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Russia deploys landing ships to Crimea, closes Black Sea for exercises
Russia has completed the transfer to the Black Sea of a large group of large landing ships of its Northern and Baltic fleets.
Having made a passage around European Atlantic coast, which lasted almost a month, 6 landing ships arrived at the port of Sevastopol. Each ship can carry dozens of tanks and hundreds of personnel.
According to TASS, the large landing ships Minsk, Korolev and Kaliningrad arrived at the main base of the Black Sea Fleet.
They were joined by the landing ships Pyotr …
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Ukrainian Ambassador: Kyiv received British missiles to counter Russian navy
Britain has provided Ukraine with missiles to counter the Russian navy in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, said Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko on the radio "Novoye Vremya".
According to him, thanks to these "real weapons", Ukraine will finally have something to counter the Russians at sea. He also stressed that Ukraine had not previously received such weapons from anyone.
Prystaiko added that despite all the problems, Ukraine suits the UK as a friend, as shown by the …
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Ukraine to hold military drills in parallel with Russia-Belarus joint exercises
In parallel with the joint Russia-Belarus exercises on February 10-20, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will conduct training, during which they will practice the use of Bayraktar attack drones, NLAW and Javelin anti-tank systems, said Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov on the air of the political talk show “Freedom of Speech”.
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also at work. And today we also hold parallel, mirror exercises," he said.
According to Reznikov, Ukrainian military will use …
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Putin: NATO may be drawn into a nuclear war if Ukraine joins the Alliance
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if Ukraine joins NATO, the other NATO countries may find themselves embroiled in a military conflict with one of the leading nuclear powers – Russia.
"If Ukraine joins NATO and militarily regains control over Crimea, European countries will automatically be drawn into a military conflict with Russia," Putin said at a press conference after the talks with French president Emmanuel Macron.
At the same time, Putin admitted that the military potentials …
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Macron: ‘progress was achieved’ during talks with Zelensky and Putin
French President Emmanuel Macron said that during his discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, he managed to "achieve some progress to move towards the security of the region."
"During the discussions that we held with Presidents Putin and Zelensky, we were able to achieve some progress in order to, so to speak, move towards the security of the region. We should not engage in any unilateral formats, but we should come up with exactly …