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In mid-December last year, Airbus and OneWeb signed a partnership agreement to provide satellite communications services in low Earth orbit in the interests of the military in Europe, Space24 writes.

One of the topics of the recent consultations between the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrel and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was the "preparation of deterrence measures" for Russia in connection with the "build-up of Russian military power around Ukraine."

Russia insists on concrete responses from the West to its proposals on security guarantees in connection with the growing tension around Ukraine, said the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov.

The Euro-Atlantic community demonstrated to the Russian side during the negotiations between Russia and the United States and Russia and NATO this week that it stands firmly on the side of Ukraine, emphasizes the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold talks with Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi next week.

No business interests are worth a new war in Europe, he said

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba stated his expectations of cooperation with the new federal government of Germany under the leadership of Olaf Scholz to counter threats and attempts of intimidation from the Russian Federation, and also stressed that business interests are not worth a new bloody war in Europe.

Ukraine is working closely with its partners and allies to implement a comprehensive package of deterrence of Russia, which includes diplomatic measures, sanctions and defense cooperation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said.

The countries of the Middle East do not need external intervention to solve regional problems, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said after a series of talks with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Turkey and Iran.

The United States and Russia have once again found themselves in a state of "cold war," Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, told CNN on Sunday.

China will not interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, Chinese Ambassador to Kabul Wang Yu said after his meeting with the acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) Sirajuddin Haqqani.

More than 700 km of military roads have been laid in Kalbajar, Lachin, Zangilan and Gubadli districts of Azerbaijan (on the border with Armenia) since the end of the war, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili expressed gratitude to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for confirming support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Two advisers from the United States got a job on a permanent basis in the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

This was reported by the press service of the Directorate of Defense Policy of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

"On January 11, 2022, advisers from the United States Chris Rizzo and Todd Brown began working on a permanent basis in the Directorate of Defense Policy of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine," the message reads.

19FortyFive: Ukraine could use five types of weapons in the war against Russia

The American publication 19FortyFive named the main weapon of Ukraine against Russia. The list includes five types of weapons that, according to the publication, Kiev could use in a possible war against Moscow.

The servicemen of the tank battalion of the Russian 201st military base stationed in Tajikistan have been retrained for modern T-72B3M tanks with improved combat characteristics. This is reported by the press service of the Central Military District.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has designated the Russian firm Parsek as a "key source" of goods and technologies for the manufacture of North Korean missiles.

The US Permanent Representative to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said that the US is proposing to impose new UN sanctions against the DPRK in response to the country's ballistic missile launches.

Currently, 880 citizens of Afghanistan are recognized as refugees in the Russian Federation

Russia is ready to provide asylum to refugees from Afghanistan within the framework of international law, the head of the Main Directorate for Migration Affairs (GUVM) has said The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Valentina Kazakova.

Speaking about the advantages of a promising station, Roscosmos noted the storage and maintenance of spacecraft, the possibility of reconfiguration and the commercial segment

The work in the interests of national defense and security will be carried out on board the promising Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS). This is stated in the presentation of the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Potomac Foundation President: Ukraine has the strongest active army in Europe

The president of the Potomac Foundation, Philip Karber, who has visited Ukraine 36 times over the past 8 years, in an interview with 19FortyFive called the Ukrainian army the strongest among those operating in Europe.