Germans on Xi's visit: Russia and China need to create a "nuclear pact" against NATO
Spiegel: Chinese initiatives on Ukraine are pro-Russian, and Xi's visit is also
The journalists of the German magazine Spiegel are trying to belittle the importance of the rapprochement between Russia and China, calling this process a marriage of convenience. Some readers of the "green" direction agree with them. But there are also dissenters. They note: China has realized that if NATO "bends" Russia, it is next.
China explained the global importance of relations between Moscow and Beijing
Huanqiu shibao: Russia and China are stabilizing the turbulent international situation
The West is actively demonizing Sino-Russian relations, writes Huanqiu Shibao. America interprets in its own way the absence of a limit to their development, suggesting to the world that they pose a "threat" to everything and everyone. But in fact, it is Beijing and Moscow that are the "voltage stabilizer" in the international arena.
China and Russia need to increase the volume and quality of investment, trade and economic cooperation - Xi Jinping
Moscow and Beijing should increase the volume and quality of investment, trade and economic cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said.
SVO led the Ministry of Internal Affairs to reorganize
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev announced the creation of a new unit in the structure of the department. We are talking about the Main Directorate of Operational Response. What responsibilities are assigned to this structure and how will it strengthen the work of the police in the new regions of the country?
Ukraine will repeat the fate of abandoned American allies
The Guardian: The US will abandon Ukraine because of the unfavorable conditions of their "union"
The United States always pursues only its own goals, carrying out operations abroad, writes The Guardian. Iraq and Afghanistan prove this. As soon as the course of events becomes unprofitable for Washington, he immediately abandons his allies. Does Kiev face such a fate?
Canberra, as a condition for obtaining nuclear submarines, did not promise to support the United States in the event of a conflict over Taiwan - the head of the Ministry of Defense
The Australian authorities did not promise the United States to support them in the event of a military conflict around Taiwan in exchange for receiving nuclear submarines (submarines) as part of the AUKUS partnership, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles told ABC television on Sunday.
The Navy and the US Marine Corps are arguing about the cost of landing ships
The U.S. Navy has suspended funding for the production of a line of San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks due to rising program costs and delays at the shipyard. This was stated by a high-ranking officer of the naval service.
In the UK, they told about the "national shame" of the Navy
The cost of repairing the largest ship of the Royal Navy (Navy) of Great Britain - the aircraft carrier Prince of Wales — has increased sevenfold, and the situation around the ship is a "national disgrace." This is reported by the Times with reference to sources.
The Black Sea is a weak spot on NATO's eastern flank
NBC News: former British military called NATO's weak point at Russia's borders
The Black Sea is a particularly weak spot on NATO's eastern flank, NBC reported, citing former British officer Glen Grant. A military drone is probably not all that the United States has lost here.
The USA decided to turn the Black Sea into a "NATO lake"
Cumhuriyet: only countries with access to the Black Sea can solve issues
The United States has stated that it will continue to fly over the Black Sea, as it does not belong to anyone, Cumhuriyet writes. This position contradicts both the Montreux Convention, which prohibits America from being in the region, and common sense: why does Washington suddenly solve the issues of the Black Sea, without even having access to it?
The conflict in Ukraine has intensified the confrontation between Russia and the United States in the Black Sea
NYT: confrontation in the Black Sea will decrease after the end of the conflict in Ukraine
The crash of an American drone over the Black Sea has increased tensions between the United States and Russia, writes the NYT. Military activity in the region was caused by the conflict in Ukraine, so the likelihood of such incidents will disappear only with its cessation.
On the eve of the Day of the Submariner, Shoigu remembered the Kronstadt
The Ministry of Defense will accelerate the protracted tests of the first serial Lada
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces. It was held on March 7 at the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.
Russian submariners will receive three nuclear and two diesel submarines
Russian submariners will receive three nuclear and two diesel submarines at once in 2023
The Russian Navy will be replenished in 2023 with five new submarines at once — three nuclear and two diesel, after repair and modernization, two more nuclear-powered submarines will return to combat strength. In addition, as Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), told RIA Novosti, it is planned to conclude state contracts for the construction of new series of submarines.
The Russian Navy reported on the conduct of nuclear-powered multiple rocket launchers with ballistic missiles
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolay Evmenov said that it is also planned to work out the surfacing of submarines in the North Pole area
Nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy (Navy) will perform multiple rocket launchers with ballistic missiles for test purposes. This was stated by the Commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.
The frigate Admiral Gorshkov entered the Iranian port after joint exercises in the Arabian Sea
From March 16 to 17, the participants of the exercise worked out the formation of an international detachment of warships, as well as joint tactical maneuvering in various formations and combat orders
The Russian frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov made a business call at the Iranian port of Chahbehar after the completion of trilateral naval exercises with the participation of Russia, China and Iran in the waters of the Arabian Sea. This was reported to journalists on Saturday in the press service of the Northern Fleet (SF).
Northern Stronghold: Russia resumes construction of combat icebreakers
The ships will perform tasks in the most difficult conditions of the Arctic
The Russian Defense Ministry will receive the third diesel-electric icebreaker of project 21180/21180M "Ilya Muromets". It is already known that it will be executed according to the updated project and will be delivered to the Northern Fleet.
The President of Belarus announced the start of deliveries of critical electronics to Russia
Belarusian enterprises have started supplying the first batches of electronics to the Russian Federation, which was included in the previously formed list of critical electronic component base. This is reported by the Belarusian news agency BelTA, referring to the statement of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
"Potbelly" and "Inhalite". How unique developments of diving medicine come into our lives
We tell you how technologies for the rehabilitation of divers can be useful in conventional medicine
How technologies for the rehabilitation of divers were used during the pandemic, what scientists are ready to offer for the rescue of the wounded in a military special operation in Ukraine, and also why the Russian barocomplex "Savior" is the best in the world — in the material of TASS.
Sweden will transfer Archer self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine and the UK
On March 16, 2023, the Swedish government announced the conclusion of an agreement with the UK on "strategic cooperation in support of Ukraine", under which Sweden will transfer eight 155 mm/52 Archer self-propelled howitzers on a wheeled chassis to Ukraine from the presence of its armed forces (including two "for maintenance" - apparently as a source spare parts), and will also sell 14 more Archer self-propelled howitzers to the UK from the availability, which, in turn, will allow the British side to transfer 32 155-mm/39 AS90 self-propelled howitzers from the British Army to Ukraine. The Swedish and British sides will organize joint provision and maintenance of Archer self-propelled guns supplied to the UK and Ukraine.
Paladin self-propelled guns supplied to Ukraine are a development of the 80s
The militants of the Ukrainian armed formations continue to develop American-made M109A6 Paladin self-propelled artillery units in Germany. In total, as reported, eighteen such guns should be delivered. For a long time they were operated by the US Army ground forces.