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SpaceX will launch a tourist into outer space for the first time

The American company SpaceX, as part of the Polaris program initiated by billionaire Jared Isaacman, will launch a tourist into outer space for the first time in the world, according to the project's website.

Having studied the situation on the global market of electric vehicles, the specialists of the analytical company Canalys came to the conclusion that 6.5 million electric vehicles were sold worldwide in 2021, which is 109% more than in 2020.

Russian and Belarusian crews of Su-30SM fighters conducted joint patrols of the state border of the Union State as part of the exercises "Allied Determination-2022", the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

The next two planes with US military assistance arrived in Ukraine on February 13. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the US Embassy in Kiev.

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.