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Threats of "consequences" against Russia in the event of an invasion of Ukraine continue. Lithuanian Foreign Minister insists on abandoning dialogue with Russia

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Head of European Diplomacy Josep Borrel confirmed their readiness to coordinate efforts on Russia's policy towards Ukraine, the US State Department said following a conversation between the two politicians.

The servicemen of the motorized rifle units of the Russian military base in Tajikistan have worked at the Lyaur mountain range to block conditional terrorists trying to enter a military facility and destroy them, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

Russia has offered the United States specific dates for the start of a dialogue on security guarantees, and is waiting for Washington's response, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin did not rule out that Kiev is preparing a new military operation against Donbass, believes that it is necessary to prepare for this.

Russia and China have launched projects to jointly create weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "We are even developing separate high-tech types of weapons together today," the president said at a press conference on Thursday.

The West should give guarantees immediately, not to talk about this issue

Russia's actions against other countries will depend not on the course of negotiations on security guarantees, but on the need to ensure its own security, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Zelensky fell under the influence of radical elements instead of thinking about the world

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia wants to build good-neighborly relations with Ukraine at any cost, but Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has fallen under the influence of radical elements.

Italy could play a mediating role in the negotiations between Russia and NATO on security guarantees, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

I would like relations between Russia and Afghanistan to develop in the best possible way, but as for the recognition of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation), we need to proceed from the realities in this matter.

The US State Department has published data on the amount of approved applications from foreign countries for the potential supply of VIVT.

The changes are aimed, in particular, at ensuring a higher level of safety of navigation of Russian and Dutch ships, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted

The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Alexander Fomin, and the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Russia signed a protocol on amendments to the Russian-Dutch intergovernmental agreement on the prevention of incidents at sea outside territorial waters. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Global and regional security was discussed on Thursday during telephone talks between the Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, and the Chief of the British Defense Staff, Anthony Radeikin, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed the situation on the border of Ukraine with Russia during a telephone conversation.

The Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan at a plenary session on Wednesday approved the draft law "On ratification of the Agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan on military cooperation", the document was sent to the Senate for consideration.

In seven years, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has been transformed. If in 2014 its capabilities could not be called outstanding, now it is a formidable force. And it's not even about new ships and coastal batteries. The main factor of the strength of the Black Sea Fleet lies in another, writes Forbes.

The NATO command, in connection with the crisis around Ukraine, took concrete measures for the first time and increased the combat readiness of the rapid reaction forces consisting of 40 thousand people, the Welt newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed senior representative of the alliance.

Exercises to repel an attack by sabotage reconnaissance groups of a conditional enemy on military infrastructure facilities were held in formations and military units of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as in the army corps of the Southern Military District stationed in the Crimea.

It is impossible to name specific deadlines for agreeing proposals on security guarantees, but the negotiations should not turn into a marathon, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

Russia does not want war, but will strictly ensure its security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Earlier, State Department spokesman Ned Price wrote on Twitter that, "contrary to the statements of the Russian Defense Minister (Sergei Shoigu)," Russia, not Ukraine or the United States, is responsible for the escalation of tensions.

At the very beginning of 2022, the first round of negotiations between Russia and the United States on security guarantees will take place, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.