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The representative of the German Foreign Ministry, Andrea Sasse, said that the first German armored vehicles as part of the defense assistance package were successfully transferred to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.

Military personnel of a separate radar unit of the Eastern Military District on Wrangel Island in Chukotka during the training conducted monitoring of airspace in the Arctic and found unmanned aerial vehicles of the "enemy", the Air Defense Ministry reports.

The upgraded QW-12 man-portable air defense missile system (MANPADS), designed to intercept helicopters, airplanes and cruise missiles, has been tested with live firing in China.

The Netherlands will buy a smart SMASH AD system to combat drones

The armed forces of the Netherlands will receive new means to combat drones. The Dutch military will be supplied with Israeli Smart Shooter SMASH AD systems. This is reported by Defense News with reference to the statement of the Smart Shooter company.

Two tactical missiles "Tochka-u", 223 tanks, eight combat aircraft, 31 anti-aircraft complex S-300 APU destroyed

Moscow. February 27. INTERFAX - The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 975 objects of the Ukrainian military infrastructure, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.

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.

The Russian army has destroyed 975 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov, told reporters.

As part of the exercises, the ships were put on alert for the use of air defense systems, combat crews received and analyzed data on the air situation

More than 10 surface ships of the Baltic Fleet were involved in air defense exercises in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region, the press service of the fleet reported on Friday.

He said that an anti-aircraft missile of the Ukrainian Buk-M1 complex hit the building

Reports of a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kiev do not correspond to reality, it was hit by an anti-aircraft missile of the Ukrainian Buk-M1 complex, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS on Saturday.

The Odintsovo small rocket ship carried out electronic missile launches with Kalibr cruise missiles against a detachment of warships of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported on Saturday.

The Ukrainian army currently operates infantry fighting vehicles inherited from the Soviet military districts located on its territory.

In total, the ground forces have about nine hundred BMP-2 and more than two hundred BMP-1. The newest of them is more than thirty years old, and there are copies that have changed even the fifth decade.

The ships of the Baltic Fleet have worked out the destruction of air targets of a conditional enemy

During the exercises on air defense (air defense) in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region, surface ships of the Baltic Fleet were involved. The crews of the ships worked out countering the means of a simulated enemy raid. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the fleet.

The crews of the ships of the Pacific Fleet conducted a training to cover the base point in Kamchatka from the means of an air attack of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Air Defense of the Pacific Fleet reported.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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