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The marines of the Black Sea Fleet, together with units of the Southern Military District, worked out the defense of the Crimean coast during the exercises, the head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet, Captain 2nd rank Alexey Rulev, told reporters.

Two Russian Tu-22M3 bombers performed a second patrol in the airspace of Belarus during the inspection of the forces of the Union State, accompanied by fighters of the two countries. This was reported to journalists in the Russian military department.

The command and staff exercises "Blizzard-2022" on the management of groups of troops during combat operations have begun in the Ukrainian army, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov assessed the probability of a significant escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict as low, the press service of the country's military department reported.

American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles will be used to simulate Russian T-72B3M in exercises

The US military will receive modified M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). Special vehicles will simulate Russian T-72B3M tanks and Chinese VN17 infantry fighting vehicles during the exercises. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The US Army is waiting for an imminent defeat in the land war with Russia, according to former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter. His article about a possible military confrontation between Washington and Moscow and the reasons that can lead to this is published by RT.

Defense Minister Reznikov: the Iron Dome system will not be able to protect facilities in Ukraine

Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system will not be able to protect strategic facilities in Ukraine. The uselessness of the system was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov during a briefing, Defense Express reports.

Russian and Belarusian Su-30SM crews conducted joint patrols of the state border, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Monday, February 7.

More than 20 Russian ships, including carriers of high-precision missile weapons, made the transition from the Sea of Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk as part of the exercises, the Eastern Military District (VVO) reported on Monday.

On February 5, two Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces performed a patrol in the airspace of the Republic of Belarus.

Canada sent a military transport plane with a new batch of non-lethal weapons to Ukraine on the night of February 4. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the Canadian Ministry of Defense.

Biden and Macron discussed the situation around Ukraine

US and French leaders Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron held a telephone conversation on the evening of February 6. During the bilateral talks, the presidents raised the issue of Ukraine's security against the background of the accumulation of troops near its borders with Russia and Belarus.

19FortyFive stated that Ukraine could become the site of the first real drone war

Ukraine may become the site of the first real drone war. According to Robert Farley, a columnist for the American publication 19FortyFive, this weapon will play a critical role in a possible war between Russia and Ukraine.

Ukrainian nationalists and Polish mercenaries have been deployed to the contact line in Donbass, said Eduard Basurin, a representative of the People's militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with the American newspaper Washington Post that his country supplied Ukraine with 5,000 helmets at the request of Kiev, while strict export restrictions play a big role in the issue of possible arms supplies.

The joint statement of Russia and China on military biological security is a very balanced and reasoned position of the largest nuclear states, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education (RAO), Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences Gennady Onishchenko told RIA Novosti.

Speaking about the combat qualities of the Russian Su-57 fighter, comparing it in air combat with the F-22 and F-35, they often overlook the outstanding capabilities of the Russian fighter in the field of hitting targets on the ground. Meanwhile, they are impressive and significantly surpass the capabilities of analogues from China and the United States, writes Military Watch.

On February 5, the eighth plane from the United States landed in Kiev with a cargo of ammunition. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, new units and units of the mobile air defense reserve will be formed as part of the Southern Military District.

Moscow is ready to consider the possibility of extending control mechanisms to strategic systems, but strictly on the basis of reciprocity with the United States, unilateral concessions within the framework of dialogue are impossible, Vladimir Ermakov, director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.