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Lukashenko reported on the elaboration of the issue of equipping the military with Russian S-400 Triumph air defense systems

Belarus plans to buy new planes and equip the military with Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs). This was announced by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a solemn meeting on Tuesday dedicated to the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland and the Armed Forces, reports TASS.

Military Watch: the Russian Su-35 fighter has advantages over the American F-22

The Russian Su-35 fighter has advantages over the American F-22 Raptor aircraft, says Military Watch.

Shipping in the Sea of Azov has been suspended since 4 a.m. on February 24 until further notice, the press service of Rosmorrechflot told RIA Novosti.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko declares the need to strengthen the protection of the western border of Belarus.

Western and Ukrainian experts have been trying for a long time to present Ukraine's air defense as a powerful and numerous force. To confirm these statements, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from time to time conducted demonstration firing at their ranges, including at unmanned targets.

Troops are practicing combat operations at training grounds in the Murmansk region and in the Barents Sea

Warships, submarines, the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense, as well as coastal troops of the Northern Fleet (SF) are practicing combat training operations in the conditions of the Far North and the Arctic. Training events are taking place at landfills in the Murmansk Region and in the Barents Sea, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, held a briefing on the progress of a special military operation to protect the DPR and LPR.

Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the goals of the military operation in Ukraine are denazification and demilitarization.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is preparing and already implementing provocations according to the well-known patterns of "White Helmets" with staged videos with "victims" among the civilian population, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Thursday.

Dmitry Litovkin, editor-in-chief of the Independent Military Review:

- To solve the tasks of a special military operation in Ukraine, our Armed Forces used high-precision weapons. It is no coincidence that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stressed in its very first message that nothing threatens the civilian population. That is, the operation is planned in such a way as to avoid mass loss of life and large destruction of civilian infrastructure.

The Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed during an operation to demilitarize Ukraine, the pilot is alive, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Thursday.

Due to the war in Ukraine, Lithuania introduces a state of emergency and appeals to NATO

In connection with the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine on Thursday, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda announced the introduction of a state of emergency in the country. After the meeting of the State Council on Defense, he said that this decision will be approved by the Seimas at an extraordinary session, Delfi reports.

The groups of the DPR and LPR troops continue counter-offensive actions against the AFU units with the fire support of the Russian army.

The actions of those who seized power in Ukraine as a result of the 2014 coup d'etat and adopted the ideology and practice of neo-Nazism pose a serious military threat to Russia as well. This is stated in the appeal of the National Association of Associations of Reserve Officers of the Armed Forces (MEGAPIR) in connection with the conduct by the Russian Armed Forces of a special operation to protect the population of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

The military observer of Izvestia, Alexey Ramm, exposed a fake spread on the Network about an allegedly broken column of Russian troops. According to him, the video captures the equipment of the Armed forces of Ukraine (AFU), not Russia.

As in the case of light wheeled armored vehicles, the vast majority of the APU tank fleet consists of old Soviet tanks. The main and most massive is the T-64BV. According to various sources, there are slightly more than four hundred such armored vehicles in the troops.

The official representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov told about the first results of the special operation of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine. On the morning of February 24, Vladimir Putin, in his address to the people, said that Moscow would provide military assistance to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics within the framework of Friendship and Mutual Assistance Agreements.

The United States has notified Russia that it does not intend to engage in the negotiation process on security guarantees, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

During a special operation to protect Donbass, four Ukrainian Bayraktar drones and a combat helicopter were shot down. The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said this on Thursday, February 24.

Thanks to the withdrawal of Russian troops to Kherson, it was possible to unblock the North Crimean Canal, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.