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Deliveries of Russian S-400 air defense systems are an internal matter of Turkey, they do not bear a negative attitude towards NATO. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Poland adopted a resolution on the transfer of Polish-made MANPADS "Perun" to Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced by the Minister of National Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak.

The exercise of calculations of the S-400 "Triumph" air defense systems of the Central Military District (CVO) to repel a massive missile strike of a conditional enemy took place in Siberia, the press service of the CVO reported on Wednesday.

The military worked out the destruction of tanks in training in the Smolensk region, the press service of the Western Military District reported.

Tactical exercises of combat crews of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) S-400 "Triumph" have started in the Leningrad region, the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Wednesday.

Next year, the airborne and amphibious assault divisions of the Russian Army will begin to receive mobile air defense systems "Birdman". This is reported in the material by I. Borovkov "Air defense for "winged infantry", published in the February issue of the magazine of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Army Collection".

Poland will supply Ukraine with MANPADS and drones. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. According to M. Moravetsky, we are talking "about ammunition, MANPADS "Thunder" and UAVs of various types that are used for "defensive" purposes."

On Tuesday, February 1, at a meeting in the Russian Defense Ministry, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, once again explained for what purpose Russian military units were sent to neighboring Belarus. And what tasks will the servicemen of the two fraternal countries have to solve in February at the joint exercise "Allied Resolve-2022".

The joint Russian-Belarusian exercise "Allied Resolve - 2022" is an internal matter of Belarus and Russia and does not pose a threat to third countries, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said Stanislav Zas.

The air defense unit of the Central Military District conducted exercises with the latest Nebo-T radar complexes. Before they went on combat duty in the regions of the Urals and the Volga region, the performance of the equipment was tested with the help of combat aircraft.

Specialists of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation have invented a new way to combat a swarm of small-sized drones - spraying a field of fragments over a protected object from a quadcopter, follows from a document published on the website of Rospatent.

Representatives of the CIS CFR discussed the application of the Unified State Radar Identification System (SRLO) at the coordination meeting held in Tashkent.

Thermal imagers of various types have been actively used in various branches of the leading armies of the world for a long time. Therefore, the developers of targets and all kinds of false targets are trying to make their products at landfills look like real when using such sights and surveillance devices.

The US administration has not yet determined whether India faces sanctions under the CAATSA law for the purchase of Russian S-400 systems, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday.

The main focus of the exercises is to work out the actions of the forces of the Navy and Aerospace Forces to protect Russian national interests in the World Ocean

Crews of ships of the Black Sea Fleet performed artillery firing on air and sea targets during planned exercises in the Black Sea. This was reported to journalists in the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet of the press service of the Southern Military District.

A large-scale air defense training was conducted with servicemen of the anti-aircraft missile unit of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in the Primorsky Territory, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

During the large-scale naval exercises, the ships of the Black Sea Fleet performed artillery firing on air and sea targets in the Black Sea. This was reported by the Information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of SPS-48 LBR radar stations for air defense forces and related equipment to Egypt as part of the "Foreign Military Sales" program.

In preparation for the inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State, the commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation, Alexander Chaiko, visited the 38th Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of Belarus on Saturday.

The heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great" has worked out the air defense of the main base of the Northern Fleet, the press service of the fleet told reporters.​