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Germany blocked the transfer of German-made artillery from Estonia to Ukraine.

This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to German and Estonian officials. According to the article of the American edition, unlike the United States, Great Britain, Poland and other allies, Berlin decided to ban the export of deadly weapons directly to Ukraine.

Roscosmos: non-issuance of a US visa to a Russian cosmonaut may threaten the safety of the ISS

Refusal to issue an American visa to cosmonaut Nikolai Chub may threaten the security of the International Space Station (ISS). Roscosmos called the possible consequences of the incident with the United States. This is reported by TASS.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan the situation in Karabakh and the progress of negotiations with the United States on security guarantees, the Kremlin's press service reported.

The last Bulgarian submarine has been serving as a museum exhibit since 2011, but the Bulgarian Defense Ministry intends to revive the submarine fleet. January 21, portal euractiv.com He reported that the Bulgarian Defense Minister announced plans to purchase submarines.

Pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of Russia Mikhail Kornienko said that it is possible to completely stop the joint work of the United States and Russia on the International Space Station (ISS).

The head of Roscosmos noted that the US can still fix this situation

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin expressed hope that the US refusal to issue a visa to Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub is a misunderstanding that the United States can still fix.

The US Embassy in Moscow does not comment on individual visa cases, but Washington highly appreciates cooperation with the Russian Federation on the ISS and pays attention to issuing visas to astronauts.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, reacted to the statement of the US Embassy in Moscow, noting that the question remained unanswered why Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub was denied a visa.

On January 19, 2022, the State Defense Investment Center of the Estonian Ministry of Defense (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus - RKIK) announced the conclusion of a contract worth more than 40 million euros with the Israeli-German consortium EuroSpike GmbH (a joint venture of the Israeli company Rafael and the German Diehl BGT Defense GmbH & Co. KG and Rheinmetall Defense Electronics) for the purchase of a batch of Spike-SR portable anti-tank missile systems for the Estonian Defense Forces and Kaitseliit.

The Soyuz-2 medium-class launch vehicle (LV) will be in operation for another ten years, work is currently underway to improve it, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos.

This will lead to a boom in rocket engineering, said the CEO of the state corporation Roscosmos

Roscosmos is confident that hundreds, thousands of satellites will be built in the coming years, which will lead to a boom in rocket science. This opinion was expressed by the CEO of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

Previously, it was supposed to integrate the manipulator during spacewalks on January 27 and February 2

The work on the integration of the European ERA manipulator (European Robotic Arm) into the International Space Station (ISS) will be carried out by the next Russian crew together with a European astronaut, cosmonaut Peter Dubrov, who works on the ISS, said.

A photo of a manual for the Ukrainian military on the use of the British NLAW ATGM appeared on the Web. The manual is written in a lively syllable and provided with illustrations, and the Ukrainian language gives the document a unique charm.

Former NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hop Scheffer said that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO in the near future. "In the foreseeable and unforeseen future, they (Ukraine) will not become a member of NATO. And I think the whole group at the table in Bucharest (in 2008) knew that. It was already clear that for the opponents (of Ukraine's membership in NATO), this (delay in joining the alliance) will last until hell freezes over," the Financial Times newspaper quotes the ex-Secretary General.

Ukraine will not be able to join NATO in the foreseeable future, former Secretary General of the organization Jaap de Hop Scheffer said.

To participate in the combat readiness check of the reaction forces of the Union State, an echelon with military personnel and military equipment from Russia arrived at the Polonka railway station in the Brest region on Sunday. Information about this was reported on January 23 by the official Telegram channel of the branch department of Belarus.

The eighth flight to Ukraine in the last three days was carried out by heavy military transport aircraft C-17A Globemaster III of the British Royal Air Force, according to data from Western aviation resources.

The Drive: NLAW missiles will act as a balancer for the Ukrainian military

The United Kingdom on military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster III delivered to Ukraine, probably hundreds of portable anti-tank guided missiles Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW). Defensive weapons will act as "a means of deterring future Russian aggression," says The Drive.

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have appealed to the US State Department with a request to approve the transfer of part of their American-made weapons to Ukraine, Politico reported, citing sources.

The ground segment of the Milky Way will include optoelectronic and radio equipment

The Milky Way system, which is being developed in Russia, will include radar stations not only in the Russian Federation, but also in other countries. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the general designer of the Automated Warning System for Dangerous Situations in Near-Earth Space (ASPOS OKP) Grigory Stupak.