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The Russian army adheres to the Soviet doctrine, according to which the decisive force on the battlefield is not tanks with infantry, but artillery. All other types of troops are needed only to provide the "god of war" (the name of Russian artillery since World War II) with advantageous positions for delivering crushing blows. And then use the gaps punched by the guns in the enemy's defense.

The heads of the leading veteran organizations of the Russian Federation made a statement in support of President Vladimir Putin's initiatives to ensure Russia's long-term security.

The Russian military conducted exercises with Syrian volunteer detachments for assault units.

This was reported in the Russian Ministry of Defense. Syrians of completely different professions temporarily forgot about their civilian occupations and signed up as volunteers for assault battalions.

Last week, the US Army presented its own strategy for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. It is worth clarifying that it is not only about eliminating greenhouse gas emissions, but also about adapting "infrastructure and the natural environment to the risks of climate change."

Military specialist Knutov spoke about the protection of the Black Sea by the Bastion complexes

The Russian coastal missile system (DBK) "Bastion" can hit most existing ships. DBK provide protection of the Black Sea water area from any enemy. The director of the Museum of the Air Defense Forces (Air Defense), military expert Yuri Knutov told about this on Sputnik radio.

Large-scale naval exercises in the Black and Mediterranean Seas, in which three Project 1164 Atlant missile cruisers took part, became a formidable warning for NATO. We are talking about the ships "Marshal Ustinov", "Varyag" and "Moscow".

The press bureau of the SVR of the Russian Federation reported earlier that the US special services plan to target the sleeping cells of extremists in Damascus, the adjacent region and the province of Latakia to commit targeted actions against employees of the Syrian security forces, as well as military personnel of Russia and Iran.

The press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported that at the Brest training ground, Russian motorized rifle units are working out the issues of destroying a conditional illegal armed formation

Units of the Airborne troops of the Russian Armed Forces are engaged in exercises in Belarus to strengthen the Belarusian state border. This was announced on Monday by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus in its Telegram channel.

Prystaiko said that Ukraine may refuse to join NATO: Zelensky and the Foreign Ministry reacted (Observer, Ukraine)

The Ambassador of Ukraine to Britain Vadim Prystaiko said that Kiev may think about refusing to join the North Atlantic Alliance, the Observer reports. However, the country's Foreign Ministry noted that the diplomat's words were taken out of context, and the president's representative demanded an explanation from him.

The West provokes Kiev to a forceful scenario of restoring control over Donbass and Crimea

The United States and Western countries are creating a springboard for NATO troops in Ukraine, provoking Kiev to solve the problems of Donbass and Crimea by force, said Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov, Deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate (GO) of the Russian General Staff.

The maneuvers were conducted in preparation for major naval exercises under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy

Pilots of a separate mixed aviation regiment of naval aviation and crews of anti-submarine ships of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) conducted joint exercises in the Black Sea to search and track a submarine of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Monday.

The head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin believes that the leaders of the CSTO countries should be given the opportunity to send armed units within the framework of the CSTO without consulting parliaments. According to him, this position of the Russian side has found understanding among the parliamentarians of the participating countries of the Organization.

According to Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov, Deputy Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the West continues to form an "anti-Russia" from Ukraine

NATO's military assistance to Ukraine provokes Kiev to use a force scenario in the Donbas and Crimea. This was announced on Monday during a round table in the Federation Council by Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov.

Russia is ready to strike at violators of its maritime border, but the decision on this is being made at the highest level, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov said.

The Kremlin added that "there is a certain protocol of actions against foreign ships - surface or underwater - in the event of their invasion into the territorial waters of the Russian Federation"

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov redirected to the Ministry of Defense the question of possible military actions against foreign ships caught in Russian waters.

The anti-aircraft cover of the troops and the solution of the tasks of combat duty on air defense are being worked out during the Belarusian-Russian joint operational exercise "Allied Determination-2022" at the Luninets area, the Military department of the Republic of Belarus reported on February 14. Anti-aircraft units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation take part in them.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, answering the question about the possibility of the return of the Russian military from Belarus after the meeting of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, urged not to get ahead of ourselves.

The Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CTA) is completing work on a new book dedicated to the current security problems of equatorial and sub-equatorial Africa. The authors of the publication analyze the place and role of the African continent in the foreign policy of Russia and other leading non-regional actors (Great Britain, the EU, the USA, China and France), assess the economic potential of the states of Western, Eastern and Central Africa in terms of their needs for high-tech military, dual and civilian products. In addition, the book describes typical problems of African countries in the field of defense and security.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the US response to Russia's key security proposals is negative.

During exercises in the Pacific Fleet, a submarine was discovered near the Kuril island of Urup — presumably an American one, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin.