The deployment of MiG-31K with 2k km-range Kinzhal missiles and Tu-22M3 bombers with Kh-32 missiles to Syria strengthens Russia's conventional deterrence vis-à-vis NATO and the US. It is possibly intended to deter NATO involvement if Russia decides to escalate in Ukraine.

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The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) is planning to procure fast missile boats armed with Naval Strike Missile (NSM).

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BREAKING – 🇨🇵⚡French President Macron announced the withdrawal of French troops from Mali

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🇬🇧 Royal Air Force | 51 SQN, Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint (ZZ664, 43C38C) as flight RRR7212 Surveillance ongoing as well along the 🇺🇦 Ukrainian borders with 🇧🇾 Belarus and 🇷🇺 Russia.

🔗 Intelsky (@Intel\_sky)

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Echelon with BMP-3 IFVs and 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers headed south (towards Ukraine's border) through the town of Uzlovaya in the Tula Oblast. February 15.

Coords: 53.974805, 38.174147

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The British government now believes Putin has decided to invade Ukraine. The assessment had changed in the last 24 hours, The Times report.

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5,000 US troops arrive in Poland as Biden warns of high risk of Russia invasion of Ukraine

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2 Russian Tu-22M3 bombers, escorted by Su-35S fighter jets carried out a flight over Belarus on Thursday.

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🇺🇸🇵🇱 The US State Department approved the sale of 250 M1A2 SEPv3 tanks and other auxiliary armored vehicles to Poland.

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🔗 ELINT News (@ELINTNews):
New satellite images from February 15th of Belgorod border regions near Ukraine showing 3 new helicopter ports with dozens of helicopters established over the last few days (week?). This doesn’t include Bryansk, Kursk, Belarus or Crimea.
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🔗 Michael Sheldon (@Michael1Sheldon):

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Niger has accepted that French and other European special forces will cross into its territory from neighbouring Mali to secure the border following France's announcment about the withdrawal from the country.

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2x 🇺🇸 #USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers from RAF Fairford airborne over 🇸🇪 Sweden.

ZEUS51/61-0003
ZEUS52/61-0018

🔗 Status-6 (@Archer83Able)

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🇷🇺 Ilyushin IL-76MD, Russian National Guard flying very close to the border with Ukraine #Ukraine #Russia #Donbas

🔗 MilitaryLand.net (@Militarylandnet)

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OSINT NEWS – Belarus: Russian troops set up a new camp ~15 km from the border with Ukraine.

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🇬🇷 Greek FM Dendias is meeting with Lavrov in 🇷🇺 Moscow today. Dendias has arrived now on board of Greek Air Force, Gulfstream Aerospace GV (678, 4682A6) as flight HAF352C

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🔗 ELINT News (@ELINTNews):
3 companies of T-80 tanks coming out of Tamarovka train station and turning west towards Ukraine, 26km from the border, uploaded 13 hours ago so likely from Wednesday night. Location: 50°40'24"N 36°14'14"E
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🔗 IgorGirkin (@GirkinGirkin):
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#Breaking pro-separatist and Russian news agencies are circulating the news that they foiled an attempt by Ukraine to blow a chlorine gas tank within separatist territory

They released this alleged helmet cam footage from

(highly dubious)

🔗 Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992)

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🇷🇺 Russia has up to 190,000 military personnel in and near 🇺🇦 Ukraine, the US said. Michael Carpenter, ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said the number of Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders may have nearly doubled since the end of last month.

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⭕️IMPORTANT 🇷🇺#Russia :BMP APC’s presumably with parachute for airborne operations, spotted in Rabotka on February 18!

🔗 🅻-🆃🅴🅰🅼 (@L\_Team10)

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Russian MT-LB's with soldiers on top on the move in Belgorod, #Russia
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Ukraine tests potentially game changing intelligence-gathering drone

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