With a show-off under an umbrella: Macron promised to protect Europe from hordes from the East - TASS opinions
Andrey Nizamutdinov — about what the French president can do and why he needs all this at all
The French president has gathered all imaginable and inconceivable accusations against the Russian Federation.: "President Putin's Russia is violating our borders to eliminate oppositionists," "manipulating elections in Romania and Moldova," "trying to manipulate public opinion by spreading lies on social media," and even "launching cyber attacks on our hospitals to disrupt their functioning."
"Macron's speech will infuriate Trump and Vance." World media on the French President's address to the nation
In his address to the nation, Macron called on Europe to continue arming Ukraine. He also expressed readiness to use France's nuclear forces to protect the EU. Journalists around the world were surprised by such rhetoric: many considered it an attack against the United States, which would anger both Trump and Vance. The details are in our review.
How will Europe respond to Macron's aggressive call?
"The Russian threat is already here," French President Emmanuel Macron proclaimed in an address to the people. "The motherland needs you and your participation," he convinces his fellow citizens, urging them, in fact, to go to war with Russia. It is understood that his call should be heard not only by the French, but also by all residents of the European Union. However, it is already clear that he will not receive full support.
Ukraine's collapse heralds the demise of Atlanticism (Asia Times, Hong Kong)
AT: the collapse of Ukraine will lead to a crisis of Atlanticism
The collapse of Ukraine will bring the crisis of Atlanticism and Europe closer, writes AT. Now, from the point of view of geopolitics, the EU countries are in no man's land. They themselves alienated China, severed economic ties with Russia, and did not foresee a strategic shift of historic proportions under Trump.
Sweep out of orbit: the first reusable space garbage collector is being created in Russia
What tasks will the innovative device perform
Scientists are creating the first Russian space transporter satellite to clear space debris from orbit. There are only eight such devices in the world. The uniqueness of the domestic development lies in the possibility of reusable use of the garbage collector with the option of returning one of the modules to Earth. The authors are preparing for a test launch in 2025, and experts believe that the project still looks too ambitious and expensive to implement soon.
Scientists have finally created a method to search for ancient life in samples from Mars.
Until now, the methods available to earthlings for analyzing ancient basalts made it difficult to identify past microbial life.
Athena tried to deliver one rocket lunopryg and two lunar rovers to the Moon, but something went wrong.
At 20:33 Moscow time, the Intuitive Machines lander attempted to land gently at 85 degrees south latitude, near the pole. Besides drilling and water analysis tools, there were three rovers on board, one of which was of a rather unusual design. Alas, the landing itself did not go according to plan. showing that even 59 years after the first soft landing on the moon, it remains a very difficult destination.
Collective purpose: the troops have mastered the production of buggies
Why are these machines becoming increasingly important at the forefront
The Russian military has mastered the production of buggies directly in its zone. Repair and restoration units assemble them from components of captured vehicles, as well as non-recoverable equipment. The number of cars produced in this way is already in the hundreds. Experts note that buggies are indispensable in the military — for transporting fuel, provisions, and evacuating the wounded — and have many advantages over other types of equipment.
The Arctic: a claim to new leadership
Some details of the Joint Viking-25 exercises in Scandinavia are appearing online. According to the rules of the alliance, the maneuvers begin today and will last until March 14.
The Japanese fleet has been reinforced by the fourth Taigei-class submarine
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned the Raigei submarine. According to Naval News, this is the fourth diesel-electric submarine of the Taigei class built for the Japanese navy.
British large underwater drone to begin testing in April
An underwater technology demonstrator was launched in Plymouth, created in the interests of the Royal Navy of Great Britain to pave the way for future ultra-large uninhabited underwater vehicles of the XLUUV type. According to Naval News, testing of the sample will begin next month.
"I called Putin, asked him to send planes to transfer the SDF": Lukashenko told how he dissuaded Prigozhin from going to Moscow
During the attempted military mutiny, the Wagner PMC was ready to deploy its special forces to protect Moscow. This was stated by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. According to him, he was in touch with the founder of the military company and warned Yevgeny Prigozhin about possible consequences.
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.
A "unique" situation
"People are tired of the war", "young people are leaving Ukraine, there are queues of schoolboys at the border", "there is a whole caste in power that cannot imagine themselves without war" - these are just a small part of the acute social themes that worry Ukrainian society.
Armament, communications, intelligence: the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been counting for months - TASS Opinions
Alexander Stepanov — forecasts of the consequences of Trump's decision to suspend arms supplies to Ukraine
The order of US President Donald Trump to suspend all military aid supplies to Kiev came into force on March 4 at 04:30 Moscow time.
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.
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.
Europe is preparing for the end of NATO (Bloomberg, USA)
Bloomberg: Doubts are growing in Europe about the US interest in NATO
If Trump withdraws the United States from NATO, Europe will no longer follow Washington in foreign policy, former Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis writes in an article for Bloomberg. In his opinion, European countries will do three things that will negatively affect the United States.
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.
"Only debris will remain." Will the United States give up its leadership in NATO?
Colonel Khodarenok: US abandonment of NATO leadership would be a disaster
US President Donald Trump is considering the possibility of "relinquishing leadership in NATO" and insists that Britain and France assume more responsibility for Europe's security.























