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The servicemen continue to perform tasks as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State on the territory of Belarus, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic reported on Tuesday.

The head of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, expressed the opinion that the United States should "directly or indirectly" participate in the work of the "Normandy format" (Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France) on the settlement in the Donbass.

Further expansion of NATO does not meet the interests of world security and stability, the Chinese delegation to the European Union said.

The United States and NATO have virtually ignored Russia's security concerns, and the alliance's position on Ukraine could turn into a threat of a full-scale war. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference after talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, RIA Novosti reports.

French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said in the European Parliament on February 7 that Paris does not want arms supplies to Ukraine to provoke an escalation of the situation around this country, but at the same time recognizes Kiev's right to defense, RIA Novosti reports.

The exercises are held in the Volgograd Region, Stavropol Territory, Adygea, Chechnya, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, at Russian military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Military personnel of the Southern Military District (SE) will take part in more than 30 bilateral company tactical exercises in the coming weeks, which began at 15 training grounds in the south of Russia, the press service of the district reported on Tuesday.

Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich promised to give a fitting rebuff in the event of NATO aggravation of the situation on the border.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation said that after the exercises, the troops will return to their permanent locations

Russian troops will leave Belarus after the end of the exercises, there was never any talk that they could stay, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian leader, told reporters.

The command and staff exercises "Blizzard-2022" on the management of groups of troops during combat operations have begun in the Ukrainian army, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

An unmanned aerial vehicle in the shape of a drop was invented in the laboratory of Sevastopol State University (SevSU). According to one of the creators Sergey Dudnikov, the unusual shape was chosen for a high and high-quality coefficient of lift. The development is based on solving the inverse problem of thermodynamics.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov assessed the probability of a significant escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict as low, the press service of the country's military department reported.

The US Army is waiting for an imminent defeat in the land war with Russia, according to former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter. His article about a possible military confrontation between Washington and Moscow and the reasons that can lead to this is published by RT.

Biden and Macron discussed the situation around Ukraine

US and French leaders Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron held a telephone conversation on the evening of February 6. During the bilateral talks, the presidents raised the issue of Ukraine's security against the background of the accumulation of troops near its borders with Russia and Belarus.

Ukrainian nationalists and Polish mercenaries have been deployed to the contact line in Donbass, said Eduard Basurin, a representative of the People's militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with the American newspaper Washington Post that his country supplied Ukraine with 5,000 helmets at the request of Kiev, while strict export restrictions play a big role in the issue of possible arms supplies.

On February 5, the eighth plane from the United States landed in Kiev with a cargo of ammunition. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

Moscow is ready to consider the possibility of extending control mechanisms to strategic systems, but strictly on the basis of reciprocity with the United States, unilateral concessions within the framework of dialogue are impossible, Vladimir Ermakov, director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov reacted to the protest of the Japanese government because of the upcoming shootings in the Kuril Islands. In an interview with journalists, the Kremlin representative noted that the exercises of the Russian armed forces on the territory of the Russian Federation should not be a matter of concern for neighbors.

The former head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine told the Guardian about the absence of an "invading army" on the border

Former head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Zagorodnyuk said that rumors about a "huge Russian army" at the eastern borders of the country are exaggerated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to participate in the Munich Security Conference in any formats, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said.