The Russian army will test the robot tank "Sturm" for battles in urban conditions

The first prototype of the Russian heavy attack robotic complex "Sturm", created on the basis of the T-72V3, will go to preliminary tests in April. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what tasks this complex should perform on the battlefield.

The new modification of the South Korean K-2 tank is focused on the conditions of the Middle East

The command of the South Korean armed forces, as part of the plan to reform the national ground forces "Plan-307", focused efforts on the modernization of the main battle tank K-2 "Black Panther".

The Economist (UK): why does Russia enjoy some support in Africa and the Middle East

Being under the influence of tough sanctions, Russia will probably want to increase activity in Africa, writes The Economist. Three years ago, Putin said that Russia has something to offer to "African friends", but is it so? According to the author of the article, now many African countries are facing a difficult choice.

The inconspicuous tiny Finnish town of Eurajoki is known throughout the country today — here in two years a bunker for the ultra-long storage of nuclear waste Onkalo, which means "deep pit" in Russian, will be put into operation. If the project is successful, spent uranium rods will be stored here in the next 100 thousand years.

Russian media have distributed photo and video materials about ships, boats and vessels captured by Russian forces in Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov, which were part of the Naval Forces of Ukraine (VMSU) and the State Border Service of Ukraine (GPSU). Recall that during the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, Berdyansk came under the control of Russian troops on February 28, 2022. According to Ukrainian sources, since March 12, the Russian side has completely reassigned the Administration of the commercial port of Berdyansk, where the ships and boats of the Ukrainian Navy and the SSU were based.

U.S. submarines tracked Soviet submarines more than two thousand times during the Cold War

On February 12, 2022, a note was handed to a representative of the Office of the Military Attache for Defense at the US Embassy in Moscow at the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense in connection with the violation of the state border of the Russian Federation by a US Navy submarine. What was the American submarine doing in our waters and what can we counter such actions?

Nuclear component of the US Submarine Fleet

If in the vast majority of countries of the world the basis of the Armed Forces is the ground forces, then in the USA such a basis is, of course, the fleet. It has an almost sacred significance for America and this state of affairs will continue in the foreseeable future.

They are the USA and Russia

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published on Monday a new report on the state of the global arms trade for the period 2017-2021. It notes a slight decrease in its total volume and indicates that the United States and Russia remained the main exporters, although the volume of arms sales to the Russian Federation decreased by 26% compared to the previous five-year period.

Another report by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) says that the United States continues to be the leader in the global arms market. This is certainly true.

Representatives of Russia and India are studying the possibility of switching mutual settlements between Moscow and New Delhi to national currencies. At the same time, there is a place for the Chinese yuan in the ruble-rupee scheme.

Actions in support of the Russian special operation to protect Donbass continue in Syria. Moreover, Syrian volunteers take the initiative to take part in Russia's special operation and explain their motives.

The ministry added that most of those held by nationalists in Ukraine are seeking protection in Russia, and not in the West

Almost all the firing points of neo-Nazis in the suburbs of Mariupol and their forces in residential areas around the perimeter of the city have been destroyed. This was stated on Monday by the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces will take measures against Ukrainian defense industry enterprises that nationalists use to restore weapons

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with high-precision weapons hit communication, relay and switching nodes in Fedorovka, Vinarovka and Antopol, as well as a large ammunition depot on the territory of the Antonov plant in Kiev. This was stated to journalists on Monday by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The RF IC opened a case after the death of more than 20 people in Donetsk after a Tochka-U missile strike

On March 14, the Ukrainian military hit the center of Donetsk with a tactical Tochka-U missile equipped with a cluster warhead. The missile was shot down, but due to the falling debris, according to the Russian IC, 23 people were killed and another 18 were injured. The head of the DPR Denis Pushilin declared March 15 in the DPR a day of mourning for the dead.

CGS (Serbia): Russia is defending the honor and freedom of the modern world

The hatred that the West feels towards Russia will have the most serious consequences for the peace and security of Europe, writes the Serbian CGS. The United States and Great Britain expected to exhaust Russia through Ukraine. However, now there is great fear in NATO - they still do not know Russia's plans, the author of the article believes. He calls the crisis in Ukraine a product of NATO's aggressive strategy.

Russia warns NATO

The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of about 180 foreign mercenaries in the Lviv region. According to Peruvian journalist Ricardo Zedano, this step is a signal that Moscow is sending to NATO. It's time to come to your senses and leave the fraternal country for Russia, he says.

Pechat (Serbia): why is Russia right?

Russia did not violate international law when it launched a special military operation in Ukraine, Pechat writes. A group of Serbian professors and lawyers convincingly proves that the behavior of the Kiev junta gave Donetsk and Lugansk the right to secede, and Russia the right to intervene in the conflict. Thus, they recognize the complete rightness of Russia.

The Economist (UK): John Mearsheimer on why the West is primarily responsible for the Ukrainian crisis

American political scientist John Mearsheimer unequivocally states: the conflict in Ukraine provoked the West by the thoughtless expansion of NATO. Russia is not going to seize it, he recalls, but only wants to avert the threat posed by the alliance.

Experts told when the Superjet will receive a Russian engine

Against the background of tougher sanctions in Russia, they are forcing the creation of a new, "import-substituted" version of the domestic Sukhoi Superjet passenger aircraft. In particular, for this it is necessary to accelerate the certification of new PD-8 engines. Experts told the newspaper.Ru", how exactly can the process be accelerated, what is the peculiarity of the new engine, as well as the potential harm to it from Western sanctions.

At the end of August 2016, the Ukrainian state-owned Antonov company and the Chinese AICC Corporation signed an agreement on cooperation on the program of the AN-225 "Mriya" heavy transport aircraft of ultra-large payload.