Foreign Policy (USA): Putin has pierced the EU's defensive bubble

Countries such as France and Germany are fixated on naive myths about the European Union as a powerful military force, writes FP. But in fact, the EU is not able to ensure the security of the continent. The events in Ukraine have shown that he needs the United States and Britain, which act as guarantors of security of the first order, the author of the article believes.

Público (Spain): dollar suicide?

The United States and its allies confiscated the reserves of the Russian Central Bank stored in the West. According to the author of Público, this is how the States sent a clear signal to the whole world that the funds should be secured. This step creates conditions for the creation of a new block that will hit the hegemony of the dollar, the author claims.

Ukraine crisis: Sanctions against Russia demonstrate the power of the dollar turned into a weapon (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong)

The United States and its allies have unleashed a proxy war with sanctions and assistance to Ukraine, writes SCMP. According to one of the experts, the main lesson of the current crisis is not related to Moscow and Kiev, but lies in the fact that the United States has shown that the most powerful weapon in the world is the dollar.

The New York Times (USA): a friend of our enemy is not a "traitor"

Many consider Tucker Carlson a traitor for his "excessive" support for Russia and the repetition of "false Kremlin propaganda," writes the NYT. However, his views are typically American. According to the author of the article, the sources of his thoughts about Russia and Ukraine are not Moscow, but the US invasion of Iraq, which turned into a disaster.

The American Conservative (USA): Is Ukraine worth a nuclear war?

Experts in foreign policy trumpet the "victory" over Russia and are ready to fight for it - right down to the last Ukrainian, writes Patrick Buchanan. But Putin only continued this conflict, the author believes, and the ground was prepared for him by the United States, moving NATO to the borders of Russia.

The journey from nuclear missiles to cyberwar planning took seventy years

After World War II, Washington completely abandoned its previously characteristic foreign policy self-isolation (more precisely, "closure" within the Western Hemisphere).

How the Russian Aerospace Forces achieved dominance in the airspace of Ukraine

During a special military operation in Ukraine, most of the Ukrainian combat aviation was destroyed by Russian means of the Aerospace Forces and air defense, the Ministry of Defense reported. Planes were destroyed on the ground and in the air - including during air battles. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation achieved superiority in the skies of Ukraine.

Evolution of the "Crocodile with a propeller"

The combat effectiveness of the Russian army aviation, repeatedly demonstrated during the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as a rule, does not require confirmation. But especially vivid emotions are caused by the actions of a veteran of Afghanistan, Transnistria, Abkhazia, Chechnya, Georgia and Syria – the Mi-24 attack helicopter, nicknamed "Crocodile".

Experts told what is the difference between the Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters

Russian helicopters Mi-28N "Night Hunter" and Ka-52 "Alligator" participate in the destruction of military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the video of which is published by the Russian Defense Ministry. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the specifics of the use of these helicopters are.

On March 24, the French company Dassault Aviation announced the signing ceremony in Athens for the purchase of six additional Rafale fighters.

60 years ago, the first satellite of the Cosmos series was launched

The concept of "series" in relation to artificial Earth satellites (ISS) "Cosmos", which in the USSR had serial numbers from 1 to 2174, is itself conditional. Under the name "Cosmos" – so they were registered in the international "space annals" – there were hidden ISS with completely different authentic names.

The decision was expected for those who have been following the company's activities for a long time. But even many cosmonautics fans who didn't delve too deeply into SpaceX's development strategy were taken by surprise by this news. Production of Dragon ships has been completed, and now all flights will be carried out on an already created fleet of four reusable passenger capsules.

The British Sky Sabre air defense system is sent to Poland

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace announced that the Sky Sabre air defense system will be deployed in Poland. It also includes the ZUR CAMM. Similar missiles are being considered in the Polish Narev program. Wallace announced the deployment of the Sky Sabre system in Poland during a joint press conference with the head of the Polish Ministry of Defense Mariusz Blaszczak. Together with Sky Sabre, about 100 soldiers (SAM personnel and a security platoon) will go to Poland.

Footage has appeared on the network showing how an Azov militant (* an extremist armed formation banned in Russia), holed up in one of the high-rise buildings in Mariupol, is firing at a T-72B3 tank of the Russian army. The militant uses the NLAW anti-tank complex delivered earlier to Ukraine from Britain.

High-precision weapons are being actively used in the framework of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine. Including the Iskander-M tactical complex.

The design of the complex began in the 1990s. In 2006, it was put into service. Since 2011, the troops began to receive a deeply modernized Iskander-M.

The development of biological weapons in Ukraine was carried out by the US Department of Defense and the contractor company Black&Veatch

The seizure by Russian troops of the US biological laboratories in Ukraine and the secret documentation contained in them caused a shock in American military and political circles. Why would our "partners" get so excited? It turns out that the reason for concern is direct. The Yankees, who believed in their power over the world, became so arrogant that they were engaged in the development of biological weapons there. This is shown by the analysis of documents related to the military biological activities of the United States near our borders.

Why the Krasnopol strike does not leave the enemy a chance

On March 13 of this year, as a result of a pinpoint strike by the artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, a camouflaged AFU field command post in the Kiev region was destroyed. And what is sensational about this?

Electric cars in Russia and lithium fever in the world

Against the background of the special military operation of the Russian army in Ukraine, Russia came under numerous sanctions mainly from Western countries, which exposed the country's significant dependence on imports in the field of high technologies of a number of industries.

The Americans finished off an emergency Soviet submarine, and then managed to raise it

The echo of the US CIA's strategic operation Jennifer, carried out by the Pentagon with cynical immorality, cannot be silenced in any way. The first deputy chief of Naval intelligence of the headquarters of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, Captain Anatoly Shtyrov, monitored this extraordinary event in real time. And gave him a merciless assessment years later.

Military expert Andrey Frolov - about the big changes in the arms markets in connection with Russia's military operation in Ukraine

The Special Military Operation (SVO) of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine has not yet ended, but a number of conclusions can already be drawn from it. One of them has to do with the arms market, since both Russia and Ukraine are major players in it. Obviously, the year 2022 has brought serious changes, and this market will not be the same.