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Within the framework of the visiting meeting of the State Duma Committee on Defense, deputies together with experts discussed the creation, functioning and development of Patriot military-patriotic parks of culture and recreation in all military districts and in the Northern Fleet. The meeting was held in the Moscow region on the site of the Congress and Exhibition Center. It was attended by the directors of all Patriot parks and representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Their peculiarity is in the participation of the troops of the Eastern Military District

The Russian-Belarusian exercises are exclusively defensive in nature, their peculiarity is that the troops of the Eastern Military District will be involved from Russia, head of the Main Directorate of Combat Training of the Belarusian army Andrei Nekrasevich said on Friday.

The deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev, stressed that the situation in the northeast of Syria is of great concern

The involvement of the US armed forces in the elimination of terrorists who previously escaped from the prison in the city of Hasakah may lead to civilian casualties. This was stated by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz refused a personal meeting with US President Joe Biden to discuss the situation around Ukraine, The Telegraph reports.

The Alliance will not abandon the presence of troops in its eastern part

The North Atlantic Alliance rejected Russia's demands for the withdrawal of troops from Bulgaria and Romania, American media reported, citing NATO representative Oana Lungescu.

The German authorities do not allow their NATO ally Estonia to supply Ukraine with those weapons that are of German origin, the Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on Friday, citing representatives of the German and Estonian authorities.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Friday in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba discussed a trip to Europe in response to the military buildup of Russian forces near Ukraine, the US State Department reports.

NATO has long planned the Neptune Strike 2022 exercises, which will be held in the Mediterranean Sea, and their conduct is not related to relations between Ukraine and Russia, US Defense Ministry spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing on Friday.

American officials asked their Russian colleagues not to publicly distribute written responses to Russian initiatives on security guarantees that are currently being prepared in the United States, The Washington Post reported.

The United States does not rule out military involvement in the conflict over Ukraine, the US Permanent Representative to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said in an interview with the Moldovan Jurnal TV channel.

The head of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Kai-Achim Schoenbach, said that the next continental war may be in the next few decades.

Popular Mechanics: the "arsenal of democracy" for Ukraine from the USA may include ATGM and MLRS

The composition of the "arsenal of democracy", which can be sent by the United States to Ukraine as part of military assistance in the amount of $ 200 million, includes a portable anti-tank missile system (ATGM) AGM-148 Javelin and a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), writes Popular Mechanics.

The Osa anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) was deployed by Ukrainian security forces near the Kiev-controlled village of Dmitrovka in the Donbass.

Ukraine continues to violate agreements providing for a ban on the installation of weapons near settlements, the press service of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) reported.

Germany blocked the transfer of German-made artillery from Estonia to Ukraine.

This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to German and Estonian officials. According to the article of the American edition, unlike the United States, Great Britain, Poland and other allies, Berlin decided to ban the export of deadly weapons directly to Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan the situation in Karabakh and the progress of negotiations with the United States on security guarantees, the Kremlin's press service reported.

Shoigu invited Wallace to Moscow

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has accepted an invitation from his British counterpart Ben Wallace to hold talks on topical security issues, The Independent wrote on Saturday, citing a source in the British Ministry of Defense.

The State Department, according to media reports, is going to urge Americans to leave Ukraine if possible

The US State Department has decided to begin the evacuation of the families of its embassy staff in Ukraine in the near future, Fox News reported on Saturday, citing unnamed American officials.

The German authorities are preparing a plan to evacuate the families of diplomats from the territory of Ukraine in case of escalation of tension, the Bild newspaper reports.

Kiev has concentrated about 120 thousand troops at the contact line in the Donbass

Donetsk is not preparing for an offensive, despite the statements of the Western media, said the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin.

Russia's policy towards Ukraine became the main topic of discussion at the meeting of US President Joe Biden with members of the National Security Council (NSC), the White House said.