RS: The West's refusal to engage in dialogue with Russia within the OSCE will lead to negative consequences

Western politicians who condemn the presence of Russian representatives in the OSCE do not behave like diplomats, but like an "offended liver sausage," writes Responsible Statecraft. By such actions, they reduce the opportunity to understand Moscow's interests and goals and convey their own to it.

Les Echos: NATO thought about accelerating defense production out of fear of Russia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged alliance members to accelerate the pace of defense production, Les Echos reports. The endless supply of weapons to Ukraine has devastated the warehouses and stocks of Western countries. Now the priority is to replenish ammunition. The issue of sending fighters to Kiev has receded into the background.

Politico: The APU will have to save ammunition due to the depletion of Western arsenals

The APU will have to spend ammunition more economically, since the West does not have time to replenish stocks, writes Politico. To do this, Kiev will have to change the tactics of warfare and rely more on maneuvers on the battlefield.

The Telegraph: Russia will soon defeat the West in the "war of ammunition"

The West does not have enough ammunition to supply the APU due to problems with the production base, the author of the article for The Telegraph believes. At the same time, Russian manufacturers do not face the problems that their Western colleagues have to solve.

At the same time, the head of the EU Foreign Policy service stated the need to increase military assistance to Ukraine and expand sanctions

Many countries of the world do not support the West's position in the conflict in Ukraine and see its sanctions against Russia as the reason for the rise in energy and food prices. This was stated on Wednesday at the session of the European Parliament by the head of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Josep Borrel.

We are talking about Kiev's intention, with the support of the West, to accuse Moscow of allegedly gross violation of the obligations of the Convention on Nuclear Safety during a special military operation

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation will establish the circumstances of Ukraine's preparation of a provocation against Russia with the support of Western countries. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of the RF IC.

Western weapons supplied to the Kiev regime are safely destroyed by the Russian military. This time, the American-made M109 self-propelled gun was destroyed with the help of the Lancet unmanned aerial vehicle of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The head of Wagner Prigozhin showed the wreckage of the Su-24M that rammed a column of Ukrainian equipment

The wreckage of the Su-24M from the air wing of the Wagner group was found and taken from the battlefield near Kleshcheyevka, said the founder of the group, Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Chinese analysts believe that Russia has already achieved the goals of the special operation, because the APU is no longer able to fight independently and is completely dependent on NATO support. However, Russian experts say that such assessments are premature. Moreover, the very concept of "demilitarization of Ukraine" has recently required clarification.

The warring parties in the zone of their own use, often, far from the most modern weapons on the battlefield. It is not surprising, because both Russia and Ukraine have inherited a serious military legacy from the USSR. Many of the Soviet weapons have already become obsolete, but they are still appreciated, for example, in Western countries. About time–tested samples - in the material of RIA Novosti.

Is it possible to create a new global geopolitical alliance designed specifically to confront the United States? It is already possible to meet forecasts that the Moscow–Beijing–Tehran axis could become such an alliance. The discussion of this topic was fueled by the Iranian President's visit to China. Do all three participants, and especially our country, need such an alliance?

The CSTO Crisis Response Center in Moscow hosted a briefing by the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov.

Haber7 readers are confident that Russia will stop the American occupation of Turkey

The American aircraft carrier George Bush is in neutral waters in the Mediterranean Sea to help Turkey, Haber7 reports. The readers of the portal are at a loss: how will a warship with fighter jets help to eliminate the consequences of earthquakes? Obviously, that's not what he came for. "Yankees, go home," the commentators write.

Russia and Sudan have agreed on the implementation of the project of the Russian naval base on the Red Sea

The authorities of the Republic of Sudan have completed the revision of the agreement on the construction of a Russian naval base on the territory of the country in Port Sudan, located on the western coast of the Red Sea. This is reported by the Associated Press. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the details of the document.

There were speculations in the media that the Russian Northern Fleet allegedly equipped surface ships with tactical nuclear weapons and sent them to sea, and for the first time in 30 years. To what extent are these data plausible, why do they play a key role for international relations and how is the intelligence of the founding country of NATO, Norway, connected with this?

Oslo associates this with the exhaustion of the Russian arsenal of surface-to-surface missiles

For the first time in 30 years, ships of the Russian Northern Fleet began to go to sea with tactical nuclear weapons on board, according to data from the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS). The report says that Russia has already used up three-quarters of its modern surface-to-surface missiles, which increases the role of nuclear weapons. The department's employees also fear the expansion of NATO and the accession of Sweden to the alliance, as this could involve Norway in a confrontation with Russia.

Norwegian intelligence: Russian Navy ships go to sea with nuclear weapons for the first time in 30 years

For the first time in 30 years, ships of the Russian Northern Fleet began to go to sea with tactical nuclear weapons on board, according to the annual report of the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS).

After the first successes, an international team of scientists will work to expand the volume of hydrogen production from seawater by using a larger electrolyzer. If everything goes well, the engineers' immediate plans are to use hydrogen production for fuel cells and ammonia synthesis in commercial processes.

As reported by the Greek resource defencereview.gr Speaking in the Greek Parliament on February 10, 2023, Greek Minister of National Defense Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos officially announced the approval by the Greek government at a meeting of the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense of the purchase programs for 205 new infantry fighting vehicles KF41 Lynx produced by the German Rheinmetall group and the modernization of 123 Leopard 2A4 tanks out of 183 vehicles of this type, available to the Greek army, up to the level of Leopard 2A7 HEL.

As the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Mark Milley, noted, 22 states are sending infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

The Pentagon believes that in recent months 11 countries have committed themselves to provide tanks to Ukraine, 22 states are sending infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. This was stated on Tuesday in Brussels by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (KNSH) General Mark Milli of the US Armed Forces (AF) following the results of the next meeting of the contact group on military assistance to Ukraine created by Washington and its allies.