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Moscow will continue to seek from NATO and the United States a response to the key provisions of its initiative on security guarantees, there are things in the responses from Washington and Brussels that can be discussed, but they are of a secondary nature, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there is no alternative to the Minsk agreements on the settlement in the south-east of Ukraine, and Kiev must fulfill them, whether it likes them or not.

The crews of the Erebuni aviation military base (Armenia) and the calculations of the anti-aircraft units of the air defense of the military base of the Southern Military District in Armenia worked out joint actions with the servicemen of the duty shifts of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

The meeting of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was canceled due to the refusal of the German side to provide military assistance to Kiev, CNN reported, citing an informed source.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson believes that Russia's actions against Ukraine are forcing NATO to strengthen its position in Europe.

Exercises to combat pirates in areas of intensive shipping were conducted by marine units attached to a detachment of warships of the Northern Fleet, the press service of the Sevflot reported on Tuesday.

Russian-Kazakh allied relations are filled with practical content and are developing dynamically, the countries will strengthen and improve the peacekeeping potential of the CSTO, Russian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Alexey Borodavkin said.

The servicemen continue to perform tasks as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State on the territory of Belarus, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic reported on Tuesday.

The head of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, expressed the opinion that the United States should "directly or indirectly" participate in the work of the "Normandy format" (Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France) on the settlement in the Donbass.

A source in the Russian Defense Ministry said that new units with the Pantsir missile defense system will be formed in the Southern Military District

New units and units of the mobile air defense Reserve will be formed in the Southern Military District (SE), which will cover the south of Russia and the Caucasus. The military will receive anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir". Izvestia writes about this, referring to sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A were involved during the fighting in the area of the city of Harad in the Yemeni province of Hajjah.

Combat vehicles were used by units of the Saudi royal ground forces, who, together with supporters of President Hadi, launched an offensive against areas occupied by the forces of the Shiite Ansar Allah movement (Houthis).

Further expansion of NATO does not meet the interests of world security and stability, the Chinese delegation to the European Union said.

The United States and NATO have virtually ignored Russia's security concerns, and the alliance's position on Ukraine could turn into a threat of a full-scale war. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference after talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, RIA Novosti reports.

French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said in the European Parliament on February 7 that Paris does not want arms supplies to Ukraine to provoke an escalation of the situation around this country, but at the same time recognizes Kiev's right to defense, RIA Novosti reports.

The exercises are held in the Volgograd Region, Stavropol Territory, Adygea, Chechnya, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, at Russian military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Military personnel of the Southern Military District (SE) will take part in more than 30 bilateral company tactical exercises in the coming weeks, which began at 15 training grounds in the south of Russia, the press service of the district reported on Tuesday.

Defense News said that NATO should not lose the F-35 for the sake of Ukraine

In a potential military conflict with Russia in Eastern Europe, in particular, in Ukraine, NATO should abandon the use of American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters due to the high risk of losing these small and expensive aircraft, according to the publication Defense News.

The Drive proposed destroying Russian hypersonic weapons with a "wall of dust"

One of the most promising means of destroying hypersonic missiles, in particular the Russian "Zircon", is the use of microwave weapons capable of "frying the sky" and anti-aircraft artillery of the XXI century, ejecting clouds of solid particles, such as metal shavings, writes The Drive, referring to the report of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (USA).

A MiG-31 fighter jet with a Dagger missile was filmed in the sky over the Kaliningrad region

A Russian MiG-31K fighter jet with a hypersonic Dagger missile was spotted in the sky over the Kaliningrad region, near the borders of NATO countries. The corresponding video is published by the Telegram channel "Military Observer".

Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich promised to give a fitting rebuff in the event of NATO aggravation of the situation on the border.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation said that after the exercises, the troops will return to their permanent locations

Russian troops will leave Belarus after the end of the exercises, there was never any talk that they could stay, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian leader, told reporters.