Long before the Russian special operation, Ukrainian politicians and the military declared that the Turkish Bayraktar drones would give them a powerful weapon against the "aggressor country". Ukraine started purchasing these UAVs after Azerbaijan's victory in the second Karabakh war – it was then that these drones had a brilliant reputation. Why are the Bayraktars almost powerless now?

On March 11, during an official ceremony with the participation of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the first six Chinese-made J-10C fighters were accepted into the Pakistan Air Force. The aircraft participating in the ceremony were armed with PL-10 and PL-15, as far as can be seen.

Now the partnership on the ISS is going through the hardest test. Seven crew members of the 66th expedition — four Americans, two Russians and a German - have to turn a blind eye to the political split on Earth in order to continue cooperation. Their lives depend on it, writes Vanity Fair.

Why the US is cutting funding for hypersonic weapons programs

The US Congress has halved the cost of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) advanced hypersonic missile development program in 2022 for the Air Force, Breaking Defense writes. "Newspaper.Ru" was looking into what the reduction in project funding might be related to.

A number of American sources have published official data from the US Department of Defense on the number of launches by the Russian side of cruise and ballistic missiles of all types and types of basing during a special military operation in Ukraine from February 24 to March 11, 2022. According to these data, by the end of March 11, about 810 launches were made.

On March 10, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced that the missile launches conducted by the DPRK on February 26 and March 4, 2022 were the first flight tests of a new North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile, first demonstrated at the famous Pyongyang military parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea on October 10, 2020.

The reasons for the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces are overgrown with details

Igor Kirillov, the head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, reported sensational data: The Threat Reduction Agency under the US Department of Defense formed a network of 30 biological laboratories in Ukraine that worked with pathogenic microorganisms – plague, anthrax, tularemia, brucellosis, cholera and SAP, prohibited by the UN Convention in December 1971.

The facts revealed by the Russian Defense Ministry of the secret work of the Pentagon's biological laboratories in Ukraine caused obvious nervousness in Washington and a series of contradictory statements by American officials. In an effort to get away from the extremely inconvenient information agenda, fraught with an international investigation into the true goals of the US military biological programs in Ukraine, the White House followed the hackneyed propaganda path - substitution of concepts.

The first issue of the magazine "Arms Export" for 2022 published an article by Ruslan Pukhov, Director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (TSAST), dedicated to the development of the armored industry of Ukraine after 2014. The bmpd blog provides the text of the article.

Counter-battery warfare stations and the effectiveness of artillery impact

The armed conflicts of recent decades have clearly demonstrated both the high importance of artillery for achieving success in combat, battle and operation, and the equally serious need to effectively combat it.

After the start of the Russian operation on Ukrainian territory, the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing announced the suspension of the purchase of titanium in Russia, the closure of technical departments in Moscow and Kiev, as well as the termination of the supply of its spare parts to airlines from the Russian Federation.

After the refusal of the United States to purchase Russian oil, there is more and more speculation that the West may refuse to supply another type of fuel from Russia – nuclear. We are talking about uranium and special fuel assemblies for nuclear power plants. Ukraine has already announced its rejection of them. But what will happen if these plans are implemented? Nothing good for the West.

Ships of the Russian Navy have lost the opportunity to enter foreign ports on a long voyage and replenish fuel and supplies there. How and why did this happen, what impact does it have on the Navy's combat capability and what needs to be done to make Russian ships independent of foreign ports?

Afghanistan is looking for buyers of captured weapons

As the capture of large settlements in Afghanistan, the Taliban detachments (banned in the Russian Federation) took possession of several large logistics depots of the NATO contingent in Afghanistan. As well as units of government forces, which, according to the plans of the Americans, were supposed to restrain the offensive impulse of the Taliban for three to six months.

Russia will solve all the problems that have arisen due to the sanctions imposed by the West, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members of the government. According to him, the Russian economy is adapting to the new situation, and this will lead to an increase in the independence and sovereignty of the country. The meeting discussed how to prevent food prices from rising, production closures and what measures are needed to support Russian business.

Behind the wave of reports on the course of the special operation in Ukraine, the strategic plan itself, according to which it proceeds, has been somewhat lost. Some Western sources even began to question the very existence of this plan. Meanwhile, this plan exists, it works – and its result will be a complete military defeat of Ukraine.

The 14th day of the special military operation can be confidently called a day of silence. Fighting on the initiative of the Russian military was stopped around major Ukrainian cities, which are blocked from the inside by nationalists, and surrounded from the outside by troops of Russia and the People's Republics of Donbass.

Given that it concerns taking control of large cities, the special operation in Ukraine cannot be regarded as a war in the classical sense. The military has to do everything carefully, but steadily achieving their goals, says Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine.

Pechat (Serbia): Ukraine and the Balkan lessons

The West has endlessly deceived Russia, writes Pechat. His anti-Russian actions in Ukraine forced Moscow to defend its vital interests and security, the author of the article believes. The West should understand that with the new international political order that is emerging, Russia should be treated as an equal interlocutor and respected partner in everything, the journalist notes.

Global Times (China): Chinese Foreign Minister exposes slanderous statements of the West about China in connection with the crisis in Ukraine

The authors of the Global Times article, referring to the statements of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, debunk the myths of Western propaganda about the situation in Ukraine. America is the culprit of the Ukrainian crisis, they are sure, and it will not be able to shift this blame to other countries.