The Russian special military operation in Ukraine will accelerate the trends that have already taken place in the European market of ground-based radar stations (radars). For the armed forces of some European countries, this will mean the formulation of new requirements to strengthen the missing capabilities. For others - acceleration of current projects. This is written by Zachary Hofer in an article for the blog "Defense & Security Monitor" (Forecast International).

JSC "Russian Space Systems" (RKS) announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in PJSC "Yaroslavl Radio Plant". According to the press service of the enterprise, the deal will allow RKS holding to increase production capacity for serial production of an expandable range of space products.

Losses of Chinese-made drones in the Middle East and North Africa

The quality of Chinese-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) supplied to the Middle East region has been repeatedly discussed by experts.

On the territory of Ukraine, Ka-52 helicopters were used for the first time for their intended purpose - to destroy armored vehicles and ground fortified points. As expected, the results were excellent.

Western sanctions promised to deprive Russia of foreign aircraft. It has already become dangerous to fly abroad – at any moment our liner could be arrested. However, the aviation authorities found a sanctions loophole. Moscow deprives the "great aviation power of Bermuda" of power over our planes – and re-registers them in Russia. Why were our planes registered in Bermuda before? And how will re-registration help preserve our aviation fleet?

Why Turkish drones didn't help the Ukrainian army

A significant number of Bayraktar TB2 drones that were in the arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down by the Russian army, or failed due to improper operation. "Newspaper.Ru" was looking into why Turkish drones proved ineffective during the Russian special operation in Ukraine.

"Dry" and "MiGs" are armed and very dangerous

On the official page of the press service of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information appeared about the transfer of Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria to their disposal of 70 combat aircraft – multi-purpose fighters of the fourth generation MiG-29 and far from the most modern, but very effective in combat attack aircraft Su-25.

There is a chance to finally bring order to the aircraft industry

Recent political events and the sanctions against Russia that followed them have radically changed the situation both in the field of air transportation and, I would like to believe– in the production programs of Russian aircraft. At first, Europe imposed a ban on flights of our passenger and transport aircraft to EU countries, although this in itself is not so scary.

Sasapost (Egypt): Six countries that have abolished their armies. How do they protect themselves?

Before the Industrial Revolution, many countries did not have a regular army. But even at the present time, some states do not want to have an army for various reasons. It tells about these countries, as well as about the motives for making such a decision.

Against the background of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, Tokyo's ambitions have increased dramatically. Now the Japanese want not only to punish Russia as harshly as possible, but also to build a "new world order" through reform, and in fact through the abolition of the UN Security Council, where Moscow has the right of veto. But a new world order is impossible without a new world war.

Against the background of the "gloomy news from Ukraine", it is time to reassess the US military potential, currently designed to participate in one major conflict.

Cumhuriyet (Turkey): building a "new world order"

The joint statement of Putin and Xi and Russia's military operation in Ukraine are two major events in terms of creating a new world order, Cumhuriyet writes. The author of the article shares his assumptions about the future world order. One thing is clear: the United States will no longer be able to be the sole sovereign.

The Sun (UK): NATO pulls together 30 thousand military and 50 ships for large-scale exercises on the border of Russia, risking Putin's fury

The largest NATO military exercise Cold Response has begun in Norway, The Sun reports. Despite the escalation of tensions between Russia and the West, the maneuvers were planned several months ago. Their goal is to work out the actions provided for in Article 5 of the NATO Charter.

The Spectator (UK): the price of delusion

The author of The Spectator article criticizes the West for its excessive commitment to the "green" policy, which led to its "total weakening". The leadership of Europe needs to think not about the climate, but about national security, because Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will never listen to Greta Thunberg, he writes.

Martin Jacques: America overestimates itself in the Ukrainian crisis (Global Times, China)

The collapse of the USSR meant that America no longer had rivals, and it was leading in the international arena. But from this moment begins not the heyday, but the decline of the United States, writes Global Times. The United States has made two serious mistakes, one of which is the wrong attitude towards Russia.

Beijing and Moscow: Marriage of convenience (Al Araby Al Jadeed, UK)

The Russian-Chinese statement issued after the meeting of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in Beijing on February 4 cannot be called an ordinary gesture, writes Al Araby Al Jadeed. Rather, the points and demands voiced in it are revolutionary in nature, as they are directed against the existing international system with its legal norms and liberal values.

After the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine and the subsequent Western sanctions against Russia, Moscow's relations with the European Union and NATO are experiencing an unprecedented crisis in severity. Nikolay Kobrinets, Director of the Department of Pan-European Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told Interfax in a written interview about how the current situation is assessed by the Russian side.

During the special military operation, documentary evidence was received of Kiev's preparations for an invasion in March of this year on the territory of the DPR, LPR and the Russian Crimea.

This was announced on Tuesday, March 15, at a visiting meeting in Grozny on national security issues by the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

Economic pressure is exactly what Russia lacked to gain technological independence

With the beginning of a special military operation in Ukraine, the united West clearly announced to the whole world, and above all to the Ukrainian authorities, that there would be no direct military intervention by NATO in the fighting.

The declared denazification of Ukraine will cause many questions to the Russian elites

Ridding the neighboring fraternal country of the virus of Nazism is certainly an important and necessary task. But how solvable is it in principle? We are talking about this with Yevgeny Satanovsky, president of the research center "Institute of the Middle East" and a long-time author of the newspaper "MIC".