The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is beneficial to the enterprises of the US military-industrial complex, which are expected to profit from an increase in the military budgets of Western countries aimed at strengthening Kiev's forces and adapting to instability in the region. Karl Evers-Hillstrom (Karl Evers-Hillstrom) and Ellen Mitchell (Ellen Mitchell) write about this in a material for the American edition of "The Hill".

Der Spiegel (Germany): "No country in Europe is capable of defeating Russia in the event of war"

The countries of the European Union hoped so much for their "soft power" that they brought their armies to complete incapacity, the article of "Spiegel" says. Economic interdependence was supposed to protect Europe from conflicts with major countries. The situation in Ukraine has made adjustments.

Washington's role in training fighters of nationalist battalions of Ukraine

With the patronage of the White House, the far-right from all over the world are flocking to Ukraine. The statistics provided by the media clearly demonstrate a sixfold increase in so-called "tourists" from Europe and America to Ukraine since 2014.

Global Times (China): It is unwise and low on the part of NATO to push China to condemn Russia

NATO is to blame for the Ukrainian crisis, writes Global Times. This is an outdated organization that should have been dissolved many years ago. She is a puppet of the United States, which poses a serious threat to international security, the editorial board of the Chinese newspaper claims and recalls the events in Yugoslavia.

The American Conservative (USA): we need to say "no" to Vladimir Zelensky

In his address to the US Congress on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky used all means of propaganda, writes The American Conservative. However, instead of saving human lives, his demands will only aggravate the situation, predicts the author of the article.

The Spectator (UK): Boris is a Russian agent?

At the last meeting in the House of Commons, the Labour party tried to expose Boris Johnson, writes The Spectator. He was accused of "having fun with Russian oligarchs in their luxury villas." His deputy Dominic Raab "stood up" for Johnson.

Emil Sokolov: Rumen Radev's idea of neutrality is a service to Russia (Facti, Bulgaria)

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that "Bulgarian planes with Bulgarian crews should protect the airspace" of the country, according to Facti. In these words, political scientist Emil Sokolov saw Radev's attempt to serve the interests of Russia, betrayal and a call to draw a dividing line between NATO and Bulgaria.

Newsweek (USA): Russia is accused of disinformation, but, according to her, it is the United States that covers events in Ukraine one-sidedly

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek that the American media is biased in covering events in Ukraine. In America, no one cares about freedom of speech, he believes. And the blocking of the Russian media is a clear proof of that.

Global Times (China): China calls on Europe to create an "indivisible security" mechanism together with Russia

It is not Russia that threatens the West, but NATO – Russia, writes Global Times. The author of the article blames the United States for the tragedy in Ukraine and calls on Europe to come to its senses. The EU should finally get out from under the influence of America and rethink its hostile stereotypes towards Russia, he writes.

Politics (Serbia): it is absolutely impossible to tolerate fascism

The West has long nurtured emigrant fascist and collaborationist groups and organizations in Europe so that they could be used at a convenient moment, writes Vladimir Krshlyanin, senior adviser to the Serbian Foreign Ministry, in an article published by Politika. NATO destroyed Yugoslavia in 1999, and now Ukraine has become a victim of fascism. But Russia will not tolerate this.

The Ukrainian army has lost more than a hundred combat aircraft and about seven dozen helicopters

The special military operation has been going on for the fourth week, with a steady increase in the activity of the Russian Aerospace Forces, while reducing the intensity of flights of Ukrainian aviation and air defense fire.

During the three weeks of the special operation in Ukraine, Russian troops, the armies of the DPR and the LPR almost completely cut off the APU from the coast of the Sea of Azov, occupied dozens of settlements in the south of the country, blocked Kiev, Kharkiv and Chernihiv in the north. Aviation and precision weapons destroyed the main military infrastructure of the enemy. About the most painful blows - in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Russian military operation in Ukraine is developing successfully and in accordance with the plan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday at a meeting on socio-economic support for the regions.

American drones registered at the borders of Russia and China

The American Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBO, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington), one of the leading national research organizations, consistently works to improve the effectiveness of the use of robotic complexes (RTK) in modern conditions.

Daily Express (UK): Putin is on guard — the largest warship of the Royal Navy joins a flotilla of 25 NATO ships in the Arctic

Britain will take part in the exercise "Cold Response" - joint maneuvers of NATO member countries, which will take place just a few hundred kilometers from the borders of Russia, writes the Daily Express. The tabloid calls it a signal to the Russian forces that are participating in a special operation in Ukraine.

The government is considering a scenario in which one organization will purchase sanctioned electronics. Experts believe that a single buyer will allow suppliers of foreign equipment to avoid sanctions restrictions, since such a mechanism allows hiding information about the final customer. However, not everyone agrees with the effectiveness of such an initiative.

Over the past few years, the Dutch Armed Forces have been purchasing new field equipment, which has received the designation of an individual soldier system (Individueel Soldaat Systeem, ISS). This modular equipment includes new equipment elements (Verbeterd Operationeel Soldaat Systeem, VOSS, rus. - improved soldier's operational system) and a new uniform system (Defensie Operationeel Kleding System, DOKS). Both components are made in a new camouflage, which received the designation fractal Netherlands Pattern (Netherlands Fractal Pattern, NFP).

Ingenuity will continue to fly on the Red Planet and assist the Perseverance rover mission for at least another six months, until September 2022. Along the way, he will continue to test his capabilities and break records for altitude and duration of flight, which will provide invaluable data for designing the structures of future Martian aircraft.

The team of the first Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" has published the results of the analysis of data collected during the first 60 sols of its work on the Utopia Plain. It turned out that the soil at the landing site is much more durable than lunar regolith, and also quite sticky. In addition, scientists have determined that the terrain in the landing area is formed due to the physical and chemical weathering of rocks, including with the participation of water. The article was published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Compared with the UK: the British are amazed by the "Bayraktar TB2" (Haber7, Turkey)

The British are delighted with the Bayraktars and admit that Turkey has far surpassed them in the field of unmanned aviation. Readers of the Haber7 portal do not hide their pride and declare without false modesty: "We have the best weapons in the world."