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An-124 with ventilators in the United States was recognized as a demonstration of the capabilities of the Russian army
Columnist Litovkin: Russia can build and operate military transport aircraft
Currently, Russia has all the capabilities for the mass construction and operation of military transport aircraft, admits TASS military observer Dmitry Litovkin.
Times: The UK may send several hundred troops to neighboring countries with Ukraine
The UK is considering the possibility of additionally sending several hundred troops to NATO member countries located near Ukraine, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources in the Ministry of Defense.
Ships of the Russian Federation, Iran and China have worked in the Gulf of Oman to counter pirates
In the Arabian Sea, the ships of Russia, Iran and China have worked out the organization of rescue at sea and countering maritime piracy. Joint actions were practiced during the CHIRU-2022 naval exercise. This was told in the Russian Defense Ministry.
Shoigu: The resumption of contacts between Moscow and London will reduce tensions in Europe
On Friday, January 21, the Russian Defense Ministry released fragments of a letter that the head of the Russian military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu, wrote in response to an invitation from British colleague Ben Wallace to visit London.
The Lieutenant General appreciated the dispatch of S-400 divisions to Belarus for exercises
Belarus is part of the CIS joint air defense system, the S-400 Triumph is being sent to exercises in order to increase the combat capabilities of the Union State. On Friday, January 21, the former deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force for the joint air defense system of the CIS countries, Reserve Lieutenant General Aytech Bizhev, told Izvestia.
Shoigu invited the British Defense Minister to Moscow for talks
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu sent a letter to the head of the British military department, inviting him to hold talks in Moscow.
The Russian-Belarusian exercises are exclusively defensive in nature - The Ministry of Defense of Belarus
Their peculiarity is in the participation of the troops of the Eastern Military District
The Russian-Belarusian exercises are exclusively defensive in nature, their peculiarity is that the troops of the Eastern Military District will be involved from Russia, head of the Main Directorate of Combat Training of the Belarusian army Andrei Nekrasevich said on Friday.
Russian Defense Ministry: involvement of the United States in the elimination of escaped terrorists in Syria may lead to casualties
The deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev, stressed that the situation in the northeast of Syria is of great concern
The involvement of the US armed forces in the elimination of terrorists who previously escaped from the prison in the city of Hasakah may lead to civilian casualties. This was stated by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev.
German Chancellor declined an invitation to meet with Biden to discuss Ukraine - Mass media
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz refused a personal meeting with US President Joe Biden to discuss the situation around Ukraine, The Telegraph reports.
NATO rejects Russian demands to withdraw military from Bulgaria and Romania
The Alliance will not abandon the presence of troops in its eastern part
The North Atlantic Alliance rejected Russia's demands for the withdrawal of troops from Bulgaria and Romania, American media reported, citing NATO representative Oana Lungescu.
Germany blocks Estonia's transfer of weapons of German origin to Ukraine - newspaper
The German authorities do not allow their NATO ally Estonia to supply Ukraine with those weapons that are of German origin, the Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on Friday, citing representatives of the German and Estonian authorities.
Blinken discussed with Kuleba the results of meetings in Europe on the situation around Ukraine - State Department
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Friday in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba discussed a trip to Europe in response to the military buildup of Russian forces near Ukraine, the US State Department reports.
NATO exercises in the Mediterranean have been planned for a long time and are not related to the escalation of the situation near Ukraine - Pentagon
NATO has long planned the Neptune Strike 2022 exercises, which will be held in the Mediterranean Sea, and their conduct is not related to relations between Ukraine and Russia, US Defense Ministry spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing on Friday.
The United States asked the Russian side not to make public the forthcoming written responses to Russian security initiatives - Mass media
American officials asked their Russian colleagues not to publicly distribute written responses to Russian initiatives on security guarantees that are currently being prepared in the United States, The Washington Post reported.
The US Permanent Representative to the UN warned about the possible military involvement of the United States in the Ukrainian conflict
The United States does not rule out military involvement in the conflict over Ukraine, the US Permanent Representative to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said in an interview with the Moldovan Jurnal TV channel.
In the US, they told about planes spying on Russia
19FortyFive: reconnaissance planes of the United States and its allies are watching Russia
The United States and its allies only last Wednesday took ten spy planes into the air to monitor Russian troops, says the American publication 19FortyFive.
The head of the German Navy Schoenbach allowed a continental war in the next 10-20 years
The head of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Kai-Achim Schoenbach, said that the next continental war may be in the next few decades.
The US has listed the missile and bomb "arsenal of democracy" for Ukraine
Popular Mechanics: the "arsenal of democracy" for Ukraine from the USA may include ATGM and MLRS
The composition of the "arsenal of democracy", which can be sent by the United States to Ukraine as part of military assistance in the amount of $ 200 million, includes a portable anti-tank missile system (ATGM) AGM-148 Javelin and a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), writes Popular Mechanics.
Kiev is increasingly surrounding Donbass with heavy weapons
The Osa anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) was deployed by Ukrainian security forces near the Kiev-controlled village of Dmitrovka in the Donbass.
Ukraine continues to violate agreements providing for a ban on the installation of weapons near settlements, the press service of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) reported.
The Germans set up a leg for a NATO partner
Germany blocked the transfer of German-made artillery from Estonia to Ukraine.
This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to German and Estonian officials. According to the article of the American edition, unlike the United States, Great Britain, Poland and other allies, Berlin decided to ban the export of deadly weapons directly to Ukraine.
