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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.

The military bases of the Russian Federation stationed on the territory of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will receive more than 70 units of military equipment in 2022, the commander of the Central Military District troops Alexander Lapin said.

The main objectives of the campaign are the participation of ships in naval exercises under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov

A detachment of warships of the Baltic Fleet consisting of the corvettes "Stoyky" and "Savvy" left Baltiysk for a long hike. This was reported to journalists in the information support department of the Baltic Fleet.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, as commander-in-chief, is taking measures to ensure Russia's security amid rising tensions, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday.

On January 24, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov answered the question whether the Russian military exercises in the Baltic Sea are a reaction to the actions of NATO.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov forwarded to the Ministry of Defense the question whether the Russian military exercises in the Baltic are a reaction to NATO's decision to transfer additional forces to Eastern Europe, but noted that the activity of the alliance near the borders of Russia cannot be ignored by the armed forces of the country.

The Kremlin, following the DPR, stated that it sees signs of a possible offensive by the Ukrainian army on Donbass.

The threat of an armed offensive by Ukraine on Donbass is now very high, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, TASS reports.

Twenty ships and vessels of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation went to sea to perform combat training tasks, the fleet said on Monday.

The Bering Strait and the coast of Chukotka will be covered by a new coastal defense division — its formation in the region has already begun.

The compound will take control of the territory from the western borders of Chukotka to Kamchatka, and, if necessary, to Sakhalin. It will include several regiments, including the previously created 50th Coastal Defense Regiment. 

At the same time, General Ivashov sees no signs of a possible major military conflict in Europe

The danger of military incidents has increased due to the growing tension in relations between Russia and NATO - against the background of the beginning of Russian manners in the Baltic and the plans of the North Atlantic Alliance to send additional ships and aircraft to Eastern Europe, a military expert, retired Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, told Interfax on Monday.

The THAAD anti-missile system intercepted a ballistic missile during a Houthi attack in Abu Dhabi. According to Defense News, this is the first known use of the American complex in a combat operation.

Russian sappers have cleared more than 130 hectares of territory in Laos in four years, defusing more than 2 thousand explosive objects, said Yuri Stavitsky, head of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Losses in tanks during the battles in Grozny, which began on December 31, 1994, were due to a number of reasons. Including the fact that some of the combat vehicles did not have the required dynamic protection, which could effectively neutralize the actions of enemy cumulative ammunition of various types.

The Japanese side welcomes the extension by Russia and the United States of the Treaty on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START-3), and also advocates that the parties continue the dialogue on strategic stability, Japan and the United States said in a joint statement.

19FortyFive: the F-35 plane continues to make history and frightens Russia

The American fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II "continues to make history" and "scares Russia," says the publication 19FortyFive, commenting on the first successful landing of a variant of the aircraft with a short takeoff and vertical landing of the US Marine Corps (ILC) on the amphibious assault ship Tripoli.

The US administration has allowed the Baltic states to supply Ukraine with American-made anti-tank and portable anti-aircraft missile systems.

Two strategic missile carriers Tu-160 performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Arctic Ocean, the Barents and White Seas for about 13 hours.