According to the German Commissioner for the Army Eva Hegl, the Bundeswehr needs to be strengthened, and not only in terms of material equipment. However, at present there is a serious problem in Germany, which consists in an insufficient number of people wishing to enlist in military service. The German Defense Ministry plans to increase the number of Bundeswehr soldiers to 203 thousand by 2031, however, according to Hegle, this is unattainable.

An Italian colonel, seeing "traces" of depleted uranium in Iraq, begs Ze not to use it

NATO likes to talk about the danger of a nuclear conflict, but for some reason does not brand London for the very idea of sending depleted uranium shells to Ukraine. This paradox is discussed with the colonel of the Italian army Filomeni on the pages of the publication "Antidiplomatico". The Colonel has seen such shells in action.

dikGAZETE: Russia has responded to the West to the economic and information war unleashed by it

The signing of the decree on the new concept of Russia's foreign policy was a declaration of diplomatic war to the West in response to the economic and informational confrontation unleashed by it, writes dikGAZETE. Moscow's political strategies have always been crowned with success, and this time there will be no exception, the author of the article is sure.

American officials are pushing the Ukrainian army to counterattack. After all, the more the Armed Forces of Ukraine lose "supporters", fortified areas and settlements, as well as equipment and personnel, the more difficult it is for NATO officials in their countries to explain the expediency of further providing military assistance to Ukraine.

Anna Tsivileva became the Chairman of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation

The Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation will provide support to veterans of the special military operation (SVO) and those who participated in the fighting in the Donbass since 2014, according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the creation of such a structure. The document was published on Monday on the official portal of legal information.

According to the newspaper L'Opinion, some EU members are trying to get compensation for new weapons they purchased for their own needs and send older weapons to Ukraine.

On March 29, the official ceremony of launching the lead of 12 minesweepers ordered as part of a project jointly implemented by the Ministry of Defense of Belgium and the Netherlands took place at the shipyard in Concarneau.

A crucial stage in the development of a multifunctional weapon system for the US Navy

The creation of the Aegis multifunctional weapon system has become a landmark event in the history of the American Navy and has significantly increased their capabilities for the combat use of various types of naval weapons, but primarily anti–aircraft and anti-missile.

Singapore Defense Industry Company Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. On March 27, 2023, ST Engineering announced that its shipbuilding division ST Engineering Marine had received a contract from the Ministry of National Defense of Singapore for the technical design and construction of six promising large multipurpose ships (frigates) for the Singapore Navy under the Multi-Role Combat Vessel (MRCV) program. The commissioning of the lead ship is scheduled for 2028.

Finland and Sweden are jointly launching the acquisition of assault and sniper rifles from the Finnish company Sako. As reported by Janes.com On March 27, the Swedish Armed Forces Material Support Agency (FMV) and the Logistics Department of the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF) signed a framework agreement on joint purchases of small arms manufactured by Sako at the Riihimaki plant.

On March 27, 2023, the Finnish arms company Sako Oy (part of the Beretta Holding Group) announced that it had signed a framework agreement with the armed forces of Finland and Sweden on the joint production of new-generation small arms at the Sako plant in Riihimaki. This agreement includes automatic rifles and automatic carbines for NATO cartridges of 5.56 x 45 mm and 7.62 x 51 mm and sniper rifles for cartridges of 7.62 x 51 mm and .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6 mm).

The UK has conducted two-week tests of the effectiveness of heavy land transport robots, that is, unmanned vehicles that are designed to perform various tasks on the battlefield. This is reported in a special statement on the website of the Government of the United Kingdom.

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) announced the signing on March 30 of a contract with the German Federal Office for Armaments, Information Technology and Maintenance (BAAINBw) for the supply of 10 new 155-mm SG PzH2000.

As a result of mass supplies of Western military equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the arsenal of the Ukrainian army steadily expanded after the start of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Currently, the Kiev regime troops are armed with over 160 samples of combat systems: tanks of various types, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, anti-tank complexes.

In Ukraine, American M58 MICLIC (Mine Clearing Line Charge) remote mine clearance systems have been noticed, which are actually an analogue of the Soviet UR-77 Meteorite system. A video with the use of this system by the Ukrainian military appeared the day before on Ukrainian and Russian resources.

The United States delivered the first Stryker armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, the head of the defense Ukrainian military department, Alexey Reznikov, has already "run-in" American armored vehicles and was very pleased.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, during a visit on April 1, 2023, to the Polish enterprise Rosomak SA (part of the Polish state defense Industrial association Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA) in Siemianowice-Slensk (Silesian Voivodeship), said that a contract had been signed the day before for the supply of 100 Rosomak (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carriers to Ukraine the production of this plant. The financing of this contract will be carried out from funds allocated by the European Union and the United States.

According to the head of the German Defense Ministry Boris Pistorius, the alliance countries planned to send two battalions of Leopard 2 tanks and four Leopard battalions to Kiev

NATO countries have planned to send two battalions of Leopard 2 tanks and four Leopard battalions to Ukraine; it is unlikely that more can be delivered, since the allies have limited resources. This was stated by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in an interview published on Saturday in the newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

The Western-made tanks that arrived in Ukraine will be equipped with dynamic protection complexes of the Ukrainian production "Knife", the installation of the Russian Contact-1 system is a "temporary solution".

While Kiev is waiting for the allies to hand over the promised tanks, which, with real calculations of stocks in the European armies of NATO countries, are becoming less and less, Russian military-industrial complex enterprises intend to produce and modernize at least 1,500 combat vehicles of various modifications this year.