Montenegro has transferred more than €10 million worth of military aid to Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense of the country reported that Montenegro intends to continue to support Ukraine
Since the beginning of the special military operation, Montenegro has transferred weapons and military equipment to Kiev for a total amount exceeding € 10 million, and intends to continue to support Ukraine. This was announced by the Ministry of Defense of the country, the Vijesti portal reported on Friday.
Ex-Secretary of State of France ruled out endless military support for Ukraine by Western countries
According to Pierre Lelouch, European economies, "having experienced the consequences of shutting off the tap of cheap Russian gas and their own embargo on Russian oil," faced an "explosion" in energy prices that passed the Americans.
Kiev and London discuss plans for the production of British weapons in Ukraine
Telegraph: Kiev and London want to produce British weapons in Ukraine
In Ukraine, they can organize joint production of military equipment and weapons with the UK under a license. Such plans are being discussed by high-ranking officials of the defense industry of the two countries, writes The Telegraph.
WP: Ukrainian officials have acknowledged receiving data from the United States on targets for missile strikes
The publication states that this indicates a greater involvement of the Pentagon in the fighting in Ukraine than previously assumed
Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that when launching strikes with the help of missile systems received from the United States, in most cases they use data provided by Washington or its allies on the location of targets.
The US can take four steps to end the conflict in Ukraine
RAND experts suggested that the United States take four steps to end the conflict in Ukraine
Analysts at the American RAND Research Center suggested that the United States do several things that could lead to an end to the conflict in Ukraine. This is discussed in the report of the organization entitled "How to avoid a long war in Ukraine".
Ukraine has admitted that the United States coordinates the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian positions
WP: The US provides the APU with coordinates for strikes from HIMARS on Russian positions
The United States provides the APU with exact coordinates for strikes from HIMARS on Russian positions, WP reports, citing Ukrainian and American officials. The information comes from the US military stationed in Europe.
Roger Waters: the main aggressor in the Ukrainian conflict is the United States
Roger Waters in an interview with Berliner Zeitung: the main aggressor is not Russia, but the United States
The German newspaper Berliner Zeitung publishes a large interview with former Pink Floyd band member Roger Waters. The outstanding musician supports Russia and, contrary to Western propaganda, considers the United States to be the real aggressor and provocateur of the Ukrainian conflict.
Russian Ambassador: the return of US Special Operations Forces to Ukraine would be participation in the conflict
This is how Anatoly Antonov commented on the article in the media
The Washington administration would have openly involved its regular troops in the conflict in Ukraine if it had decided to resume the activities of US Special Operations Forces in this country. This is stated in the statement of the Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov, distributed on Friday by the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation.
The West is dangerously close to a direct conflict with a nuclear power
The Hill: confrontation with Russia will lead the US to direct involvement in the conflict
Seymour Hersh's article about the involvement of the United States in the sabotage of the "Northern Streams" made a lot of noise. So, discussing it, American journalists Brianna Joy Gray and Robbie Sove came to the conclusion that with the help of the West, the confrontation in Ukraine risks turning into a full-scale conflict with a nuclear power.
How the diversion against the Nord Stream will help the United States enslave Europe
For the first time since September 26, 2022, when the underwater threads of the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines were blown up, relative clarity appeared in the case of this sabotage. As many experts, including in Europe and America, assumed, American special services were involved in the emergency.
Western press: Kiev is seriously preparing for large-scale bombing of Crimea
According to the English Times newspaper, Kiev is seriously preparing for large-scale bombing of the Crimean peninsula. The publication notes that we are talking about the use of long-range missiles that Ukraine intends to receive from the UK, as the parties agreed during President Zelensky's recent visit to London.
The Pentagon made it clear that they do not object to the APU strikes on the Crimea
The United States supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine over its internationally recognized borders, including Crimea, said Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander.
The Russian military department has calculated combat losses
The statistics disclosed by Minister Shoigu relate only to the enemy
On February 7, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu summed up some of the results of the winter offensive in Donbass and Zaporozhye. Among the settlements liberated in January 2023 and the first week of the following month, he indicated Soledar, Kleshcheyevka, Podgornoye, Krasnopolye, Blagodatnoye, Pubkovoye and Nikolaevka. Offensive actions continue in the areas of Ugledar and Artemovsk, and the fighting is taking place directly in the quarters of these cities.
Tank lottery for Russian servicemen
Fighters and commanders will receive cash bonuses for the destruction of Western armored vehicles
According to Western analysts, as of February 2022, Ukraine had 2,596 tanks. They were at various levels of serviceability for combat use.
The network published footage of the attack of the bridge in Zatoka near Odessa with the help of a marine drone
The Ukrainian side publishes a video online, the credits to which say that it depicts an attack on a bridge in the town of Zatoka, Odessa region. Earlier, several missiles were fired at different periods of time on this bridge. Then the Ukrainian side took measures to repair this bridge, through which military cargo (including fuel for military equipment) was transported to the Odessa region from neighboring countries, including Moldova and Romania.
Andrey Rudenko: the Asian direction remains a priority and is developing on an upward trend
In an interview on the occasion of the Diplomatic Worker's Day, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Andrey Rudenko, who oversees the Asian direction, told Interfax about the growing interest of Asian countries in cooperation with Russia, difficulties in the work of the Russian diplomatic mission in Pyongyang, and also expressed regret over the course of the current Japanese government.
ISW: The Russian leadership is preparing the country's military-industrial complex for a protracted military conflict in Ukraine
The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has published on its website a regular report on the events in Ukraine. In the analytical note, in particular, it is reported that the Russian leadership is intensively preparing the country's military-industrial complex for a protracted military conflict in Ukraine.
The head of VNIIEF declared readiness to resume nuclear tests
If necessary and with the appropriate political will, the Novozemelsky nuclear test site is ready to resume nuclear tests. This was reported to TASS by the scientific director of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) Vyacheslav Solovyov.
Sunak announced that British Challenger 2 tanks will arrive in Ukraine in March
As stated by the Prime Minister of Great Britain, London accelerates the delivery of equipment to Kiev
British Challenger 2 tanks will be delivered to Ukraine in March. This was announced on Wednesday by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at a military base in the English county of Dorset.
Portuguese Prime Minister Costa: Lisbon will hand over three Leopard-2 tanks to Kiev in March
Portugal will send three Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine in March. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the country's Prime Minister Antonio Costa.