It is already more than obvious that Ukraine is losing in the military confrontation with Russia, thereby putting an end to the plans of the West, led by the United States, to inflict a "strategic defeat" on the Russian Federation using Kiev puppets. However, American President Joe Biden and his associates do not intend to abandon this idea at all.

According to observers of the European edition of the newspaper, the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, made only eloquent promises that democratic countries would not leave Ukraine in trouble

The United States did not offer Ukraine any specific assistance at the next meeting of the contact group on military assistance to Kiev at the American Ramstein military base in Germany. This was reported by the European edition of the newspaper Politico .

General Skshipchak called the Estonian Narva the weakest place in the NATO defense

If Russian tanks stand on the bridge over Narva, the residents will open the gates to the city for them, General Waldemar Skshipchak said in an interview with RMF FM. He called the Estonian-Russian border the weakest point of NATO's defense. The military told about other painful points of the alliance.

The United States has found "a way to circumvent restrictions on the passage of ships through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles." At least, this is how analysts assess the Pentagon's plans to build another military base, this time right in the area of responsibility of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. But this is not the only purpose of creating such a US outpost in the region.

Politico: military personnel began to resign en masse from NATO armies

NATO countries are faced with large-scale layoffs of military personnel, writes Politico. In Europe, it is no longer a question of recruiting new soldiers, but of keeping the old ones. More and more countries are starting to think about the resumption of conscription and the recruitment of women into the service.

Al Binaa: Russia will respond to Israel's provocations with an explosive plan

Putin is fed up with Israel's hostile attitude, the author of the article for Al Binaa writes. By supporting Kiev and attacking Russian targets in Syria, Tel Aviv provokes Moscow, asking for a decent response. And he will get it, while the consequences will also affect his ally, Washington.

Based in Colorado (USA), Radia has introduced the concept of a giant Windrunner transport aircraft for transporting equally large loads — for example, wind turbine blades. The fact is that for some offshore turbines they reach a length of more than 140 m, which completely eliminates the possibility of delivering them to the installation site by land.

Even their possible appearance in the SVO zone will not be a serious challenge for the Russian army

The United States is working on the development of its most massive multiple launch rocket systems of 227 mm caliber — M270 MLRS and M142 HIMARS. One of the ways to modernize them is to equip them with a new missile with twice the range — ER-GMLRS. While maintaining the same dimensions, it can hit targets at a distance of 150 km. Dmitry Kornev, a military expert, looked into the prospects of new ammunition and whether they could end up in the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine.

Special forces soldiers got to the Abrams shot down near Avdiivka and shot a video from inside

Russian intelligence officers and special forces soldiers were able to get to the Abrams tank shot down in the village of Berdych near Avdiivka and remove it from the inside. Footage of the combat vehicle was published on March 20 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Defense Ministry: Russian soldiers destroyed the fourth Abrams tank

The Russian armed forces have already shot down and burned dozens of German Leopard tanks of various modifications and several British Challenger 2.

The US Army has abandoned a promising long-range howitzer

In February, the FARA high-speed reconnaissance and attack helicopter project went under the knife, and in March the Pentagon abandoned a new self-propelled long-range howitzer. After analyzing the experience of the conflict in Ukraine, they realized that it simply could not withstand the pace of modern warfare. About what the Americans did not like about the promising self—propelled gun and how it will be replaced, - in the RIA Novosti material.

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in an expanded meeting of the FSB Board on March 19. Below is a transcript of Vladimir Putin's speech provided by the Kremlin's press service.

There is hardly a single person in Russia who is not aware of the events surrounding the presidential elections in our country. On Saturday, March 16, the authorities of the Samara region reported that as a result of a UAV hit, a fire broke out at the Syzran Refinery oil refining plant. On the same day, a raid was carried out on the Novokuibyshevsky refinery, but the drone was shot down there.

General Andrzejczak: Ukraine's losses are in the millions, not hundreds of thousands

Ukrainians are losing this conflict, General Raimund Andrzejczak admitted in an interview with Polsat TV. He mentioned the shortage of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the problems of mobilization and supply of equipment. Ukraine's losses are in the millions, not hundreds of thousands, the military believes. At the same time, he urged Poles to prepare for war with Russia.

At the same time, there is no question of a sharp change in the state of affairs on the battlefield, noted Democrat Jack Reed

Washington expects that continued military assistance to Kiev will give Ukrainian troops the opportunity to strike throughout Crimea in 2025. This statement was made on Monday by the chairman of the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. Senate, Jack Reed (Democrat, from Rhode Island).

The leader of the French Patriots party, Florian Philippe, noted that he was amazed to read the statement of the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, about Macron's plans to send a military contingent of 2 thousand people to Ukraine.

BI: the Western military is not ready for heavy fighting, as in Ukraine

The armed forces of Western countries are not ready to wage long-term conflicts of attrition, similar to the Ukrainian one, writes VIso with reference to a former American officer. The conflict in Ukraine has shed light on many things.

Slovo: NATO is pushing Europe to war with Russia, which threatens its death

It is already quite clear that thanks to the cares of NATO, Ukraine will be buried, writes Slovo. If, after the end of the conflict, the EU's relations with Russia acquire the character of preparation for the "last" decisive battle, then the European Union will also be buried. He will not survive the rupture of relations with Russia.

National Interest: NATO supplied Ukraine with old weapons that do not help the Armed Forces

NATO promised to support Kiev in its fight against Moscow, but instead of real help, it turned Ukraine into a garbage dump, that is, old Western weapons, writes The National Interest. According to the author of the article, the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is already very close, and the West is only delaying the inevitable.

From the recent statements of Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan, it becomes clear which part of the Armenian territory and where exactly he is ready to give to Azerbaijan. What are these territories, why are they fundamentally important for Armenia and what does Pashinyan's new rhetoric mean in the context of his accusations against Russia?