LPR fighters seize Ukrainian positions

The main direction of the offensive of the People's militia of the Luhansk Republic is now developing bypassing the cities of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk. After crossing the Seversky Donets River, the People's militia of the LPR liberated the city of Happiness and went further north, to Novoaydar and Starobilsk.

Kiev is trying to buy time through negotiations

Negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations on the settlement of the situation around Ukraine have not yet brought tangible results. President Vladimir Zelensky said that he had "received some signals" and was ready to "move to the second round of negotiations," as he said in a video message from his office's Telegram channel.

The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov announced an award for the leaders of the Ukrainian nationalists. He published this decision in his Telegram channel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference.

In the settlements of the Kharkiv region, located near the border with the Russian Federation, our military, in compliance with all security measures, brought a large shipment of cargo for civilians. This was reported on Wednesday by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russia has something to respond to US pressure in Europe

Inversion of meanings. Substitution of concepts. Such terms can be used to describe the West's buildup of a military presence near Russia's borders solely for reasons of exerting additional pressure on the country's military and political leadership.

Foreign Policy (USA): Can Turkey legally close the straits to Russian warships? This is very difficult

Ankara's hands are tied, it cannot close the straits to Russian warships, and the reason is the Montreux Convention of 1936, writes Foreign Policy. Now the Straits are inaccessible to the Navies of all countries, including the United States.

During the successful offensive actions of parts of the People's Republics in the Donbas, Ukrainian armed formations lose a large amount of military equipment. Part of it is completely destroyed, other samples have various damages.

One of the main types of weapons used by the Russian Armed Forces to defeat the IG* in the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR) were cruise missiles (KR). Surface ships and submarines of the Russian Navy have repeatedly struck Islamist targets in Syria using the 3M-14 Kalibr cruise missile.

Roscosmos has published declassified documents of the Venus-13 mission

"Gazeta.Ru" got acquainted with declassified documents about the Venus-13 program and tells how the historical mission was being prepared and what problems happened on the way to the neighboring planet.

NASA said that they will not have time to land on the moon until 2026

The Inspector General of NASA criticized the American lunar program. Speaking to US lawmakers, he said that the Artemis program required several billion dollars more than planned, and people will not be on the surface of the Moon until 2026.

The collision will occur on March 4 with the reverse side of the Earth satellite

Timur Nozdrachev, a student of the Institute of High-Tech Technologies and Advanced Materials of the Far Eastern Federal University (INTiPM FEFU), and scientists from the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPA RAS) as part of an international team predicted the fall of object WE0913A to the Moon. The collision will occur on March 4, 2022 with the reverse side of the Earth satellite, the press service of the university told TASS on Wednesday.

The launch will take place if Russia receives guarantees of non-use of satellites for military purposes by Friday evening. In addition, the space agency demanded that the UK withdraw from the shareholders of OneWeb.

Rogozin announced the direction of Roscosmos resources for the creation of defense systems

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said on Twitter that the state corporation will direct the resources released after the suspension of the participation of Western partners in joint projects with Russia to create defense systems.

The command of the Thai Navy has signed a contract with the Austrian company Schiebel Aircraft GMBH for the purchase of the second batch of S-100 Kamkopter helicopter type UAVs.

On February 24, 2022, the Airbus group and the European Procurement Organization for Joint Cooperation in the field of armaments (Organization Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement - OCCAR) at the Airbus enterprise in Manching (Germany) signed a joint contract for the development of a European advanced reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle of long duration flight Eurodrone.

In the fall of 2022, flight tests of the latest Russian hybrid engine for UAVs and light manned aircraft will begin. Kirill Balyasny, a design engineer at the Moscow Aviation Institute, said this in an interview with RT.

Italy joined the list of countries intending to supply weapons to Ukraine on February 28. The Government of the country has signed a decree authorizing the dispatch of MANPADS "Stinger", mortars, ATGM "Milan".

The National Interest (USA): The Kosovo precedent haunts NATO with a dark shadow

The well-known American political scientist leaves no stone unturned by the hypocrisy of the United States and NATO on the issue of Kosovo and their double standards regarding Crimea and Donbass. According to Ted Carpenter, the West has committed a gross violation of international law in relation to Kosovo. It is his hypocrisy and arrogance that will return to him in the future like a boomerang.

Washington Post (USA): Trump's new social app Pravda can be installed in 5 minutes

The Russian military operation in the Donbass has become the subject of controversy among American politicians, writes WP. One part of Republicans disapproves of Biden's increased interest in Ukraine, calling it a waste of time and a strategic mistake, the author of the article notes. The other is anti-Putin. But there is a third group that supports the Russian leader.