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Motorized rifle echelons of the Southern Military District returned from exercises to their locations
The first units of motorized rifle formations of the Southern Military District, stationed in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Dagestan, arrived at the permanent deployment points after the completion of planned exercises in the Republic of Crimea. This was announced on Friday, February 18, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Russian pilots conducted exercises with air defense forces in Armenia
Pilots of the Russian Erebuni aviation military base and calculations of anti-aircraft units of the Air defense (air defense) military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Armenia performed training tasks together with servicemen of duty shifts of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, the press service of the SE reports.
Upgraded Russian kamikaze drones have struck terrorists in Syria
The Russian military used a new version of the Lancet-3 kamikaze drones against militants in Syria
The Russian military used an upgraded version of the Lancet-3 kamikaze drones on the positions of terrorists in Syria. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a military-diplomatic source.
Ten Su-24 bombers relocated from Crimea to other regions of the Russian Federation as part of the exercises
Russian Su-24 bombers based in Crimea have conducted exercises to relocate to replacement airfields in other regions of the Russian Federation, said the official representative of the Black Sea Fleet Alexei Rulev.
The Russian Foreign Ministry accuses NATO of escalation tactics, confirms Russia's desire for negotiations on security guarantees
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused NATO of using "escalation for de-escalation" tactics against Russia and strengthening its military presence near the Russian borders, but confirmed Moscow's desire to continue negotiations on security guarantees.
General Staff of the Armed Forces: the purpose of the exercises is to work out the infliction of a guaranteed defeat to the enemy
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, reported to the Presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko that the purpose of the planned exercises of the Strategic Deterrence Forces is to work out the actions of strategic offensive forces to inflict a guaranteed defeat to the enemy, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Saturday.
All the missiles in the strategic exercises led by Putin hit targets
The Presidents of Russia and Belarus have completed the observation of military exercises
All missile launches within the framework of the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces of the Russian Federation were successful, according to a statement on the Kremlin's website.
Putin and Lukashenko have completed monitoring of military exercises
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have completed monitoring the military exercises of the strategic deterrence forces. This was announced on Saturday, February 19, by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
In Russia, they told about the danger of American HIMARS
Izvestia: The American HIMARS system poses a danger to the Crimea and Kaliningrad
The American rocket and artillery system of high mobility High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in Europe may pose a danger to Russia. This was reported by Izvestia.
In the United States, they declared the "invisibility" of American submarines with old Russian equipment
Popular Mechanics: Russian technology can hardly "see" American submarines
Outdated Russian technology can hardly "see" modern American submarines, writes Popular Mechanics magazine.
Johnson, unlike Biden, is not sure that Russia has decided to attack Ukraine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that at the moment he does not know what Russia's plans for Ukraine are. "We don't know what President Putin is going to do," she said at the Munich Security Conference.
The forces of Russia and Belarus launched a counteroffensive against a conditional enemy during the exercises
At the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus, during the main stage of practical actions at the joint exercises "Allied Resolve - 2022", the coalition group, after practicing actions in defense, launched a counteroffensive against a conditional enemy on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Military attaches of 16 countries watched the final drawing of the Allied Resolve-2022 exercise
Military attaches of 16 countries watched the final drawing of the tactical episode of the exercise "Allied Resolve-2022" on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry showed launches of Dagger, Zircon and Yars
The launch of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile was carried out from the positional area of the Plesetsk cosmodrome at the Kura test site
The Russian Defense Ministry showed footage from the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces, which are held under the leadership of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
The General Staff of the Russian Federation: the issue of sanctioning and massive use of strategic forces in a counter-strike has been worked out at the exercises
The exercises with strategic offensive forces have worked out the infliction of guaranteed defeat to the enemy, said the chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
The Dagger missile was tested in Syria
The Russian aviation missile system 9-A-7660 "Dagger" was tested in the Syrian Arab Republic. Earlier it became known that long-range Tu-22M3 bombers equipped with X-32 cruise missiles arrived there.
The exercises confirmed the defensive nature of the military doctrine of the Union State - Secretary of State Mezentsev
The Belarusian-Russian exercises "Allied Resolve - 2022" confirmed the defensive nature of the military doctrine of the Union State, said SG Secretary of State Dmitry Mezentsev, who on Saturday observed the exercises at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus.
During the exercises in Belarus, the Tu-22M3 struck at the control points of a conditional enemy
The airstrike was carried out on control points deep in the defense of a simulated enemy with high-explosive fragmentation bombs of large caliber
Two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian Federation bombed the Allied Resolve - 2022 exercises at the control points of a conditional enemy, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Saturday.
The US has listed NATO planes and drones spying on Russia
The Drive: NATO planes and drones of eleven models regularly monitor Russia
The publication of the American edition of The Drive lists eleven models of aircraft and drones of NATO countries that regularly spy on Russia.
NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg: if Russia's goal is less NATO on the borders, then it will only get more NATO
Russia wants to reduce NATO's military and political presence on its borders, but will receive "even more NATO," Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the Munich Security Conference.
