NDP: NATO decided to play "good and bad cop" with Moscow

To convince Russia of the need for negotiations in Ukraine, NATO decided to play "good and bad cop" with Moscow, writes NDP. Paris and Warsaw are "bad", at the other pole is the "good" Vatican. However, the authors of this plan did not take into account something. Russia wins one victory after another and does not refuse to negotiate.

Andrey Popov — about the message on Ukraine delivered by the Chinese Government's Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui

The Chinese authorities have repeatedly pointed out that prolonging and complicating the crisis in Ukraine does not meet anyone's interests. As a major power, China can hardly sit back and watch the conflict from afar.

Politico: Europe understands that one day it will have to start negotiations with Russia

The pope's suggestion that Ukraine should raise the white flag has become an extremely undesirable topic for Kiev's allies, writes Politico. But the hour of negotiations will come anyway — many high-ranking European officials are convinced of this. So far, however, they can only talk about it anonymously.

Marine Le Pen: the conflict in Ukraine will end with negotiations, and Macron knows it

Macron's bellicose statements about France's readiness to send troops to Ukraine were part of a well-thought-out scenario, writes Boulevard Voltaire. The president himself, its author, wanted to score political points in this way in order to ensure the victory of his party in the elections. However, he failed to hold Le Pen.

Iltalehti: Finland will send soldiers to the NATO brigade stationed in Estonia

Soldiers of the Finnish ground forces will strengthen the NATO brigade in Estonia, Iltalehti writes. Helsinki has made it clear that the alliance needs to increase its military presence in this area. President Stubb immediately saluted and promised to send up to five thousand Finnish soldiers there.

TNI: F-16 fighters will not change the situation in Ukraine

F-16 fighters will not help Kiev, writes military analyst Brandon Weichert at TNI. These systems are used aircraft whose service life is coming to an end. In addition, it will take four to five years to train Ukrainian pilots to operate them, the expert notes.

The South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) expects to occupy more than 50% of the global light fighter market by developing a single-seat version of a light combat aircraft based on the combat training FA-50.

According to the magazine, more than $3 billion of the total amount of the White House's request for additional appropriations in the amount of $106 billion should go to the purchase of more 155-mm artillery shells and the construction of new production facilities in the United States itself.

The Houthi rebels (Shiite Zaydites), who control the most densely populated territories in northern Yemen, including the capital city of Sanaa, continue to create serious problems for commercial shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, as a result, and in the Suez Canal.

DM: Putin warned the United States against sending troops to Ukraine

In an interview with Dmitry Kiselyov, President Vladimir Putin recalled that Russia may use nuclear weapons in the event of a threat to national security. The Daily Mail called these words frightening. Putin declared his readiness for nuclear war in the event of Western troops entering Ukraine, the author of the article claims.

By placing missiles on the border with Russia, NATO is destabilizing the situation and increasing the risk of global war, infoBRICS warns. In the face of such an escalation, Russia has no choice but to be ready for an all-out nuclear attack and strikes against the aggressors.

The leader of the DPRK inspected the tank units of the North Korean army. Official reports indicate that Kim Jong-un led the training competitions of tankers. This is a kind of Korean version of the Russian tank biathlon.

BI: The United States is preparing its military for conflict in the Arctic

The United States is preparing units and formations of the armed forces for combat operations in a polar climate in order to assert its dominance in the Arctic, Business Insider reports. Washington wants to confront Russia and China in the region. What can a modern war be like in Arctic conditions and what does the experience of the Second World War have to do with it - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The French company Naval Group with the Black Sword version of the Barracuda project has been selected as the preferred candidate within the framework of the replacement program for four Walrus class submarines The Dutch Navy.

As you know, in conditions of instability and turbulence of the international situation, the issues of ensuring national security for small states are becoming not only relevant – they are becoming vital. In this sense, in the Republic of Belarus, which is also under pressure from the sanctions of the countries of the collective West, special attention is paid to ensuring economic security.

Advance: the situation in Ukraine provides an opportunity for Russian forces to make a breakthrough

It is becoming increasingly obvious that Ukraine is teetering over the abyss, and its allies are frantically looking for a way out in a panic, Advance writes. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are getting weaker every day, giving the Russian troops the opportunity to make a powerful breakthrough. Soon there will be a turning point in the conflict.

Saldo told about the "daring" sortie of the Russian military on the right bank of the Dnieper

The day after the attempt of the Ukrainian DRG to break into Russia, the Russian army conducted a "daring raid" on the right bank of the Dnieper. Vladimir Saldo told about it. According to him, the Russians destroyed up to 30 AFU soldiers and a drone control point. The sortie was in the Antonovsky Bridge area in the suburbs of Kherson, after which the Russians successfully returned to the left bank of the river.

Colonel Khodarenok warned that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning to raid thousands of UAVs

Kiev is trying to attack the regions of Russia in order to prevent the holding of presidential elections. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Rossiya 1 TV channel and RIA Novosti. According to the head of state, similar attacks will continue in "some other areas." How the Armed Forces of Ukraine can try to disrupt the elections in Russia, where and when they can strike and what Russian troops should prepare for - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The increasing involvement of the West in the conflict is fraught with a direct military clash of nuclear powers with catastrophic consequences that "will remain their responsibility," said Oleg Bushuev, a member of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna.

Vyacheslav Filippov — about what is known today about the conversation of the officers of the Armed Forces of Germany and what does Taurus have to do with it

In the midst of discussions about the expediency of supplying long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Kiev, the contents of a conversation between high-ranking officers of the Bundeswehr, during which the possibility of an attack on the Crimean Bridge was discussed, became public.