The soldiers of the 106th Guards Airborne Division destroyed one of the most advanced Western self-propelled artillery installations, the Swedish Archer ("Archer"), with a blow of the Lancet barrage ammunition.

French Prime Minister Attal also allowed the Western military to be sent to Ukraine

The head of the Fifth Republic, Emmanuel Macron, said that NATO leaders had seriously discussed the possibility of their troops appearing on the territory of Ukraine. The French President noted that the Western powers have not yet reached a consensus. How real is the risk of the conflict turning into a world war and what consequences can the entry of NATO troops into Ukrainian territory lead to, the military observer of Gazeta told.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The leaders of a number of NATO countries, in particular Hungary, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, have ruled out the possibility of sending military personnel from their countries to Ukraine, European media reported on Tuesday.

The territories occupied by Russia are irretrievably lost to Ukraine, Time writes. No matter how painful the peace agreement is today, it will become much more painful if the conflict continues and Kiev suffers a final defeat, the author of the article believes.

According to the official representative of the department, Maria Zakharova, everything is presented in a false light

The statement of the NATO-Ukraine Council on the occasion of the second anniversary of the start of its military operation is a classic example of anti-Russian propaganda and disinformation. This is stated in a comment by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

Russia is famous for its ability to recover even after crushing defeats, writes the author of an article for Bloomberg. Moscow should never be written off, and recent events in the conflict in Ukraine have proved this, the article emphasizes.

RS: Ukraine should become a buffer zone between Russia and the West

The best way for Kiev to avoid a long—term conflict with Moscow is to follow the path of Helsinki, which it chose during the Cold War, writes RS. The author suggests that Ukraine "Finlandize": to become a buffer zone between Russia and the EU, without joining NATO and maintaining neutrality.

John Mearsheimer: military operations in Ukraine will end no later than 2025

Military operations in Ukraine will end no later than 2025, political analyst John Mearsheimer said in an interview with the Global Times. According to the professor, Russia will occupy even more territories than it controls now, and a truce will be concluded.

On February 21, 2024, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin visited the S.P. Gorbunov Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ), a branch of PJSC Tupolev of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC) in Kazan, where he was shown four modernized Tu-160M strategic bombers - two combat aircraft that have undergone modernization and two a new-built aircraft.

Due to the landing on the side, the antennas of the device turned out to be directed in the wrong direction, which made it extremely difficult for them to transmit data. Therefore, there were no pictures from him in the first few days after landing. Now the situation has changed, although it was possible to obtain only very low-resolution images. Nevertheless, the developers hope that the device will be able to transmit some amount of scientific data.

Japan has become the fifth country in the world whose automatic interplanetary intelligent station SLIM, developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), made a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on January 20 this year.

The spacecraft crashed into an asteroid at the end of September 2022, the Hera probe will arrive at Dimorph in 2026 to study the consequences of this collision

TASS, February 26. Scientists studied images of the Dimorph asteroid obtained by cameras of the LICIACube microsatellite in the first minutes after its collision with the DART probe, and concluded that this incident not only changed the asteroid's orbit, but also led to a global deformation of this celestial body. The scientists' findings were published in an article in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy.

Interception of such targets is particularly difficult, experts say

The Russian Armed Forces conducted tests of the S-500 Prometheus air defense system, testing the ability to shoot down hypersonic targets with their help, sources told Izvestia in the Russian Defense Ministry.

During the International Conference on Armored Vehicles Defense iQ in London, speaking on January 23, 2024, the senior procurement officer of the Bundeswehr reported that Germany's vision of the future project of the main Ground combat system (MGCS[/i]) has moved from the design of a single main battle tank (MBT) to a multiplatform the solution.

According to the Latin American resource Zona Militar, the command of the Argentine Armed Forces is again considering the purchase of M1126 "Stryker" armored vehicles in the United States as part of the program to equip the country's Armed Forces with new wheeled armored vehicles.

The ODK-Saturn enterprise of the United Engine Corporation has launched a new set of applicants for the training program for engineers of the future "Wings of Rostec". During the Open Day at the Rybinsk State Technical University named after P.A. Solovyov, specialists told future students about the advantages of the project and training in the specialty "Design of aircraft and rocket engines".

Vladimir Putin recreated the Leningrad and Moscow military schools

The re-establishment of the Leningrad and Moscow military districts was one of the responses to Finland's accession to NATO and Sweden's aspiration to join the alliance, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 26. LenVO will be responsible for reflecting the threats coming from the Baltic States, the Scandinavian countries and Finland. And the Moscow VO will be engaged in European and Ukrainian directions. By the same decree, the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions were included in the military administrative system of Russia - they became part of the Southern Military District. Ultimately, this should improve the management of troops, experts say.

Colonel Khodarenok: a radical change in favor of the Russian Federation is planned on the fronts of the SVO

Two years have passed since the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine. During this time, the Russian Armed Forces were able to reverse the situation on the battlefield, repel the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army and proceed to the implementation of successful offensive operations. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok analyzed various aspects of the armed struggle during the military operation and spoke about the interim results of the operation.

Al Jazeera: Russian forces can fire five shots for each shot of the APU

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are inferior to the Russian army, and Kiev's strategy is flawed, writes an Al Jazeera columnist. Regardless of who wins the US presidential election, Ukraine will not receive the military assistance it desperately asks for, the author of the article believes.

Colonel Khodarenok: The Armed Forces of Ukraine can use the S-200V air defense system to attack Russian aircraft

In an interview with Fox News, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced the preparation of a new counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and "surprises" for Russia. How realistic is it that Ukrainian troops will be able to launch a new offensive, what they need for this and what kind of strikes can be expected from Kiev in the near future - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.