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Five major exercises are planned in the Central Military District in 2022 with air defense and missile launches. This, according to RIA Novosti, was stated by the commander of the Central Military District, Alexander Lapin.

The Drive: Russian planes in Syria "followed a provocative course"

Russian and Syrian fighter jets carried out the first of their kind joint air patrol along the border of Syria with Israel, says the American edition of The Drive.

The First Tank Army of the Western Military District (ZVO) is conducting combat readiness testing classes, the ZVO said on Tuesday. "In total, more than 1 thousand servicemen and about 100 units of weapons, military and special equipment are involved in the combat readiness check," the report says.

MIC: Russian RB-341B "Leer-3" complexes could be used in Kazakhstan

The Russian electronic warfare (EW) complex RB-341B "Leer-3" by creating a "fake base station" can intercept traffic control and user connections. This is told by the "Military-Industrial Courier" (MIC), referring to the CEO of the analytical company Telecom Daily Denis Kuskov.

The Black Sea Fleet reported on the firing of tankers of the Southern Military District at the Angarsky training ground

Tankers of the units of the Army Corps of the Southern Military District (SE) began firing at the Angarsky training ground in the Crimea. The crews of the T-72B3 tanks conducted classes in accordance with the combat training plan. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.

The aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian Air Force conducted the first joint patrol of the air borders of the Syrian Arab Republic - including the Golan Heights, a disputed territory under Israeli control. If such flights become regular, they will significantly expand the capabilities of the Syrian Air Force to protect its airspace - primarily from attacks by Israeli aircraft, writes The Drive.

The combat readiness check takes place on the territory of the Volgograd and Rostov regions, the Krasnodar Territory and the Crimea

The aviation of the Southern Military District (SE), consisting of squadrons of fighters and multifunctional bombers, will work out the execution of missile strikes at the maximum distance, the press service of the district reported on Tuesday.

The commander of the troops of the Southern Military District, Army General Alexander Dvornikov, has begun checking the combat readiness of subordinate formations and military units, more than 6 thousand servicemen are involved, the head of the press service of the Southern Military District Vadim Astafyev told reporters.

The risk of the activity of gangs and the development of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan have caused the CSTO to pay special attention to the borders of this country from Tajikistan, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said.

The actions of the CSTO in Kazakhstan received many positive assessments, and the negative ones that appeared were politicized, said the Secretary General of the CSTO Stanislav Zas.

Military instructors from Russia arrived at the military base in Tombuktu, which was abandoned by the French forces of the anti-terrorist operation "Barkhan". The Malian military confirmed this information to RFI and the France-Presse news agency. 

Despite the fact that the first Chechen war ended more than a quarter of a century ago, there are a lot of myths and misconceptions around it. For example, information about the participation of T-90 tanks in those hostilities still pops up from time to time in various sources.

Inspectors from Latvia will inspect the Russian military infrastructure in the Bryansk and Smolensk regions. This was announced on Sunday, January 23, by the head of the National Center for Reducing Nuclear Danger of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Ryzhkov.

The United States can send up to 5,000 military personnel, ships and aircraft to the countries of Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, The New York Times reports, citing knowledgeable sources in the US administration.

Units from the Amur Region have been sent to Belarus for exercises, where they will have to perform training tasks at unfamiliar training grounds.

The troops of the Eastern Military District with weapons and military equipment continue to arrive on the territory of the Republic of Belarus to undergo exercises. This was announced on Monday, January 24, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, congratulating on the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation, noted that the company's staff makes a significant contribution to the development of the country's military-industrial complex and building up the combat power of the Armed Forces, the telegram was published on the Kremlin's website.

The Russian Aerospace Forces were represented by the crews of Su-34, Su-35 and A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft

Russian and Syrian military pilots conducted the first joint air patrol along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates from the airfields of Khmeimim, Seikal and Dumair. This was reported to journalists in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian and Syrian planes conducted joint patrols along the Syrian border, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The patrol route ran along the Golan Heights, then along the southern border, up along the Euphrates and over the northern regions of the Syrian Arab Republic. During the patrol, training missile launches were carried out on air targets and ground targets were hit at one of the landfills located in the central part of the country," the ministry said.

Russia is turning the Sea of Okhotsk into a "shrine of nuclear strategy." All this is done in order to protect nuclear submarines with enemy ballistic missiles and to protect the borders of the Russian Federation from a possible attack.