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The Russian army destroyed 975 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

According to him, 23 control points and communication centers of the Ukrainian army, 3 radar posts, as well as 31 S-300, Buk M-1 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, 48 radars were destroyed.

Lukashenko reported on the elaboration of the issue of equipping the military with Russian S-400 Triumph air defense systems

Belarus plans to buy new planes and equip the military with Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs). This was announced by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a solemn meeting on Tuesday dedicated to the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland and the Armed Forces, reports TASS.

Western and Ukrainian experts have been trying for a long time to present Ukraine's air defense as a powerful and numerous force. To confirm these statements, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from time to time conducted demonstration firing at their ranges, including at unmanned targets.

Troops are practicing combat operations at training grounds in the Murmansk region and in the Barents Sea

Warships, submarines, the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense, as well as coastal troops of the Northern Fleet (SF) are practicing combat training operations in the conditions of the Far North and the Arctic. Training events are taking place at landfills in the Murmansk Region and in the Barents Sea, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

The TCG Anadolu universal amphibious assault ship forms a temporary air wing. February 23, portal savunmasanayist.com He reported that the Turkish Navy received the first four AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters from the Command of the Turkish Ground Forces.

During a special operation to protect Donbass, four Ukrainian Bayraktar drones and a combat helicopter were shot down. The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said this on Thursday, February 24.

Northrop Grumman has received a contract to develop a space surveillance system

The Space Systems Command of the US Space Forces has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman to develop a radar tracking system for geostationary orbit. As part of the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) program, three ground stations will be built, Army Recognition reports.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin discussed strengthening Ukraine's defense capability.

Beijing looks forward to the development and expansion of the bilateral military-technical cooperation

Cooperation in the field of high technologies is an important part of military-technical cooperation (MTC) between Russia and China, Chinese Ambassador to Moscow Zhang Hanhui said in an interview with Interfax.

It significantly increases the accuracy of the RPC

Rostec State Corporation has equipped a number of weapons samples, including the upgraded Pantsir-SM anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex (ZRPC), with the latest algorithm that significantly improves navigation accuracy. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the High-Precision Complexes holding (part of Rostec).

In total, about 4 thousand servicemen will take part in the event, over 600 units of military and special equipment will be involved

The exercises of the air defense forces of the Eastern Military District (VVO) will be held at the Telemba training ground in Buryatia. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the press service of the VVO.

Russia can ensure the security of the republics of Donbass, including the airspace, without introducing its forces into their territory, said Eduard Basurin, a representative of the People's Militia of the DPR.

Naval exercises were conducted under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy

The calculations of the air defense (air defense) frigate "Admiral Essen" of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) worked out the search and destruction of air targets during the exercises, the Black Sea Fleet said on Tuesday.

Detachments of warships of the Pacific, Northern and Black Sea fleets of Russia, together with anti-submarine aircraft of the Il-38 naval aviation, conducted an exercise in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced on February 20 by the Ministry of Defense.

More than 50 sea and air targets were destroyed during the exercises by the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the Guards missile cruiser "Moscow". This was reported today in the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.

Pilots of the Russian Erebuni aviation military base and calculations of anti-aircraft units of the Air defense (air defense) military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Armenia performed training tasks together with servicemen of duty shifts of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, the press service of the SE reports.

Anti-aircraft gunners of the Southern Military District destroyed targets during the exercises with weapons of the Tor-M2U complex

Anti-aircraft units of the Southern Military District (SE) conducted training in the Kuban. During the exercises, the Russian military discovered and hit small-sized maneuvering targets of a conditional enemy. The anti-aircraft gunners used the armament of the Tor-M2U anti-aircraft missile system (SAM), the press service of the Southern Military District reported.

Large-scale exercises are continuing in Siberia. So, in the final of the first stage, the pilots of the supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM destroyed the high-precision weapons of the "enemy" - cruise, anti-aircraft and aircraft guided missiles.

During the training and combat work, radar stations tracked more than 600 aircraft

YEKATERINBURG, February 18. /tass/. Combat crews of the S-300 "Favorit" anti-aircraft missile systems of the Air Defense Division of the Central Military District (CVO) discovered and destroyed reconnaissance and strike complexes and jammers of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. This was reported in the press service of the district.

The units of the Marine Corps of the Eastern Military District (VVO) at the Russian-Belarusian exercises "Allied Determination-2022" worked out on Saturday the landing of a tactical air assault in order to prevent the withdrawal of illegal armed formations (IAF).