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This year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will have new military equipment: launchers with intercontinental ballistic missiles "Yars", "Avangard" and "Sarmat".

The S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) will be delivered to the troops of the Southern Military District until 2025. This was told by the commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Nikolai Gostev, in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, published on January 10.

Izvestia: in Russia, the infrastructure for hypersonic complexes "Dagger" is being prepared

At military airfields in the Russian regions, the preparation of infrastructure for hypersonic complexes "Dagger" is being completed. Special facilities are designed for maintenance and testing of hypersonic missiles. This is reported by the newspaper "Izvestia".

A court in Denmark has decided to detain the head of the kingdom's military intelligence, Lars Findsen, after the agency was accused of violating personal data laws, as well as hiding information, TV2 reported on Monday.

Guarantees of non-expansion of NATO is an absolute imperative

Russia has warned the United States that without progress on three key aspects - non-expansion of NATO, non-deployment of strike weapons and the development of territories of states that joined the alliance after 1997 - work in other areas of the security sphere will be questionable, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

North Korea reported that the launch that took place yesterday was a test of a new hypersonic complex. Earlier, Pyongyang made it clear that it is actively creating and testing such weapons systems.

The US State Department hopes to receive a reasoned response from the Kazakh authorities to what caused the need for the CSTO peacekeeping contingent to enter the country after reports of interference in the events of external forces.

The United States and Japan will sign a new defense cooperation agreement to counter emerging defense threats, including hypersonic and space capabilities, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Thursday.

The CSTO peacekeeping mission, which arrived in Kazakhstan on a temporary basis, will not participate in the elimination of militants, the task of the contingent is to cover and protect, first deputy head of the presidential administration of the republic Dauren Abayev said.

Some groups of protesters acted professionally, snipers were among them, First Deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan Dauren Abayev said.

About 2.5 thousand CSTO peacekeepers will be in Kazakhstan on a temporary basis, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic Shukhrat Nuryshev said.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed by phone on Friday with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson "the buildup of Russian forces in Ukraine."

Armenia has decided to participate in the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan to demonstrate the work of the Organization's mechanisms in crisis situations, Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan said.

No one is immune from a sudden attack by international terrorist forces, South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev said on Friday, commenting on the events in Kazakhstan.

The Armenian Defense Ministry confirmed the departure of one hundred peacekeepers to Kazakhstan through the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov signed a decree on sending a Kyrgyz military contingent to Kazakhstan to participate in peacekeeping activities within the framework of the CSTO, the press service of the head of state reported on Friday.

The commander of the Airborne Troops of Russia, Andrei Serdyukov, will lead the contingent of CSTO peacekeepers in Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Russia, in contact with the United States, seeks to resolve security issues in Europe without the participation of European countries, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian believes.

The regional Anti-terrorist structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO RATS) is ready to help Kazakhstan if requested by the competent authorities of the republic. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the structure.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance has all the necessary forces and means to protect its allies in the event of a threat in accordance with the principle of collective security.