed by The Drive.

The second batch of American weapons with a total weight of more than 80 tons has been delivered to Ukraine. This was announced on Sunday by Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov. The first batch of American weapons was accepted in Kiev on January 22.

Germany's decision on the possibility of transferring German-made 122-mm howitzers to Ukraine will be prepared and transferred to Estonia in the near future, German Ambassador to Tallinn Christiana Hochmann said.

The position of the German Government on the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine remains unchanged. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated on January 26 at a briefing in Berlin by a representative of the German Defense Ministry.

Task for the EU: liberate Ukraine from the shadow zone (Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland)

Ukraine was again in the spotlight because of Moscow's actions, Gazeta Wyborcza writes. Even if a conflict can be avoided now, the country will not gain stability and security as long as it remains in the buffer zone between Russia and the West. The author of the article calls on the West to help Kiev to break out of the "gray zone" forever and not spare any money for this. He doesn't care about Moscow's reaction.

Turkey does not need tension on the border with Ukraine, and therefore it is still ready, if necessary, to accept talks between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday evening.

The issue of NATO expansion is currently not relevant, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gar Stere believes. "I don't see NATO expansion on the agenda today," Stere said in an interview with the Associated Press.

The Baltic Fleet Aviation Regiment in the Kaliningrad region received four Su-30SM2 fighters

Four Su-30SM2 fighters arrived in the Kaliningrad region. The new aircraft were included in the naval aviation regiment. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO).

As part of the combat readiness check, the crews worked out the relocation of aircraft to alternate airfields

The crews of the operational-tactical aviation of the Western Military District (ZVO) have worked out the withdrawal of a conditional enemy from under attack. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the ZVO.

The crews overcame about 8 thousand km from the airfield in the Khabarovsk Territory

The Su-35S multi-purpose fighters, which will take part in the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State, have completed relocation to Belarus. This was reported to journalists in the Russian Defense Ministry.

FAR EAST - Pilots of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) during scheduled flights on Tu-142 aircraft over the Sea of Okhotsk performed tasks to search for a submarine of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported on Thursday.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu on Thursday checked the production of Russia's first specialized factory of large-sized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the military department told reporters.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, instructed the CEO of the Kronstadt company to create an enterprise for servicing drones supplied to the troops and noted the importance of providing conditions for the work of specialists.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Thursday at a special plant in Dubna near Moscow presented the first flight model of the Orion drone with satellite communications, the military department told reporters.

The new Russian strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Sirius" will perform its first flight in May this year, the CEO of the Kronstadt developer company Sergey Bogatikov reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The new Russian strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Sirius" will perform its first flight in May this year, the CEO of the Kronstadt developer company Sergey Bogatikov reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Serial deliveries of new Russian strike drones "Sirius" will begin to the troops in 2023, the commander-in-chief of the VKS Sergey Surovikin reported to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu.