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Inflation "eats up" the increase in defense budgets of recent years. On February 16, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) released the Military Balance 2022 report, which calculated the military expenditures of 171 countries.

The Drive: Russia has built a bridge across the Pripyat a few kilometers from Ukraine

A pontoon bridge erected by the Russian military on the Pripyat River in Belarus a few kilometers from the border with Ukraine can be used by Moscow to transfer equipment. Thus, the American edition of The Drive commented on satellite images of the structure made by Planet Labs.

The US proposal on measures to develop the START is contrary to the nature of the dialogue

Russia stands for an integrated approach to strategic stability and invites the United States to work out a new "security equation," according to the written response of the Russian Federation to the United States on security proposals.

The growing military activity of NATO near the borders of the Russian Federation is alarming, and the ultimatum demands to Russia to withdraw troops from certain areas of its own territory are unacceptable, according to the written response of the Russian Federation to the United States on the issue of security guarantees.

The United States, together with its NATO allies, is increasing its military presence in Europe and arms supplies to Ukraine. According to the coalition members, this is necessary to strengthen the eastern borders and deter "Russian aggression".

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev should receive a guarantee system that is not inferior to that offered to NATO countries, as the process of joining the alliance is delayed.

24 colonels received the rank of Major General, and two captains of the 1st rank received rear admirals

Russian President Vladimir Putin by decree awarded the general ranks to 26 servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, according to a document published on the official portal of legal information.

The Ministry of Defense clarified that the length of the route exceeded 1.5 thousand km

The first echelon of the motorized rifle unit of the Southern Military district stationed in Chechnya arrived at the point of permanent deployment after participating in exercises in the Crimea. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia has published a "White Paper— - a summary analysis of the results of the study of the development of high technologies in Russia and the rest of the world.

The Euro-Atlantic Coordination Center for Disaster Response received a request for international assistance from Ukraine on Tuesday, according to the NATO website.

Breaking Defense analyst said that the war between Russia and Ukraine will be a lesson for the United States

A possible war between Russia and Ukraine can be an invaluable lesson for the United States, Mark Kanchian, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said on the pages of the American edition of Breaking Defense.

Neither the US nor NATO plan to deploy missiles in Ukraine

The United States does not consider Russia its enemy, and Washington has no goal to destabilize it, US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday.

Svenska Dagbladet journalists called the Russian army the most powerful combat readiness in Europe

The Swedish edition of Svenska Dagbladet published a material with an assessment of the combat readiness of the Russian army. So, according to experts interviewed by the newspaper, Russia has created the most powerful armed forces in Europe.

Russia has updated its Armed Forces and is in full combat readiness. Such an assessment in its material was given by the Swedish publication Svenska Dagbladet.

Echelons with military equipment are being withdrawn from Crimea to places of permanent deployment after the completion of planned exercises. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, units of the Southern Military District that have completed participation in tactical exercises at the training grounds of the Crimean Peninsula are moving to the garrisons.

"The personnel of the unit carried out the loading of tracked armored vehicles - tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled artillery installations on railway platforms at loading stations," the military department said.

Missile and artillery units of the Armed Forces Russia continues to be on combat duty during the joint operational exercise "Allied Resolve-2022", which has been going on for a week at the training grounds of Belarus, the Military department of the Republic of Belarus clarified.

The rear units of the Southern Military District (SE) have begun to march to the points of permanent deployment after the end of the exercises in the Crimea, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Wednesday.

The Russian army is able to cope with any enemy in Europe. The latest weapons and training of personnel, combined with the experience of modern military conflicts, make the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation the most powerful in the region.

The head of the Russian Defense Ministry noted that cooperation in the military and military-technical fields contributes to the dynamic development of relations between the countries

Brazil is an important strategic partner of Russia in Latin America. The dialogue between the defense departments of the two countries will contribute to strengthening stability in the region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday during consultations of the heads of foreign policy and defense departments of Russia and Brazil in the "2+2" format in Moscow.

Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei announced on February 16 that all Russian military and equipment will leave the republic after the end of the joint exercises.