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By the end of February, more than three dozen tactical exercises will be held in the Southern Military District. T-72B3 tanks, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers will be involved there. And also - anti-tank missile systems "Kornet".

On Tuesday, February 8, during an exercise at the Totsky training ground in the Orenburg region, the calculations of the Iskander-M tactical complexes of the Central Military District missile brigade worked out the destruction of targets at a range of more than 150 kilometers. This was reported by the press service of the Central Military District.

Russian and Belarusian Su-30SM crews conducted joint patrols of the state border, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Monday, February 7.

At the Alabino training ground in the Moscow region, more than 300 gunners of the tank association of the Western Military District conducted live firing from self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" and towed howitzers "Msta-B" as part of a tactical exercise of the winter training period, the press service of the ZVO reports.

According to information published on the Tactical Report website on February 4, Iraq is negotiating with China on the acquisition of long-range anti-aircraft missile systems FD-2000B.

Speaking about the combat qualities of the Russian Su-57 fighter, comparing it in air combat with the F-22 and F-35, they often overlook the outstanding capabilities of the Russian fighter in the field of hitting targets on the ground. Meanwhile, they are impressive and significantly surpass the capabilities of analogues from China and the United States, writes Military Watch.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, new units and units of the mobile air defense reserve will be formed as part of the Southern Military District.

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.

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

Defence24 called the flight of a pair of MiG-31 aircraft over the Baltic Sea propaganda

The appearance of a pair of Russian two-seat supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31 in the sky over the Baltic Sea in the publication of the Polish edition of Defence24 was called propaganda.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that he was not aware of plans to create a joint command of the allied forces of Russia and Belarus

Diehl Defense has demonstrated in real-world operating conditions the combat effectiveness of the IRIS-T SLM ground-based anti-aircraft missile system during several successful test firings.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of terminals of the multifunctional MIDS/LVT information distribution system and related equipment to Saudi Arabia as part of the Foreign Military Sales program.

By the end of February, Russian military instructors will train more than half a thousand junior specialists for the Tajik army. This was announced on Monday, February 7, by the press service of the Central Military District.

Defense Minister Reznikov: the Iron Dome system will not be able to protect facilities in Ukraine

Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system will not be able to protect strategic facilities in Ukraine. The uselessness of the system was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov during a briefing, Defense Express reports.

The gunners of Russia and Belarus have worked out the destruction of the equipment of the conditional enemy

As part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State, the gunners of Russia and Belarus worked out the destruction of equipment and personnel of the conditional enemy. The military used mortars, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) "Grad" and self-propelled howitzers to strike targets at the Brest training ground. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

In the Sverdlovsk region, calculations of launchers of the mobile nuclear missile complex "Yars" of the Teikov division of the Strategic Missile Forces went to the combat patrol routes.

As reported to the correspondent of "RG" in the Ministry of Defense, during the exercises, strategic rocket scientists, among other things, are practicing the covert withdrawal of missile systems to field positions. Everything is happening as it would be done during the war.

The camp gathering of motorized rifle artillery units started at the combined arms training ground of the Southern Military District (SE) Prudboy near Volgograd, the press service of the district reported on Friday.

A training on missile strike control with calculations of operational-tactical missile systems (OTRK) Iskander was held in Primorsky Krai, the press service of the Eastern Military District reported on Friday.

A detachment of large amphibious ships of the Northern and Baltic Fleets entered the Syrian port of Tartus as part of the exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.