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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Kazakhstan "cannot be given" to the external forces that provoked chaos, since it will be the same "gift as Ukraine for the United States."

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published a video of the landing of the first units from the CSTO peacekeeping forces in Kazakhstan.

The security talks to be held next week will be crucial for Europe and the world, according to Liz Truss, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and UK Development.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a telephone conversation with the leader of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, expressed hope for the stabilization of the situation on the territory of Kazakhstan, the Anadolu agency reported on Thursday.

The situation in the cities of Kazakhstan is destabilized not by peaceful protesters, but by militants with experience of military operations in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Dmitry Sablin said.

The German and French authorities have confirmed that there is no alternative to the "Minsk agreements", said Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation.

The total number of Russian military personnel in the peacekeeping contingent of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) There will be less than 5 thousand people in Kazakhstan, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Thursday, citing a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Presidents of Uzbekistan and Turkey, Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed Uzbek-Turkish relations, the situation in Central Asia and the situation in Kazakhstan during a telephone conversation on Thursday, the press service of the Uzbek leader reported.

First Deputy US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to Geneva later in January for talks with the Russian delegation, along with Deputy Secretary of State for Arms Control Bonnie Jenkins and a number of representatives of the National Security Council, the Pentagon and the US military command, the State Department said on Thursday.

The Chinese National Space Administration showed new selfies of the orbital probe "Tianwen-1", obtained by a detachable camera. In addition to the device itself, the northern polar region of Mars got into the frame, according to the website Space.com .

The Russian upper stage "Perseus" with a mock-up of the satellite entered the atmosphere over the central Pacific Ocean on January 6 at 01:08 Moscow time, according to the website of the American space forces Space-track.org . The upper stage could not bring the payload simulator into geostationary orbit — the first flight of the device created at RSC Energia ended in failure.

The Taliban movement that seized Afghanistan (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) said it was concerned about the unrest in Kazakhstan.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrel expressed "great concern" about the developments in Kazakhstan and spoke skeptically about the CSTO peacekeeping assistance.

The United States does not plan to increase its military presence in Europe yet, but if a request is received from NATO allies, Washington will consider it, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing for journalists on Tuesday.

The United States is aiming for a quick return together with Tehran to compliance with the obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear deal, as there is less and less time for this, White House press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin is still suffering from COVID-19 coronavirus in mild form, according to doctors' recommendations, he will spend five more days in self-isolation, US Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday.

The United States does not intend to discuss issues related to NATO and Europe during a meeting with Russian representatives in Geneva, State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a briefing.

More than one thousand servicemen of the special forces units of the mountain motorized rifle brigade and the mountain battalion of the 201st military base stationed in Tajikistan underwent mountain training in 2021, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported.

Japanese Prime Minister regrets Pyongyang's launch

South Korea's National Security Council expressed concern on Wednesday over North Korea's launch of a suspected ballistic missile and called for the resumption of talks to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula.

The EU countries are still unable to agree on a long-term plan for cooperation with NATO, which is becoming a real threat against the background of the current relations of the union with Russia, the Financial Times newspaper reports, citing an unnamed minister of one of the EU countries.