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A unit of the Russian Airborne Troops has arrived for exercises in Belarus, the country's Defense Ministry said. "At these minutes, an echelon with Russian paratroopers who arrived to participate in the inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State on the territory of Belarus is unloading at the Brest-Yuzhny railway station," the Belarusian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The US authorities have warned Minsk of serious consequences if the territory of Belarus is used for a Russian invasion of Ukraine, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

Units of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the combined arms association of the Southern Military District in the Rostov Region, as part of planned operational and combat training exercises, were alerted by a training alarm and began marching to areas of combined arms ranges for exercises, the press service of the Southern Military District reported on Wednesday.

At the Jibab training ground in the Syrian province of Derya, the Syrian military, under the control of Russian instructors, demonstrated their combat capability.

The units of the Marine Corps of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) were alerted by a training alarm and began to march in a combined way to the Scorpion training ground (Dagestan), the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

US support contributes to provocations and the conduct of military operations in the Donbass by Ukrainian neo-Nazis, according to the Russian Embassy in the United States.

Russia's security will be reliably ensured under any circumstances, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Russia is finalizing agreements with the EurAsEC states that will not allow foreign military personnel to be on the territory of biological laboratories of these countries, and will make the activities of such laboratories transparent, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

In the near future, the marines of the Baltic Fleet will work out the tasks of the anti-amphibious defense of the coast with the performance of live firing from small arms and weapons of military equipment

The units of the Guards Marine Corps of the Baltic Fleet, alerted, marched to the area of exercises in the Kaliningrad region, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in response to a question about the possibility of supplying certain types of weapons to the self-proclaimed republics of southeastern Ukraine, said that Moscow stands for the implementation of the Minsk agreements, and the West should encourage Kiev to do so.

The United States annually budgets expenditures for the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI) program. It was launched in 2014 three months after the annexation of Crimea to Russia. The main objective of the program is to expand the US military presence in Europe in order to reduce the concern of NATO members about "Russian aggression". As part of the initiative, Washington is strengthening existing units, modernizing infrastructure, and conducting joint exercises. See in the infographic Ria.ru , how much this activity costs America.

The US Navy has used the MQ-8C Fire Scout reconnaissance unmanned helicopter for the first time in combat deployment. According to Northrop Grumman, this happened on December 14 aboard the ship of the near sea zone "Milwaukee".

The US military has discovered defects in the software of the F-35 fighter jets of the Block 4 version. According to Bloomberg, they relate to the processes of using weapons, communication, navigation, cybersecurity and target setting. But despite this, Block 4 is installed on airplanes.

The American company Oshkosh Defense has introduced a quiet version of the armored vehicle JLTV - eJLTV. It received a hybrid-electric power plant, which provides fuel economy by 20 percent.

In December last year, the Commissioner for Civil Rights of Poland visited several dozen posts on the Polish-Belarusian border in the Podlaskie Voivodeship near the settlements of Bialowieza, Dubich-Cerkevny, Cheremkha (Polovtse), Melnik. After that, a report was prepared with shocking conclusions.

The head of the State Border Committee of Belarus, Anatoly Lappo, announced the concentration of weapons to protect the state border in the Ukrainian direction and the opportunity to use reserves if necessary.

The US Department of Defense has put 8.5 thousand military personnel on high alert in case they need to be transferred to Europe, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Monday.

As of this moment, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have not created a single strike group, which would indicate the preparation of an offensive against Ukraine, said the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

US President Joe Biden discussed strengthening the "eastern flank of NATO" in the context of the aggravation of the situation around Ukraine during a videoconference with European leaders, the White House said.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg took part in a virtual meeting organized by US President Joe Biden of the leaders of the largest countries of the alliance and the European Union, the press service of the alliance reported on Monday.