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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation conducted an exercise to cover the command post from the attack drones of a conditional enemy with the help of anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S", the press service of the fleet reported on Sunday.

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.

At the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus, during the main stage of practical actions at the joint exercises "Allied Resolve - 2022", the coalition group, after practicing actions in defense, launched a counteroffensive against a conditional enemy on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.