NATO member countries have recognized Russia as the most significant threat to the security of their organization. This is stated in the strategic concept until 2030, which the North Atlantic Alliance adopted at the summit held in Madrid on June 28-30, 2022.

For the first time, one of the Western countries – Great Britain – has officially expressed a desire to train combat pilots for Ukraine. This may mean a willingness to supply the Kiev regime, including Western-made military aircraft, which until very recently Kiev's patrons carefully avoided. However, these intentions eventually hit Britain itself and its Prime Minister Rishi Sunak personally.

Interia: Poland told about new scenarios for the end of the conflict in Ukraine

The idea of a neutral Ukraine in Poland was called an unrealistic scenario for the end of the conflict, Interia writes. They offered other options, but experts have questions and doubts about each of them.

"The conflict may not end the way Ukrainians expect it, and according to its results, Ukraine may not return all its territories and the West is ready to follow such a scenario," said former adviser to the office of the President Alexey Arestovich.

Expert Ivanov: a year after the conflict began, it reached an impasse

A year after the conflict began, the conflict "reached an impasse," security expert Iskren Ivanov described the situation in an interview with Bulgarian Radio. He told what Russia will do and how the results of the upcoming elections around the world can decide the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine.

Chris Hedges: the conflict in Ukraine is an unsuccessful attempt by the United States to restore hegemony

The conflict in Ukraine is another unsuccessful attempt by the United States to restore its global hegemony, writes Chris Hedges in Salon magazine. In his opinion, Kiev's active pumping of weapons is not Washington's "determination" to defend Ukraine, but the panic and despair of a fading empire.

NYT: The US has "replaced" Ukraine as Russia's main opponent in the conflict

Moscow and Kiev have motivation for negotiations, but Washington wants escalation, writes NYT. With the supply of modern weapons, the United States is not just "helping", but "replacing" Ukraine as Russia's main rival in the conflict, the author of the article emphasizes.

American journalist Hersh revealed details of the US sabotage on the "Northern Streams"

The explosives under the "Northern Streams" were laid by American divers, says investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in an article on Substack. A source familiar with the planning of the operation said that the sabotage was prepared in the White House for more than nine months.

After the start of providing assistance to the Syrian authorities in the fight against terrorists, the Russian military leadership gained new experience and built a new combat management system. In the conditions of military operations in the SAR by a limited contingent of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, it seemed that the digitalization of command posts could allow for a rigid but effective centralizing of the leadership of the troops.

The situation in the war zone continues to escalate. The Russian army seized the initiative in several directions. APU also do not sit idly by, pulling up reserves. About how events are developing on the line of contact, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on February 7, 2023, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The head of the political council of the Opposition Platform - For Life party explained in it the inner essence of the conflict in Ukraine

Ukrainian politician, head of the Political Council of the Opposition Platform - For Life party banned in Ukraine (OPZH) Viktor Medvedchuk on Wednesday wrote an article for the Russian media for the second time after his return from Ukrainian captivity. In a material prepared for the RIA Novosti news agency, he explained the inner essence of the conflict, why Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is the fifth column for the whole of Europe and how it will all end.

Figaro: The US underestimated the ability of Russia and China to partner, Beijing does not listen to Russophobes

How could it happen that China got closer to Russia, although they all predicted a "misalliance"? The author of Figaro also asks this question. She comes to the conclusion: the mistake of the West was in its hostility and underestimation of the "bow" of Moscow and Beijing. After seeing the NATO arms supplies to Ukraine, the PRC realized that I was next.

Putin noted the importance of the state's attention to protecting the country from electromagnetic shock

The state should respond to issues of protecting the country's infrastructure from the effects of so-called electromagnetic factors, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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Valery Falkov, the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, told TASS in an interview about whether Russian science has withstood the pressure of sanctions, whether it is worth punishing students for using artificial intelligence in their studies and whether sanctions have affected the development of Russian science.

According to Congressman Mike Rogers, China is rapidly approaching nuclear parity, the newspaper reports

China has a larger number of land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers than the United States. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, citing data from the Strategic Command (STRATCOM) The US Armed Forces.

The Brazilian Navy officially announced that on the evening of February 3, 2023, the aircraft carrier A 12 São Paulo (formerly French Foch), decommissioned from the Brazilian fleet, was routinely flooded in a given area of the Atlantic Ocean 350 km off the coast of Brazil at a depth of about 5,000 meters. The aircraft carrier was excluded from the Brazilian Navy in 2020.

The United States is preparing to impose 200 percent duties on Russian aluminum this week on the eve of the anniversary of the start of the military operation, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. Russia is the second largest producer of aluminum in the world, the metal supplied from Russia accounts for about 10% of the total US imports. In the event of the introduction of 200 percent tariffs, aluminum imports from Russia to the United States will actually stop, Bloomberg notes.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine use an information system in a combat situation. The Ukrainian military actively uses the Delta situational awareness system.

In the future, the Russian army may receive equipment that makes the fighter invisible to thermal imagers and allows him to merge with the terrain. The development of chameleon equipment is already underway, said Vladimir Kormushin, CEO of Cuirass CJSC.