The military units of the Southern and Western military districts are returning to their permanent locations after the joint exercises with Belarus "Allied Resolve - 2022". This was announced on February 15 by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.

Units of the Western and Southern military districts on Tuesday begin returning from exercises to their bases by rail and road, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Lavrov nodded his head in response to the journalist's question "That is, there will be no invasion?"

Russia will do on its territory what it considers necessary to ensure its own security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

Russia does not play out aggressive scenarios in its exercises. This was stated by the chairman of the presidium of the All-Russian organization "Officers of Russia", Hero of Russia, Major General Sergei Lipovoy.

Russia has conducted and will continue to conduct exercises on its territory, this is its right, which is not subject to discussion with anyone, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.

The Russian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, February 15, published a video of armored vehicles loading units of the Southern and Western Military districts returning to their locations after the exercises.

Russia's military exercises on its territory begin and end as planned, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

It is impossible to call the actions of the Russian authorities and the military in the current situation other than clearly thought out and eventually achieved the necessary result," said reserve Colonel Anatoly Dergilev.

Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Bondarev commented on the participation of the Russian and Belarusian military in the joint exercise "Allied Resolve-2022" and spoke about the situation in Ukraine.

Russia is successfully increasing the potential and capabilities of its armed forces, including the nuclear component. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Bondarev.

The gunners of the Northern Fleet destroyed the tanks of the imaginary enemy with the fire of MT-12 cannons

Units of the Northern Fleet (SF) have worked out the destruction of tanks of a conditional enemy by direct fire. The gunners of a separate motorized rifle brigade of the Army Corps of the Northern Fleet used self-propelled howitzers and anti-tank guns. This was reported in the press service of the Northern Fleet.

Fifteen hundred military personnel are involved in the bilateral tactical exercise

Military personnel of artillery units of the Russian military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Abkhazia conducted firing from modernized ACS "Acacia" as part of a planned bilateral tactical exercise, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

Calculations of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) "Hurricane" and "Grad" conducted firing on artillery targets of a conditional enemy at the Opuk training ground in the Crimea, said the head of the press service of the Southern Military District, Colonel Vadim Astafyev.

Exercises with engineering assault units of the Southern Military District with the use of the latest demining kits have begun in the Krasnodar Territory.

The Ministry of Labor has expanded the list of professions for alternative civil service for 2022: this year there will be 127 instead of 124. The draft order of the department on this is undergoing public discussion.

Modern Russia opposes the war, but the country cannot be within the borders of the "obscene world" established in 1918 after the signing of the Brest Peace with Germany: the western border of present-day Russia almost literally coincides with the line of restriction designated then, according to former assistant to the President of Russia Vladislav Surkov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to negotiate on the situation around Ukraine and on security guarantees for the Russian Federation, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN.

Russia cannot turn a blind eye to how freely the United States and NATO interpret the principles of indivisibility of security, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that in the responses of the United States and NATO to Russia's proposals on security guarantees there are a number of considerations that Moscow has proposed in previous years and is ready to discuss now.

Russia wants to resolve the issue related to Ukraine's accession to NATO, now, during the negotiation process, the promise not to accept it does not suit the Russian Federation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.