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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.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied information that Russian warships in the Black Sea allegedly block trade routes. He made the corresponding statement at a briefing on Thursday, February 10.

Trade routes are not blocked, the Kremlin representative stressed

All military maneuvers of Russian ships in the Black Sea as part of the exercises comply with international law, trade routes are not blocked. This was stated to journalists by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, responding to a request to comment on statements from Kiev that these maneuvers block trade routes in the Black Sea.

Six large landing ships of the Baltic and Northern Fleets arrived in Sevastopol from the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, February 10. The video of the ships entering the Sevastopol Bay was distributed by the Information support Department of the Black Sea Fleet.

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.

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.

In the armed forces of many countries, there are specially created units that portray the enemy during various military exercises.

In the USA, for example, the so-called "32nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment" existed for a long time in Fort Irwin (Mojave Desert, California).

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.

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

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.

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.  

B-52H strategic bombers have been transferred to Britain, according to the US Air Force

A group of B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers of the Air Force (Air Force) The United States was transferred to a base in Britain. This is reported by the European Command of the US Armed Forces (EUCOM).

Defence24 was told that Russian An-2 biplanes could pose a threat to Ukraine

Russian light multipurpose AN-2 aircraft converted into drones may pose a threat to Ukraine, according to the Polish edition of Defence24.

At least four American military transport aircraft C-17A Globemaster III with units from the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army arrived in Poland on Tuesday, according to Western aviation resources.

Three large landing ships of the Baltic Fleet - "Korolev", "Minsk" and "Kaliningrad" - passed through the Bosphorus from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, follows from the data of Istanbul information sites that publish photos of ships that passed through the strait.

France, Germany and Poland - countries of the Weimar triangle - issued a statement in which he called on Russia to start a dialogue on the issues of security on the European continent.

The marines of the Northern Fleet destroyed the forces of a conditional enemy at a training ground near the village of Sputnik in the Murmansk region. This was announced on Wednesday, February 9, by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian Embassy in Washington: The US ignores the obligation not to strengthen its security at the expense of the security of other states

The Russian Embassy in Washington positively assesses the readiness of the United States to discuss the principle of indivisible security, but notes its one-sided interpretation and focus on the right of countries to choose military alliances.

Divers of the Black Sea Fleet conducted an exercise to repel underwater saboteurs, during which they had to practice underwater knife fighting techniques and underwater firefight, the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet reported.

The United States, by supplying weapons to Taiwan, not only violates the principle of "one China", but harms the security of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese army is ready to stop all attempts by external forces to interfere in the internal affairs of the country, the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China said.