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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, in his congratulation to the servicemen on Defender of the Fatherland Day, noted modern weapons and high combat training of the Russian army, the congratulation was published on the website of the mayor of the capital.

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.

Russia has upgraded its armed forces, and now the Russian army is at the highest level of readiness, mobility and technical capabilities in recent decades. This is written by the Swedish publication Svenska Dagbladet based on a survey of experts.

The Minsk agreements no longer exist, we have recognized the DPR and the LPR. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference after talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Tensions around Ukraine are being escalated by "Western hawks", while countering threats from NATO is the most important task of the Russian military, said Army General Alexander Dvornikov, commander of the Southern Military District (SE).

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.

There are weapons on combat duty in the Russian Armed Forces that have no analogues in the world. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 23.

Expressed disappointment with the reaction of the United States and NATO, which amounted to an attempt to ignore legitimate Russian concerns and demands

The situation around Ukraine was at the center of a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin's press service informs.

Addressing the officers and soldiers of the honor guard company, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia wished a "peaceful sky", adding that "every soldier who took the oath should be ready, if necessary, to go to the Motherland and defend his people."

The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, commenting on the words of the British Minister of War about the Crimean War, said that this is nothing more than mythology, and the British suffered bloody losses and did not win victories.

On Wednesday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin's press service reports.

The heads of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin and the Luhansk People's Republic Leonid Pasechnik appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to help repel aggression by the armed forces of Ukraine, the press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Ukrainian military to lay down their arms and threatened a crushing response to those countries that decide to intervene in the situation from the outside.

The Russian military uses high-precision means against the military infrastructure of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Russian journalists are being trained to work in hot spots

On February 17, 2022, the Union of Journalists of Moscow hosted a traditional meeting of military journalists dedicated to the military holiday - Defender of the Fatherland Day. It was organized and conducted by Pavel Gusev, Chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and Lyudmila Shcherbina, First Secretary of the Moscow Union of Journalists.

A deeply modernized barrage munition, or, as it is also called, a kamikaze drone, the Lancet, was used in Syria against terrorists.

The use of barrage ammunition is still a new phenomenon for our army. The Lancet strike drone was first shown in 2019 at the Army forum and was almost immediately taken for a "run-in" by our special forces in Syria.

The Ukrainian authorities must immediately cease hostilities in the Donbas, otherwise Kiev will bear all responsibility for the possible continuation of the bloodshed, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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 US Permanent Representative to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said that neither the US nor its allies intend to provide Ukraine with nuclear weapons.

It is useless to speak with the aggressor only in the language of diplomacy, he must be called to account from a position of strength

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev believes that Russia, after recognizing the DPR and the LPR, is ready for new sanctions, threats and political pressure.