The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the servicemen worked out the issues of identifying potential places for setting traps and improvised explosive devices, as well as covert movement as part of groups.

The joint military exercises of Russia and Belarus "Allied Resolve - 2022" will not have a serious impact on the international situation, the "hysteria" of the West because of them has already begun to subside. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Izvestia about this on Thursday, February 10.

91 percent of Russians who served in the army on conscription believe that this service did not interfere with their career, and only 9 percent are sure of the opposite, according to the survey of the SuperJob service.

Kazakhstan supports Russia's position on the indivisibility of security in the Eurasian region, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday.

Russia will continue to assist Kazakhstan in the training of military specialists. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference following talks with his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

The main outlines of Russia's response to the reaction of the United States and NATO on the proposed security guarantees are already ready, Russian President Vladimir Putin will formulate them at the right time, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said.

Horst Telchik, a former adviser and associate of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, told RIA Novosti how he invited Vladimir Putin to the Munich Security Conference in 2007.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he had sent a letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov inviting him to continue a series of meetings within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council.

These sanctions, if imposed, "can only be regarded as an act of aggression"

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov promised an adequate response to any unfriendly steps by Britain towards Russia at talks on February 10 with British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Minister Elizabeth Truss, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.

As noted in the organization, only since January 2022, the United States has supplied about 650 tons of ammunition and military equipment for various purposes to Ukraine

There is a threat of a constant escalation of the conflict in the south-east of Ukraine against the background of arms supplies to Kiev from Western partners. This was stated on Thursday at a briefing by the chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov.

The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, Sergei Naryshkin, said that Ukraine is preparing for an offensive on Donbass with might and main.

He said that preparations are "in full swing", all combat-ready units of the Ukrainian army are now pulled to the contact line.  

Popular Mechanics told about the sending of untested weapons to Europe by the USA

The United States is sending weapons untested in a real war to Europe to fight Russia, says the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

NATO is considering the possibility of deploying combat groups in Romania, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. The head of the bloc also added that today the Ukrainian army is much better prepared than in 2014.

A group of U.S. senators from the Intelligence Committee called on President Joe Biden to make sure that the United States shares as much intelligence as possible with Ukraine.

The verification of the reaction forces of the Union State will end with the exercises "Allied Determination - 2022", which will be held from February 10 to 20

Latvia currently has no plans to increase the combat readiness of the armed forces in connection with the upcoming joint military exercises of the units of Belarus and Russia. This was stated by the commander of the National Armed Forces of the Republic Leonid Kalnins.

Researcher's opinion on the Yle program: Mika Niikko's statements can close the doors of NATO for Finland (Yle, Finland)

A scandal broke out in Finland, the reason for which was the statement of the Finnish official Mika Niikko. According to Yle, Niikko appealed to the leaders of Western countries with a request to publicly declare that Ukraine will not join NATO. Now Finland is confident that the doors of the alliance may be closed for Helsinki as well.

Joint flights of Su-30SM and Su-35S fighters took place as part of exercises of the Belarusian and Russian armies, the press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

The head of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviation), Alexander Neradko, presented the General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, with a type certificate for the MS-21-300 aircraft and a certificate of an aircraft technology developer, the press service of the UAC reported on Wednesday.

About ten long-range Tu-22M3 bombers have been relocated to the Amur region as part of the exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Ukraine is experiencing problems with the operation of Turkish drones due to the lack of suitable GDP. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by military analyst, chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Military Center Taras Chmut, the corresponding video is posted on YouTube.