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Special forces soldiers of the Central Military District at night exercises near Novosibirsk destroyed the base of a conditional enemy. As told to "RG" in the press service of the Central Military District, the army training took place at the Shilovo training ground. Three hundred servicemen and twenty units of special equipment took part in the exercises.

Russia will decide for itself how and in what ways to ensure its security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Venezuela is ready for the closest military cooperation with Russia in the event of a conflict with NATO and in a confrontation with the United States over Ukraine. This was stated by Venezuelan President Maduro at a briefing after negotiations with the Russian delegation headed by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, writes Olga Bozheva in an article for the electronic edition "MK.ru ".

The Kremlin is concerned about the aggravation of the situation in Donbass and recalled that it had long warned about the danger of excessive concentration of the Ukrainian military on the demarcation line.

Vladimir Putin does not have a joint inspection of military exercises in Belarus together with Alexander Lukashenko in the schedule, but the presidents can agree on "anything" at a meeting on Friday, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian leader, said on Thursday.

The grouping of troops of the Eastern Military District, performing tasks for the construction of the second branch of the Baikal-Amur mainline, was strengthened with promising samples of techniques.

The Russian military will return from Belarus after the exercises to their places of deployment. This was stated by Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, answering journalists' questions.

"This is out of the question now," Peskov said in response to a question about the possibility of the presence of Russian military in Belarus after the exercises. After the maneuvers, "at the end of one or another phase of the exercises, the troops are withdrawn to their permanent location," he noted.

On Thursday, February 17, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, made a new statement regarding the return of our troops to their places of deployment.

The first military units of the Western and Southern military Districts arrived at the permanent deployment points after the exercises, Colonel Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, told reporters.

Several tactical episodes were played out on Thursday at the joint exercise "Allied Resolve-2022" by the Russian and Belarusian military. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko observed their actions at the Osipovichsky training ground.

Inflation "eats up" the increase in defense budgets of recent years. On February 16, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) released the Military Balance 2022 report, which calculated the military expenditures of 171 countries.

The Drive: Russia has built a bridge across the Pripyat a few kilometers from Ukraine

A pontoon bridge erected by the Russian military on the Pripyat River in Belarus a few kilometers from the border with Ukraine can be used by Moscow to transfer equipment. Thus, the American edition of The Drive commented on satellite images of the structure made by Planet Labs.

The US proposal on measures to develop the START is contrary to the nature of the dialogue

Russia stands for an integrated approach to strategic stability and invites the United States to work out a new "security equation," according to the written response of the Russian Federation to the United States on security proposals.

The growing military activity of NATO near the borders of the Russian Federation is alarming, and the ultimatum demands to Russia to withdraw troops from certain areas of its own territory are unacceptable, according to the written response of the Russian Federation to the United States on the issue of security guarantees.

The United States, together with its NATO allies, is increasing its military presence in Europe and arms supplies to Ukraine. According to the coalition members, this is necessary to strengthen the eastern borders and deter "Russian aggression".

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev should receive a guarantee system that is not inferior to that offered to NATO countries, as the process of joining the alliance is delayed.

24 colonels received the rank of Major General, and two captains of the 1st rank received rear admirals

Russian President Vladimir Putin by decree awarded the general ranks to 26 servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, according to a document published on the official portal of legal information.

The Ministry of Defense clarified that the length of the route exceeded 1.5 thousand km

The first echelon of the motorized rifle unit of the Southern Military district stationed in Chechnya arrived at the point of permanent deployment after participating in exercises in the Crimea. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia has published a "White Paper— - a summary analysis of the results of the study of the development of high technologies in Russia and the rest of the world.

The Euro-Atlantic Coordination Center for Disaster Response received a request for international assistance from Ukraine on Tuesday, according to the NATO website.