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The first stage of verification is currently underway, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said

The troops of the Eastern Military District (VVO) have been deployed to a distance of up to 10 thousand km as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

The Russian Defense Ministry "within the framework of voluntary transparency" informed foreign partners about the holding of the Russian-Belarusian exercise "Allied Resolve-2022", its parameters did not oblige it to do so, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a conference call on Tuesday.

The Navy and the Aerospace Forces during large-scale exercises in January-February this year are practicing the protection of national interests in the oceans and the reflection of military threats from different directions, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

Poland will supply Ukraine with MANPADS and drones. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. According to M. Moravetsky, we are talking "about ammunition, MANPADS "Thunder" and UAVs of various types that are used for "defensive" purposes."

Daily Star (UK): aliens avoid contact because of Putin's military threats, the expert said

An expert on UFOs said that due to "threats" from Putin, the chances that aliens will make contact with earthlings are melting, writes the Daily Star. The author of the article cites the opinions of both the ufologist and the head of the British Foreign Ministry, and they coincide.

The United States has transferred a rare radioactive contamination monitoring aircraft to Europe. He has already landed in the UK.

Ukraine, Britain and Poland will create a new alliance: Kuleba revealed details (Observer, Ukraine)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba said that Kiev, London and Warsaw are going to create a new alliance, the Observer reports. The creation of small unions is part of the country's proactive foreign policy. As Kuleba explained, "Ukraine cannot just wait to join the EU and NATO."

Moscow is completing an interdepartmental coordination of the response to the response of the United States and NATO on security guarantees, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Moscow is carefully analyzing the responses of the United States and NATO on Russian proposals on security guarantees and sees that its fundamental concerns have been ignored, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Ukraine's accession to NATO will create a threat of a military conflict between Russia and the alliance over Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The United States cares little about the security of Ukraine, they want to use this country as a tool to deter Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

On Tuesday, February 1, at a meeting in the Russian Defense Ministry, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, once again explained for what purpose Russian military units were sent to neighboring Belarus. And what tasks will the servicemen of the two fraternal countries have to solve in February at the joint exercise "Allied Resolve-2022".

The joint Russian-Belarusian exercise "Allied Resolve - 2022" is an internal matter of Belarus and Russia and does not pose a threat to third countries, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said Stanislav Zas.

Yonhap: North Korea confirmed the launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile on January 30

North Korea has confirmed that it has successfully tested a medium-range ballistic missile. This is reported by the South Korean Yonhap news agency.

The United States has appealed to North Korea to start direct talks without preconditions on its nuclear and missile programs, a senior representative of the American administration told reporters on condition of anonymity.

A detachment of warships and support vessels of the Northern Fleet, including the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov and the frigate Admiral Kasatonov, as part of exercises with the Arctic Expeditionary Group, worked out the search for a submarine in the Norwegian Sea, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported.

Missile ships and aircraft of the Northern Fleet (SF) have worked out anti-submarine tasks in the Norwegian Sea as part of an exercise with the Arctic expeditionary group, the press service of the SF reported.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defense units provide protection from an air attack of a simulated enemy

Units of the Eastern Military District (VVO) have begun deploying mobile field control points at landfills in Belarus as part of an inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

South Korea's Special Representative for the DPRK, No Gyu Dok, held telephone talks on Sunday with the US special Representative for the DPRK, Song Kim, and the Director of the Department of Asian and Oceanic Affairs of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Takehiro Funakoshi, about North Korea's launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea reports.

The marines of the Northern Fleet at the training ground in the Pechengsky district of the Murmansk region stopped the offensive of the conditional enemy with artillery fire. The exercises were held jointly with the Arctic expeditionary group. You can watch the course of the shooting on video.