Military personnel

The Barnaul garrison military Court found reserve Major Mikhail Zhilin guilty of desertion, as well as illegal border crossing. He was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison. He will serve his sentence in a high-security colony. He will be stripped of his military rank.

On the eve of the start of military exercises with the participation of the armies of South Korea and the United States, the DPRK launched a short-range ballistic missile. The missile was aimed towards the Sea of Japan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the fund to support the families of the victims of the special operation and veterans will be subordinated to the government. In the future, the President expects that the work of this fund will be extended to other categories of citizens.

The head of the Crimea Sergey Aksyonov initiated the construction of fortifications on the peninsula (used to strengthen the position of troops and protect the territory). He noted that his idea has already been supported by President Vladimir Putin.

During his annual address to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the suspension of participation in the START treaty on nuclear missiles.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced the country's readiness to launch the production of Su-25 attack aircraft with technical support from Russia. The Belarusian president said this at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

After negotiations with Ukraine, 101 servicemen from Russia returned home from captivity. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the country.

The Pacific Naval Military Court considered the case of Kamchatka serviceman Breusov, who was previously sentenced to 1 year and 8 months in a penal colony for non-fulfillment of an order (Part 2.1 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) — for refusing to go to the special operation zone. The verdict was left unchanged and entered into force.

Armenia has completed work on a draft peace agreement with Azerbaijan and handed it over to the country. This was announced by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for the sixth time extended the effect of martial law and mobilization in the country from February 19 to May 20.

The press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported on the conduct of tactical exercises of tank platoons with live firing at the Gozhsky training ground.

On February 3, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, will announce the expansion of the training program for the Ukrainian military from 15 thousand to 30 thousand people. This was stated to journalists by a high-ranking representative of the European Union (EU) in Brussels.

Ukrainians who are abroad were obliged to register for military service in diplomatic institutions in order to return to their homeland in a timely manner during mobilization.