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The Yak-130 and Su-25 aircraft provided aviation support to the units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus involved in the inspection

The Defense Ministers of Russia and Belarus, Sergei Shoigu and Viktor Khrenin, observed the stage of working out combat training tasks as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State.

Russia highly appreciates Belarus' determination to resist the destructive line of the West and readiness to form a single defense space within the borders of the Union State, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Thursday. "You can always count on our firm support in this," he added.

Aircraft of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia and the Belarusian Air Force, during joint exercises, launched a missile attack on a conditional enemy whose forces were stationed at the Brest training ground. This was reported in the Russian military department.

Belarus can count on Russia's firm support in striving to form a unified defense space within the borders of the Union State.

The Kazakh authorities plan to open a permanent representative office of the republic to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Moscow.

The reaction of the United States to Russia's security proposals did not come as a surprise to Moscow, otherwise Washington is ready for diplomatic cooperation, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Tuesday.

The American command is still confident that the Russian Federation allegedly concentrated more than 100 thousand of its troops near the border with Ukraine. "We talked about more than 100 thousand people. We do not change our opinion about such a number (of Russian troops - IF)," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing on Tuesday.

19FortyFive: the Russian army has changed a lot

In the publication of the American edition of 19FortyFive, columnist Sebastian Roblin tried to dispel four myths about the Russian army.

At the end of February 1995, in the cemeteries of military equipment at the Chervlennaya station and in the vicinity of Grozny, where combat vehicles that had failed for various reasons were collected from all over Chechnya, one could see the damaged T-72A tanks with the remnants of white camouflage on the towers. There were quite a lot of them.

The troops of the Eastern Military District and the Armed Forces of Belarus have begun combat coordination at Belarusian training grounds as part of the first stage of testing the reaction forces of the Union State. This was announced on Wednesday, February 2, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russian tactical nuclear weapons pose a serious threat. This is the conclusion reached by 19FortyFive experts James Ragland and Adam Lowther.

India has announced a defense budget for 2022/23 fiscal year in the amount of 5.252 trillion. Indian rupees (about $70.0 billion), which in nominal terms is 9.8% more than the approved budget of 2021/22 f.g. and 4.4% more than the revised budget of 2021/22 f.g.

The development of industry, science and the education system are the key to the defense capability of the member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov refused to confirm to journalists the authenticity of the responses of the United States and NATO on Russian proposals for security guarantees.

Dembinski expert: in Germany they know that the US power is waning

In Germany, they know that the power of the United States is waning, and China is the main threat to them, said Defence24 senior researcher and project manager of the Institute for Peace Research in Frankfurt Matthias Dembinsky.

The key points of the United States counter-proposals are in the infographic Ria.ru.

The Spanish newspaper Pais claims to have a copy of the written response of the United States to Russia's proposals on security guarantees.

The office of the head of operational testing of the Pentagon concluded that the light SUVs of the US Army ISV are ineffective in combat and security cooperation and deterrence missions against almost equal threats. According to Breaking Defense, they slow down the firing of soldiers at the enemy.

The American company Northrop Grumman has signed a contract with the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) to develop a prototype virtual assistant for Black Hawk helicopter pilots. It will be integrated into their augmented reality helmets.

In the second half of 2022, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will hold joint exercises in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

The United States has prepared sanctions against a number of individuals from the Russian elite in case of further steps by Russia to attack Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Monday.