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Lukashenko reported on the elaboration of the issue of equipping the military with Russian S-400 Triumph air defense systems

Belarus plans to buy new planes and equip the military with Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs). This was announced by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a solemn meeting on Tuesday dedicated to the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland and the Armed Forces, reports TASS.

The UAE Armed Forces signed contracts worth more than 654.6 million dirhams (about $177 million) on the opening day of the 5th UMEX-2022 Unmanned Systems Exhibition in Abu Dhabi and the Simulation and Training Exhibition (SimTEX).

The United Arab Emirates will abandon the F-35 in favor of Chinese aircraft or raise bids in bidding with the United States. February 23, portal defenseworld.net He reported that the UAE Defense Ministry announced the purchase of Chinese L-15 combat training aircraft.

The launch of the second OPV-58S (Offshore Patrol Vessel) class patrol ship intended for the Senegalese Navy took place in France.

Russia to hold talks with Argentina and Africa on Spektr-M tracking stations

Russia wants to build tracking stations for the Spectrum-M astrophysical space observatory in Argentina and Africa. This was reported to TASS by the head of the FIAN astrocosmic Center Sergey Likhachev.

The European MBDA Group announced that the UK and France have confirmed the start of preparatory work for the implementation of the program for the creation of a promising multipurpose cruise missile FC / ASW (Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon).

In an interview with The New York Times, the head of the corporation Dmitry Rogozin previously clarified that the state corporation plans to carry out one cross-flight per year in 2022-2024 together with NASA.

Dmitry Rogozin called Biden's decision on the space program "alts-gamer" sanctions

Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the Roscosmos State Corporation, commented on the US decision to impose sanctions against the Russian space program. He wrote about it in his Telegram channel.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin discussed strengthening Ukraine's defense capability.

However, the head of Roscosmos is dissatisfied with the hostile policy of the United States

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that the state corporation values professional relations with NASA, while as a Russian citizen he does not like the hostile policy of the United States towards the Russian Federation.

A second plane with military aid has arrived in Ukraine, Canadian Minister of National Defense Anita Anand said. "Today, our Canadian Armed Forces made the second delivery of weapons-grade military aid to support our Ukrainian partners," the minister tweeted on Wednesday night.

Beijing looks forward to the development and expansion of the bilateral military-technical cooperation

Cooperation in the field of high technologies is an important part of military-technical cooperation (MTC) between Russia and China, Chinese Ambassador to Moscow Zhang Hanhui said in an interview with Interfax.

In recent weeks, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has almost daily published pictures of arms supplies from abroad. The most high-profile of them were the transfer of additional Javelin ATGMS from the USA and the Baltic States, as well as the supply of NLAW anti-tank guided missiles from the UK.

The head of Roscosmos noted that "cross-flights are a NASA proposal"

The United States should not destroy space cooperation with Russia, this may lead to premature curtailment of joint work on the ISS and other dramatic consequences.

Johnson will hold a meeting of the government's emergency committee on the situation around on Tuesday morning - the Prime Minister's office

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, promised to consider the possibility of increasing military assistance to Ukraine, the Prime minister's office said.

The teaching officers of the International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (MPC of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) have completed the training of Lao servicemen.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Ukrainian manufacturers issued their T-72 tanks for Russian T-90

In the 1990s, some Ukrainian factories, left without government orders, offered upgraded T-72 tanks to foreign countries, some of which were passed off as analogues of Russian T-90, Rossiyskaya Gazeta tells, referring to the Oryx blog.

The international exhibition and conference of unmanned systems UMEX- 2022 is taking place in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Russia is represented by Rosoboronexport.

"We successfully export intelligence and reconnaissance and strike unmanned systems "Orlan-10E" and "Orion-e", BLAH kamikaze "KUB-e" and prepare for withdrawal to the external market a wide range of devices: ultralight, heavy percussion, drones, helicopters and multi-rotor", - said General Director of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.

On February 15, AeroVironment confirmed the conclusion of a contract with the US Department of Defense for the supply of small-sized Puma-3AE UAVs to an unnamed union state under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.

Thailand will arm itself with light fire support helicopters. On February 21, the press service of the US Department of Defense announced a contract with Boeing for the production of AH-6i Little Bird helicopters for Thailand.