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Russia is militarily head and shoulders superior to Ukraine, but in the event of an attack, it will face immediate consequences

Russia is much stronger militarily than Ukraine and will win in the event of a conflict, but the price of victory and the consequences of an attack will be high, US President Joe Biden said.

Any crossing of the border with Ukraine by Russian troops will be considered by Washington as an invasion, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.

Combat swimmers of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) worked out tasks on anti-sabotage defense in the Kamchatka Territory, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported on Thursday.

The peacekeepers also worked out actions when declaring an alarm and options for repelling a conditional attack on the post

Russian peacekeepers at observation posts in Nagorno-Karabakh, due to the increase in the number of emergency situations, worked out actions when declaring an alarm. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The commandos of the 49th combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District have mastered the technique of covert penetration into specially protected objects of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

The instruction to review "confidence-building measures", as well as to consider the possibility of resuming "all temporarily suspended" activities due to Washington's "hostile policy" was announced during a meeting of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, held the day before under the chairmanship of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have appealed to the US State Department with a request to approve the transfer of part of their American-made weapons to Ukraine, Politico reported, citing sources.

In 2021, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation received more than five thousand new and modernized samples of weapons, military and special equipment. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The multipurpose nuclear submarine "Kazan" has become the lowest-noise submarine of the Russian Navy, said Mikhail Budnichenko, CEO of the Sevmash plant. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Viktor Litovkin called the submarine one of the best in the world and explained why.

The Russian Navy will hold a series of exercises in the near future, the Defense Ministry said. In accordance with the training plan of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for 2022, in January-February, a series of naval exercises under the general leadership is held in all areas of responsibility of the fleets

The Defense Minister said that the military construction complex will have to put into operation 3 thousand buildings and structures in key areas of the development of the infrastructure of the troops

The equipment of the Russian Armed Forces with the latest models of military equipment makes it possible to guarantee military security and the protection of the country's national interests, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday, summing up the results of a single day of acceptance of military products.

More than 140 ships and 60 aircraft will participate in the exercises of the Russian Navy in January-February in all areas of responsibility of the fleets. This was announced on Thursday, January 20, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In the future, a detachment of Russian ships will move to the Mediterranean Sea, where, together with the forces of the Northern and Baltic fleets, they will take part in the exercise

More than 140 ships and more than 10,000 military personnel will take part in a series of exercises to be held in January and February by the Russian Navy, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

The Drive: The US Navy's Georgia nuclear submarine could strike Crimea

The nuclear submarine Georgia of the US Navy, which made a short stop in the Cyprus area, has all the means to strike Russia, for example, Crimea, and Ukraine, in particular, with Tomahawk cruise missiles, warns the American edition of The Drive.

On Thursday, January 20, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nikolai Evmenov signed the Convention on the International Organization for Maritime Navigation Equipment on behalf of the Russian Federation. The ceremony was held at the residence and in the presence of the French Ambassador to our country Pierre Levy.

The European Space Agency invites everyone to try to hack the European OPS-SAT satellite operating in orbit. This is reported on the website of the event organizers specially created for this occasion.

A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet went on a long voyage from Vladivostok a few days before the onset of 2022

Warships of Russia, Iran and China will take part in joint naval exercises. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) for the Pacific Fleet.

Russia will face a powerful response if it places nuclear missiles near American territory, said US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

The Drive: Russian ships of Project 775 caused alarm in Sweden and the UK

Large landing ships (BDK) "Korolev", "Minsk" and "Kaliningrad" of Project 775 (according to the NATO classification - Ropucha, which means "Toad" in Polish) after Sweden, Great Britain was alarmed, writes the American edition of The Drive.