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The number of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine is equivalent to the number of military personnel involved in the Zapad-21 exercises in September last year, but then no one said a word, said Russia's permanent representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov.

The official representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov said that the military attaches for defense issues at the embassies of foreign states in Belarus will observe the last stage of the Russian-Belarusian exercises "Allied Determination".

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Berlin is studying individual requests from Ukraine for arms supplies and will announce its decision upon completion of the analysis, RIA Novosti reports.

Russia is successfully increasing the potential and capabilities of its armed forces, including the nuclear component. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Bondarev.

Canada will provide Ukraine with rifles, machine guns, pistols and 1.5 million rounds of ammunition, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Canadian Ministry of Defense.

Live firing within the framework of the Russian-Belarusian exercises "Allied Determination" will be held on February 19. On Tuesday, February 15, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov, told reporters.

Missile launches by tactical complexes "Tochka" are being practiced by units of the Russian Armed Forces during the exercises "Allied Determination-2022" on the site of the Polessky area, the military department of Belarus informs.

The Russian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, February 15, published a video of armored vehicles loading units of the Southern and Western Military districts returning to their locations after the exercises.

Exercises with engineering assault units of the Southern Military District with the use of the latest demining kits have begun in the Krasnodar Territory.

The Ministry of Labor has expanded the list of professions for alternative civil service for 2022: this year there will be 127 instead of 124. The draft order of the department on this is undergoing public discussion.

Foreign observers are invited to the practical exercises of the Russian Federation and Belarus. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov.

The troops of the Eastern Military District and the Airborne forces at the exercises "Allied Resolve-2022" together with the Belarusian military are practicing repelling aggression against the Union State, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, told reporters.

Russia has conducted and will continue to conduct exercises on its territory, this is its right, which is not subject to discussion with anyone, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.

Russia considers Warsaw's proposal to resume a dialogue on European security in the OSCE interesting, but negotiations with the United States and NATO on security guarantees remain a priority for Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

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Former member of the US House of Representatives Tulsi Gabbard analyzed the grounds for Ukraine's accession to NATO.

Russia's military exercises on its territory begin and end as planned, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Lavrov nodded his head in response to the journalist's question "That is, there will be no invasion?"

Russia will do on its territory what it considers necessary to ensure its own security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

It is impossible to call the actions of the Russian authorities and the military in the current situation other than clearly thought out and eventually achieved the necessary result," said reserve Colonel Anatoly Dergilev.

Modern Russia opposes the war, but the country cannot be within the borders of the "obscene world" established in 1918 after the signing of the Brest Peace with Germany: the western border of present-day Russia almost literally coincides with the line of restriction designated then, according to former assistant to the President of Russia Vladislav Surkov.

Canada is temporarily relocating part of its military stationed in Ukraine to other parts of Europe, according to a press release released on Sunday by the Canadian Ministry of Defense.