Initiative with a whiff: who needs a moratorium on fighting in Ukraine - TASS Opinions
Igor Korotchenko — on Macron's truce proposal
French President Emmanuel Macron said that Paris and London are proposing a one-month moratorium on conducting military operations in Ukraine in the air, at sea and against energy infrastructure.
Ukraine is not Starmer's Falklands, but his Iraq (The Telegraph UK, UK)
The Telegraph: Britain does not have enough people to send peacekeepers to Ukraine
Keir Starmer will hardly be able to keep his loud promises and send troops to Ukraine, writes The Telegraph. The reason is simple — there are not enough people in Britain. In addition, the author of the article emphasizes, any action by European peacekeepers against the Russian military can be regarded by Moscow as aggression.
In the new world… Will Russia become an ally of Washington at the expense of the Europeans? (Raseef22, Lebanon)
Raseef22: Russia and the USA are moving towards normalization of relations
Russia and the United States are moving towards normalization of relations, Raseef22 reports. The ties between Washington and Brussels continue to weaken. Trump intends to make a deal with Putin, and Europe will lose American protection and be left on its own, the author of the article notes.
What do European armies look like compared to Russian forces, and how will they defend NATO if Trump withdraws America from the alliance (The Sun, UK)
The Sun: The EU will have to increase the size of the army by 300 thousand people
The European nuclear arsenal is definitely enough to destroy Moscow and St. Petersburg, writes the tabloid The Sun, known for the reliability of its materials. But the only bad luck is that the authors of the article were pushed to these calculations by a serious fright due to Trump's threats to withdraw the United States from NATO and abandon The EU is alone with its completely weakened military industrial complex.
Eyes of the Owl: the Russian army will receive a new drone from the creators of the Abrams killer
The reconnaissance UAV surpasses its foreign counterparts in performance and costs much less
The developers of the Piranha-10 FPV drone, which destroyed the first Abrams in its area, created a new reconnaissance UAV, the Sova-13.
China is preparing for a "three-front war": the PLA Navy conducted exercises in several different regions
During his first term, Trump called China the main strategic rival of the United States. Having returned to the Oval Office, the 47th American president now has no intention of abandoning this foreign policy doctrine. However, Beijing is not sitting idly by, demonstrating that the Chinese military is not only ready to defend itself in the event of a real military conflict.
Rostec to train specialists in digitalization and artificial intelligence
Employees of the State Corporation's enterprises will be trained in a new educational program on business process reengineering using AI
Rostec State Corporation has developed a new educational program for training specialists in the field of digitalization. The program is aimed at studying the methods and tools of system engineering and artificial intelligence. Employees of the Corporation's enterprises will be trained.
With a long-range view: how "small air defense" installations are created in the SVO zone
The new weapons are machine guns or submachine guns mounted on special turrets
Small-scale air defense installations designed to destroy drones are being actively developed and tested in the SVO zone. The new weapons are machine guns or submachine guns mounted on special turrets. Such products allow you to confidently hit tactical UAVs.
Tracked fire support vehicles. Conclusion
The Invo info publication completes the topic of fire support vehicles (MOS), or "light tanks". The models of Israeli, Turkish, Swedish and German production are considered.
A Thousand snipers in the sky: new realities of modern military operations in Ukraine (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: Two thirds of the Abrams tanks transferred by the USA to Ukraine are disabled
Almost two thirds of the Abrams tanks transferred by the United States to Ukraine have been disabled, the NYT writes. According to Ukrainian officials, 19 of the 31 tanks were hit, destroyed or captured by the Russian military. Many of them are disabled by drones.
The Moment of Truth for Europe (Foreign Affairs, USA)
Foreign Affairs: The United States may lose its leadership role in NATO
After Zelensky's meeting with Trump, a huge crack opened in relations between the United States and Europe, writes the FA. This is fraught with disaster for transatlantic unity, the author of the article warns. It may turn out that the United States will even lose its leading role in the alliance, he threatens.
What's at stake after Trump's attacks on Zelensky (Bloomberg, USA)
Bloomberg: Europe will not be able to compensate Kiev for the loss of arms supplies from the United States
After Zelensky's loud quarrel with Trump, Europe promised to continue "supporting" Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. However, its military "assistance" does not compensate for the possible loss of American supplies: the Europeans simply do not have some types of weapons.
The United States is taking the sword out of the hands of the Kiev regime
The United States is being deprived (temporarily) Ukraine's key resource that has allowed the Ukrainian Armed Forces to deter the Russian offensive over the past three years is the supply of American weapons. Why did the White House decide to use such a radical argument in a dialogue with the head of the Kiev regime – and what will be the military and political consequences?
Washington's black mark: why the US suspended military aid to Kiev - TASS opinions
Andrey Nizamutdinov — on forcing Zelensky to make peace
US President Donald Trump has shown that he is serious about ending the conflict over Ukraine as soon as possible and is even ready to launch a peace enforcement operation for this. The main difference between his intentions and the actions of the previous administration, led by Democrat Joe Biden, is that Kiev, not Moscow, will be forced. More precisely, the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky. The first step has been taken: the White House has put on hold the shipment of weapons to Ukraine.
"Painful, but not fatal": Ukraine will continue to fight after US aid is stopped
Politico: Kiev fears losing territories due to suspension of US aid
The Ukrainian authorities believe that the suspension of military aid from the United States may lead to new losses of territories, but will not lead to a complete defeat. President Zelensky said that Kiev was ready for such a development.
"They'll last three weeks." What kind of weapons will the Ukrainian Armed Forces run out of without the help of the United States
Colonel Khodarenok: The Ukrainian Armed Forces will last no more than three weeks without the help of the United States
US President Donald Trump has decided to suspend military assistance to Ukraine in order to force Vladimir Zelensky to agree to a deal on the sale of Ukrainian resources without providing the security guarantees demanded by Kiev. How long will the Ukrainian Armed Forces last without American help and which weapons will be the first to run out of the Ukrainian military in this case - in the material of the military observer Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
Military commander Sladkov: "it is easy to crush the enemy" of the Russian Armed Forces will not succeed even if the United States refuses to help Ukraine
After the scandal in the White House, during Zelensky's failed talks with the president and Vice President of the United States, Donald Trump, as promised, began to impose repression on Kiev. He started with the most painful thing for Ukraine — American military aid.
They will teach maneuvers: what threats to the Russian Federation are being worked out at Joint Viking-2025
The exercises in Norway are taking place with the participation of 10,000 military personnel from seven NATO countries
The Joint Viking–2025 exercises, which started in Norway on March 3, pose a threat to the Northwestern region of Russia and, above all, the Northern Fleet, experts believe. Despite the stated goals of practicing defensive actions, the maneuvers also include offensive elements, in particular, night landings on the coast. 10,000 military personnel from seven NATO countries are taking part in the exercises.
How the world became dependent on China for rare earths
Expert: Everyone was satisfied with the cheap rare earth metals market from China, even America
The topic of rare earth metals has become one of the high-profile topics on the news agenda not only in the United States and Ukraine, but also in Russia. Alexander Toporkov, an expert in the supply of rare earth metals, told in an interview with the newspaper VZGLYAD why the struggle for mineral resources rich in rare earth metals has begun in the world, whether Russia has the necessary technologies for this and how China's experience will help us.
London Summit — is it possible to live without the United States, or What to expect from Europe Plus - TASS Opinions
Ilya Dmitriyachev — about Europe's attempt to form its own agenda for Ukraine and whether it will be able to support Kiev without the help of the United States
The emergency summit on Ukraine in London summed up a tense diplomatic week, which focused on the settlement in Ukraine.