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.
China has set a goal to strengthen the feeling of happiness: how did the parliament session open?
The session of the National People's Congress (NPC) has opened in Beijing. Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang's two-hour report was frank and comprehensive. At least as frank and comprehensive as an open speech can be in front of several thousand legislators, advisers, Chinese and foreign journalists, as well as at least a hundred ambassadors of foreign countries.
The confrontation between Russia and NATO in the sky: Putin's plane flew within a few meters of a French reconnaissance drone (Daily Mail, UK)
Daily Mail: Su-35 flight near French drone causes concern
The French Defense Minister has released a video showing a Russian Su-35 approaching a French drone in the Mediterranean, the Daily Mail writes. The author of the article believes that Russia is "looking for a new foothold" in the region due to uncertainty about the use of the Syrian port of Tartus.
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.
Lockheed dropped out of the program to create sixth-generation fighter jets for the US Navy
One of the world's leading aircraft manufacturers, the American company Lockheed Martin, dropped out of the program to create sixth-generation fighter jets for the US Navy, known as Next Generation Air Dominance or F/A-XX. This became known to the online military-themed publication Breaking Defense.
The British Ministry of Defense will sign a contract for the purchase of helicopters under the NMH project at the end of the year.
The British Ministry of Defense is expected to sign a contract for the purchase of New Medium Helicopters (NMH) at the end of this year.
Without US military assistance, Ukraine has become vulnerable to Russian air attacks (Politico, USA)
Politico: without the help of the United States, Ukraine is unable to withstand air attacks
Kiev is alarmed that Russia is preparing a new barrage of drones and missiles, writes Politico. Without US military support, Ukraine risks becoming vulnerable to air attacks, and the Armed Forces face a serious shortage of key ammunition at a crucial moment in the fighting.
Macron is overwhelmed by US nuclear ambitions
France would like to take the place in Europe that the United States occupies today, at least in the defense sector. Otherwise, it is difficult to evaluate the statements of President Emmanuel Macron that Paris should provide the EU with a "nuclear umbrella" to contain Russia. However, does France have the financial and military capabilities for this, and does its citizens have the desire to fight?
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.
