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Almost all of the oil produced in eastern Syria is being stolen by US troops in the region and their allies in the face of Kurdish paramilitary groups. This was stated by the Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources of Syria Bassam Tuome, speaking at a meeting of the People's Council (Parliament) of the Arab Republic.

The ship of the Baltic Fleet performed mine laying and repelled an air strike in the sea ranges. And at the coastal training ground "Khmelevka" the Marines staged a cannonade.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will remain ready to respond to Russia's aggressive actions, despite the agreement between the United States and Russia to extend the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) for 5 years.

Washington is developing a common position with the "Eurotroika" (Germany, Great Britain, France) on the nuclear deal with Iran, and appropriate consultations are being held, said Assistant to the US President for National Security Jake Sullivan.

The Ministry of Defense of Lithuania refused to build a military training ground in the western part of the republic due to the natural features of the territory. This is reported by the press service of the department.

The Ministry of Defense will strengthen the land component of the defense of the Kaliningrad Region. In particular, the reformation of the 79th separate motorized rifle brigade began. This is the most powerful combined-arms unit in the region at the moment.

On the eve of the opening of the International Aerospace Exhibition Aero India 2021, which will be held from 3 to 5 February in Bangalore, the main planned indicators of the defense budget of India for 2021-2022 became known.

The US Navy, when talking about the Russian threat in the Black Sea, actually refers to Moscow's ability to quickly turn almost all of this water area into a zone of destruction with its anti-ship missiles, writes The Drive.

The first deputy head of the international Committee of the Federation Council Vladimir Dzhabarov expressed bewilderment at the statement of the American Admiral Charles Richards about the possibility of a nuclear war with Russia and noted that a professional military "in a terrible dream" is afraid to imagine such a development of the situation.

Last year, the Turkish government held consultations with the UK on the purchase of a new or used aircraft carrier, but the negotiations were not successful, according to the information and analytical portal Middle East Eye (MEE, headquartered in London) with reference to their sources.

The US missile defense system (ABM) will ultimately prove to be a colander and will not be able to protect the country from all Russian ballistic missiles. This was stated on the air of the Zvezda TV channel by the head of the Franklin Roosevelt Foundation for the Study of the United States at Moscow State University, Yuri Rogulev.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that the agreement on the extension of the START treaty has entered into force, the Russian Federation and the United States exchanged relevant notes, according to the website of the diplomatic department.

A possible defender of future NASA bases on the moon could be the Pentagon. The agencies are increasing cooperation between civil and military projects against the background of external threats, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

The Leningrad Region and St. Petersburg will be reliably protected from cruise missiles and drones. The 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army has created a unique mobile air defense regiment. The new military unit is fully armed with anti-aircraft missile and gun systems "Pantsir-S".

Vice Admiral, former Chief of Staff of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy, Pyotr Svyatashov, in an interview with the NSN, called for a decisive response to the actions of the American fleet in the Black Sea.

Days after President Joe Biden warned Moscow that he would "resolutely oppose" "Russian aggression," the U.S. Navy has increased its presence in the Black Sea.

A major military-political scandal is being discussed in Poland. The Winter 2020 staff exercise, in which several thousand officers took part, ended in spectacular disgrace. The simulation showed that in just five days, the war on the eastern flank of the country (the border with Russia and Belarus) was lost, and the Polish army ceased to exist.

Kiev announced the readiness of the United States to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that a new day is beginning in relations between Kiev and Washington. So he commented on the readiness of the United States to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons. Moscow took Kiev's enthusiasm with skepticism, recalling that earlier the United States exported decommissioned equipment to Ukraine, which is cheaper to export than to dispose of.

The authorities of the Kaliningrad region evaluated the NATO strike plan for the region

The authorities of the Kaliningrad region consider the" plans " of NATO to seize the region "fantasies". Instead, the Russians offer to organize tourist routes to this region, the tourist flow of which increases every year.

The Urals and Siberia will close the field of electronic interference. The latest Polye-21 systems are deployed in the Urals and Siberia. They will become a barrier to satellite navigation systems, and will also prevent drone flights, cruise missile strikes and other high-precision weapons.