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Russian and Belarusian Su-30SM fighters conducted joint border patrols as part of the Allied Resolve-2022 exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Uzbekistan will purchase 38 Puma 3 AE small reconnaissance drones in the United States as part of the Foreign Military Sales program. This is reported by the British edition of Shephard Media.

The Russian military conducted exercises with Syrian volunteer detachments for assault units.

This was reported in the Russian Ministry of Defense. Syrians of completely different professions temporarily forgot about their civilian occupations and signed up as volunteers for assault battalions.

In Russia, they will create a repository for storing software that everyone can freely use. First of all, it will host programs created with budgetary funds. This is reported by RBC with reference to the relevant draft government decree.

The press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported that at the Brest training ground, Russian motorized rifle units are working out the issues of destroying a conditional illegal armed formation

Units of the Airborne troops of the Russian Armed Forces are engaged in exercises in Belarus to strengthen the Belarusian state border. This was announced on Monday by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus in its Telegram channel.

The US Embassy in Manila announced the February 10 ceremony of the transfer of four new Cessna-172 Skylark aircraft to the Philippine Navy Air Wing stationed at Sangley Point (Cavite Province).

The organizer of the International Aviation and Space Salons, the Aviasalon company (part of the Rostec State Corporation), has turned 30 years old, the press service of the state corporation reported.

Prystaiko said that Ukraine may refuse to join NATO: Zelensky and the Foreign Ministry reacted (Observer, Ukraine)

The Ambassador of Ukraine to Britain Vadim Prystaiko said that Kiev may think about refusing to join the North Atlantic Alliance, the Observer reports. However, the country's Foreign Ministry noted that the diplomat's words were taken out of context, and the president's representative demanded an explanation from him.

The Brazilian army will get rid of Russian attack helicopters. Portal aereo.jor.br With reference to the command of the Brazilian Air Force, it reports that all 12 Mi-35M vehicles (Brazilian name — AH-2 Sabre) belonging to the 2°/8° GAV squadron will be decommissioned by March 1 of this year.

The Greek Parliament, at its meeting on February 15, will consider the three most important arms procurement programs for the Armed Forces of the country in recent years, aimed primarily at expanding the capabilities of the fleet.

The Iraqi Armed Forces are considering the possibility of acquiring Russian T-90 tanks.

This was reported by the American Defense News portal with reference to the head of the NAMEA Group consulting company, former adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Iraq Norman Ricklefs. 

The anti-aircraft cover of the troops and the solution of the tasks of combat duty on air defense are being worked out during the Belarusian-Russian joint operational exercise "Allied Determination-2022" at the Luninets area, the Military department of the Republic of Belarus reported on February 14. Anti-aircraft units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation take part in them.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, answering the question about the possibility of the return of the Russian military from Belarus after the meeting of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, urged not to get ahead of ourselves.

At the end of last week, a cargo ship arrived at the port of Umm Qasr, delivering military equipment for the Iraqi army. According to the Ministry of Defense of this country, we are talking about the former Bulgarian T-72 and BMP-1.

The EU is also considering expanding the commonwealth to repel so-called hybrid attacks and attacks in cyberspace

The European Union (EU) plans to develop a new crisis response system to protect against threats in space. This was reported on Thursday by Bloomberg with reference to the draft document of the European Commission (EC).

Soyuz launch vehicle launches from Baikonur

The next batch of 36 satellites of the British company OneWeb will be launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 4. This was announced on Friday night by the launch operator Arianespace.

The Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle launched from the Kourou cosmodrome at 21:09 Moscow Time

All 34 British OneWeb communications satellites launched on Thursday from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana were successfully launched into orbit by the Fregat-M upper stage. This was reported during the broadcast, which is conducted by the launch operator Arianespace.

The fighters also patrolled the borders of the Union State

Su-35S fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces during the Russian-Belarusian exercises "Allied Determination - 2022" worked out the destruction of air targets and performed patrols along the borders of the Union State. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

According to experts, the launch of one Falcon 9 launch vehicle costs SpaceX about $50 million

Delivery of 150 tons of cargo to low Earth orbit with the commissioning and full use of the Starship spacecraft of the American company SpaceX in three years may become cheaper than $ 10 million.

Indonesia has signed a contract for the supply of 42 French Dassault Rafale fighters

The Indonesian Air Force (Air Force) will receive French Dassault Rafale fighters. The planes will be bought instead of the Russian Su-35, which in 2015 were chosen as promising fighters. The contract for the supply of French aircraft was signed on Thursday, February 10, according to the European Defense Review.