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Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed to provide the Russian armed forces with the functions of maintaining peace in the regions of Donbass. The relevant information follows from the decrees of the Russian leader published on the official portal of legal information on Tuesday, February 22.

Naval exercises have been held since February 15

The warships and submarines of the Northern Fleet (SF) returned to their bases after the exercises that took place in the Barents Sea. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the fleet.

The Federation Council has agreed to the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation outside the territory of the Russian Federation in connection with the situation around Donbass.

The Federation Council received an appeal from President Vladimir Putin on the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation outside its territory. This was announced by the Chairman of the SF Valentina Matvienko at the plenary session on February 22.

The issue of the borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics is a matter of the future, it will be resolved, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.

According to Nikolay Pankov, the situation in Donbass is very complicated and tends to worsen

The number of innocent victims due to the conflict in Donbass is growing. This was announced on Tuesday by the State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Nikolay Pankov at a meeting of the Federation Council.

The situation in Ukraine will be considered settled after the recognition of the results of the referendum on Crimea, after which the region was annexed to Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

French President Emmanuel Macron proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and American leader Joe Biden to hold a summit on security issues in Europe, both sides agreed, the Elysee Palace reports.

Detachments of warships of the Pacific, Northern and Black Sea fleets of Russia, together with anti-submarine aircraft of the Il-38 naval aviation, conducted an exercise in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced on February 20 by the Ministry of Defense.

The Ministry of Unification of the two Koreas called on the DPRK to return to dialogue, Yonhap reports. "We once again call on North Korea to choose the path of dialogue and cooperation for the sake of peace and stability on the Korean peninsula," said the official representative of the Ministry of Unification Affairs Lee Jong-joo.

The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will return to their permanent deployment points only when there is an objective need for it, Major General Viktor Gulevich, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, said at a briefing for military attaches on Monday.

The chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus Viktor Gulevich said that the Russian units will return to their permanent locations when there is an objective need for it.

The Times praised the combat capability of the Russian army.

The British edition of The Times analyzed the current state of the Russian army. The translation of the article is published on the InoSMI portal.

The military personnel of the International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to carry out tasks to clear the territories in Khammuan Province of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

During the 1979 war, the armies of Vietnam and China practically did not use combat aircraft. Why did this happen? The fact is that the Vietnamese air Force was relatively small and its strike component was involved in operations against the commandos in Cambodia. The opponents did not dare to use conventional MiG-21 interceptor fighters against tanks and infantry advancing in the mountains.

More than 500 people took part in the exercises

Specialists of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Western Military District worked out tasks to eliminate the consequences of virus attacks as part of the exercises. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of the district.

Russian military and border guards stopped the violation of the state border of the Russian Federation by a sabotage and reconnaissance group from the territory of Ukraine. This was announced on Monday, February 21, by the press service of the Southern Military District.

The shooting was carried out from Hyacinth cannons at large targets imitating the enemy's military equipment

Gunners of the Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet (BF) in the Kaliningrad region, during exercises at one of the ranges, conducted live firing from 152-mm Hyacinth guns at a range of more than 20 km. This was reported by the press service of the BF.

The statement of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky about the possibility and desire of Kiev to regain the status of a nuclear country is extremely dangerous. This was announced on Monday at an extraordinary meeting of the Russian Security Council by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu.

Deputy Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus Andrei Lukyanovich said that the inspection will continue exactly in the volumes that will be planned by the headquarters

Strengthening the protection of the borders of the Union State of Belarus and Russia is provided for by the ongoing verification of the reaction forces.