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Potomac Foundation President: Ukraine has the strongest active army in Europe

The president of the Potomac Foundation, Philip Karber, who has visited Ukraine 36 times over the past 8 years, in an interview with 19FortyFive called the Ukrainian army the strongest among those operating in Europe.

The CSTO peacekeeping contingent will be withdrawn from Kazakhstan on time, Secretary General of the organization Stanislav Zas said.

Russia has no plans to respond to the draft of new US sanctions, including against the Russian leadership, and hopes that the threats of restrictions are only loud statements, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

Russia has the right to use military-technical measures in response to security threats from NATO.

This statement was made by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Grushko at a press conference dedicated to the results of the negotiations between Russia and NATO.

Moscow sees no reason to hold a new round of negotiations with the United States on security guarantees in the near future, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.

The US Army will pay a bonus of 50 thousand dollars to recruits who sign a contract for six years. This was reported by National Public Radio.

The Russian leader is convinced that peacekeepers played an important role in solving the crisis in the republic

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have completed their task in Kazakhstan, so now they need to return home.

On Thursday, an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CSTO member states was held via videoconference. On behalf of Russia, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu took part in it.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the completion of the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan. This is reported by the website of the head of state.

According to Shoigu, after the relevant decisions, the military "immediately began planning and implementing an operation to create and transfer the CSTO peacekeeping forces involved."

Russia expected a more substantial reaction to its proposals on security guarantees, said Alexander Lukashevich, Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE.

The military development of the US and NATO territories poses a direct and immediate threat to the security of the Russian Federation, said Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich.

About 40 thousand people will take part in them

Norway has notified Russia about large-scale NATO military exercises in the Norwegian Sea and on the territory of Norway, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported.

Washington welcomes the statement of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the imminent completion of the work of the CSTO peacekeeping forces in the country, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a briefing on Tuesday.

Russian Ambassador to London Andrey Kelin said that NATO promotes Ukraine's aggressive attitude towards Russia. "We see that NATO is pushing Ukraine to be more and more aggressive. We don't want that," Kelin said in an interview with Sky News.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that if diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukrainian problem with Russia fail, the United States and partners will resort to economic measures against Russia, increase the presence of NATO forces on the Russian borders and military assistance to Kiev, the State Department said.

Moscow has no intention to invade the territory of Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin said in an interview with Sky News.

FAR EAST - Calculations of coastal missile systems "Bastion" of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) have started the first training in the coming year for the defense of the Kamchatka coast, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.

Combat coordination of motorized rifle, tank platoons and artillery batteries is organized at more than 20 combined-arms training grounds in the south of Russia

More than 10 thousand servicemen of the Southern Military District (SE) as part of battalion tactical groups will master new ways of tactical actions at the training grounds of the south of Russia. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of the Southern Federal District.

Peacekeepers protect airfields, bakeries, thermal power plants, telecentres

CSTO peacekeepers in Kazakhstan conduct round-the-clock monitoring using unmanned aerial vehicles in four aerial reconnaissance areas. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The United States needs to stop threatening Russia and move its military potential away from Russian borders, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov believes.