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Strengthening the borders with Afghanistan is still a priority, although there is no direct military threat from the Taliban (the Taliban movement is recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation) now, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said Stanislav Zas.

Belarusian gunsmiths will take part in the V International Exhibition and Conference of Unmanned Systems UMEX 2022, which will be held from February 21 to 23 in Abu Dhabi (UAE).

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukroboronprom signed an agreement with France on the reform of the Ukrainian defense industry, Sputnik Radio reports with reference to RIA Novosti.

The CSTO is ready to join the negotiations between Russia and the West on security guarantees, if there is such a need, but now it is not, said the Secretary General of the CSTO Stanislav Zas.

The exercises of the Russian Federation and Belarus do not exceed the limits of troops established by international agreements, Russian Ambassador to Minsk Boris Gryzlov said.

The Russian authorities are ready to supply their colleagues from Belarus with whatever weapons they deem possible. This was stated by Russian Ambassador Boris Gryzlov.

Leonid Kalashnikov, head of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, said that the Duma will discuss the possibility of assigning the status of a combatant to military personnel who participated in CSTO missions.

Preparations for the Russian-Belarusian exercises "Allied Resolve-2022" are proceeding as openly as possible, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Aleinik said in an address to the participants of the conference "Collective Security in a new era: the experience and prospects of the CSTO" in Moscow.

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace will visit Moscow on Friday, a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu is planned, the British Embassy in Moscow told Interfax.

Despite his busy schedule, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu found time on Wednesday to visit the museum of military uniforms of the Russian Military Historical Society. It was opened in the capital in December 2019 to preserve and popularize the best traditions of our army.

El Mundo (Spain): Albares did not talk about the supply of weapons to Ukraine

The Spanish Foreign Minister visited Kiev, El Mundo reports. During a joint press conference with Ukrainian Minister Kuleba, he said that Madrid opposes preventive sanctions against Russia and supports the idea of a diplomatic solution to the situation.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko held a videoconference – the first meeting of the Commission on Scientific and Technological Development in 2022; the composition of the presidium of the commission was approved at the meeting, the government website reported on Tuesday.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has approved an agreement with Belarus providing for the dispatch of up to 200 Belarusian military personnel to Syria to provide humanitarian assistance. The corresponding order is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

Sergei Shoigu inspected the course of the inspection of the reaction forces of Russia and Belarus

During a working trip to Belarus, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, together with his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin, inspected the performance of tasks by servicemen of the Union State's armed response forces.

The General Staff of the Russian Federation and the All-Russian Cossack Society signed an agreement on cooperation in attracting Cossacks to the mobilization reserve of the country, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the VSKO.

The Ministry of Defense noted that the complexity and importance of the tasks solved by the service has increased significantly, taking into account the needs of modern weapons and control systems

The Topographic Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation celebrates the 210th anniversary of its creation on Tuesday.

The statement that Russia is behaving aggressively contradicts common sense - it is the NATO infrastructure that has approached the borders of the Russian Federation, and not vice versa, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Moscow will continue to seek from NATO and the United States a response to the key provisions of its initiative on security guarantees, there are things in the responses from Washington and Brussels that can be discussed, but they are of a secondary nature, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there is no alternative to the Minsk agreements on the settlement in the south-east of Ukraine, and Kiev must fulfill them, whether it likes them or not.

The meeting of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was canceled due to the refusal of the German side to provide military assistance to Kiev, CNN reported, citing an informed source.