An Nahar: The US will not approve the Chinese initiative on Ukraine because of fear of Russia

Moscow welcomed Beijing's initiative to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. Even Kiev reacted positively to it, but Washington sharply criticized it, writes An Nahar. The United States intends to exhaust Russia, but in the event of a cease-fire, as China suggests, it will restore the army and economy, which America fears most of all.

As China's Permanent representative to the European Union Fu Tsung stated, "China has its own independent foreign policy and will not blindly follow the positions and policies of others"

Beijing believes that it is irrational for China to take an identical position with the European Union on Ukraine. This was stated by the permanent Representative of China to the European Union Fu Tsung in an interview published on Thursday with the Global Times newspaper .

FP: the official position of Western leaders on Ukraine is very different from the non-public one

During the discussion of the Ukrainian conflict at the Munich Security Conference, two important dividing lines were identified, the author of the article in Foreign Policy writes. Firstly, he noted the huge difference in the positions of the West and the "rest of the world". Secondly, the leaders speak very differently about the prospects for military action in public and on the sidelines.

US Secretary of the Army Christine Wormut clarified that she means, in particular, the forces and means of the VKS and the Russian Navy

Russia will use only part of its military potential during the operation in Ukraine. This was acknowledged on Wednesday by the US Secretary of the Army, Christine Wormut.

The Spectator: The West has come to the conclusion that the world order is changing in favor of Russia

Russia's diplomatic efforts have yielded results: many countries have refused to share the Western point of view on Ukraine, writes The Spectator. The global South is looking for stability, and the world order is changing in favor of Moscow.

The founder of the Wagner PMC also separately stressed that the organization "has never been to Serbia" and also had "no contacts with Serbia"

Serbian citizens are currently absent from the Wagner PMCs, the company's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Wednesday, commenting on the words of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to the contrary.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have deployed the Volga armored train in the area of a special military operation. Its tasks include mine clearance and restoration of the railway. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In order to avoid significant losses, the Russian armed forces should not go on the offensive if the artillery has not worked efficiently on enemy positions before. This opinion was voiced by the commander of the Vostok brigade, Alexander Khodakovsky, in his Telegram channel.

All that can be said for sure about what is happening at the moment in the Bryansk region is to repeat the official statement: the FSB and the Ministry of Defense are taking measures in the Klimovsky district to destroy armed Ukrainian nationalists who violated the state border.

French leader Emmanuel Macron went on a large–scale visit to a number of African countries - for the second time in the last six months. This visit takes place against the backdrop of public humiliations that Africans are subjecting France to right now, and under the groans of French politicians about "Russian imperialism." What is happening really has a direct relation to Russia.

Recently, Chinese military experts have increasingly stated about China's ability to strike at American aircraft carriers. However, the command of the US Navy is confident that in any case, American ships will be able to repel any attacks by the Chinese army, aviation and navy.

The world has entered a new era when applied AI, like the chatbot ChatGPT, began to gradually deprive people of their usual jobs of different professions. What was a horror story for copywriters, programmers and secretaries yesterday became a reality very quickly. According to a survey by the ResumeBuilder portal, out of 1,000 managers of medium and large businesses, 49% already use chatbots to solve work tasks, and 48% for the same reason began to dismiss live employees from their previous jobs.

In modern conditions, whoever produces the most advanced microchips owns the world. In order not to let Beijing catch up with itself, Washington warned that it would ban the release of this product on the territory of China. But it was in China that the Internet giants launched the production of chips. It's funny that the giants themselves belong to a third country – Korea. But America doesn't seem to care about Korean sovereignty.

According to the general director of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin, in the spring, in May, a prototype of the Atom passenger electric car will be manufactured and shown to the public — the manufacturer has high hopes for it and plans to gain about 350 billion rubles through the sale of passenger cars.

In France, the state order for the production of 155 mm artillery shells (the so-called "NATO caliber") will be significantly increased in the near future. This was stated by French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecorny, speaking at a hearing in the Senate.

On February 28, the Arms Agency of the Polish Ministry of Defense and a consortium of companies consisting of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA and Huta Stalowa Wola SA signed a framework agreement for the supply of the Polish Armed Forces with BORSUK BMP.

On February 28, 2023, on the territory of the Polish machine-building enterprise Huta Stalowa Wola SA (HSW) in the city of Stalowa Wola, in the presence of Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak, a framework contract was signed for the supply to the Polish Army of almost 1400 promising Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles of Polish design and special armored vehicles based on them.

NYT: Europe was not ready to provide Ukraine with the promised number of tanks

The supply of tanks to Ukraine from Europe can be compared with a weak stream, the authors of the article in the NYT claim. Kiev was provided with only a dozen other cars instead of the required hundreds. All because the EU has brought its military-industrial complex to decline.

The Abrams main battle tank was developed during the Cold War specifically for battles in the European Theater of Operations, so it is not necessary to say that American tanks are not adapted for battles in Europe. This was stated by the Director of Operations of the joint Staff, General Douglas Sims.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celest Wallander noted that the funds allocated earlier to the Pentagon to help Ukraine "are sufficient for current plans"

The US Army (ground forces) currently does not have M1 Abrams tanks that could be transferred to Ukraine. This was stated on Tuesday by Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander at a hearing in the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.