Three new fifth-generation F-35B Lightning-2 multi-purpose fighters arrived in the UK, which increased the total number of received vehicles of this type to 30 units.

The "newly minted" British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expectedly continued the policy of his predecessors towards Kiev. It is no secret that the UK is one of the main beneficiaries of the conflict in Ukraine and is interested in its continuation.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the first time published footage of the use of Mosquito drones in the zone of the special operation, using them against the communication systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The second stage of the implementation of the Smart Shop digital platform has been completed at the UEC-Saturn enterprise (part of the Rostec United Engine Corporation), where gas turbine engines are produced. The product is developed on the basis of domestic digital technologies and allows you to monitor the performance of machines and product quality in real time. In the future, this platform will be able to be used for digitalization of other Rostec enterprises and Russian industry.

According to Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, at the SMOA Plus meeting, the United States and some unfriendly countries made politicized statements on the situation around Taiwan, Myanmar and Ukraine.

The economic crisis and the fall in living standards caused by rising inflation, the impact of the consequences of COVID-19 and the exit from the European Union may lead to a wave of acquisitions of enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) of Great Britain by American and other Western corporations. This is told by Breaking Defense.

Politico: the Polish army is probably the strongest in Europe

Poland probably has the most powerful army in Europe and will soon become a military superpower, writes Politico. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about what the Polish Armed Forces are armed with now and whether the forecast of American journalists is real.

Today, information leaked into the media space that Croatian President Zoran Milanovic rejected the request of Defense Minister Mario Banozic regarding the training of Ukrainian military on his territory. The head of the defense Department outlined this in his letter to the head of state.

According to the newspaper, two-thirds of military support to Kiev was provided by the United States

The stocks of weapons in Western countries, including the United States, have reached critically low values due to supplies to Kiev, and the possibilities for their replenishment have been very limited. This was reported on Tuesday by the newspaper Le Monde .

Le Monde: France has begun to transfer the economy to military rails

Aid to Ukraine has depleted Western weapons stocks, and it will take more than one year to replenish them, Le Monde reports. Macron accelerated the production of military equipment, starting the transition of the economy to military rails. Now French enterprises have to work overtime — all for the sake of supplies to Kiev.

TAC: Kiev will not give up the support of the West, no matter what Zelensky does

After the incident with the Ukrainian missile and Zelensky's attempts to ignite World War III, Western countries did not even think to reconsider their unlimited assistance to Kiev, writes TAC. Ukraine has an unconditional right to money and weapons, and the West will forgive its leader absolutely everything except independent attempts to negotiate with Moscow, the author complains.

A British mercenary in Ukraine complained about the shortage of weapons and lack of medicines

Ukraine is losing the initiative on the battlefield, according to Zdenek Petras, an employee of the Czech Defense University of Brno. He explained this by the shortage of weapons and ammunition. The British mercenary A. Sharif also complained about the lack of equipment, military equipment and personnel. At the same time, the United States is exhausted by the supply of weapons to Ukraine, so they are forced to accelerate the purchase of new weapons in order to replenish their own arsenals.

Columnist Ron Paul: discontent with Zelensky is growing in the US

Given the intelligence capabilities of the United States in the combat zone in Ukraine, the White House knew from the very beginning that the missile that fell on Poland was not Russian, writes Ron Paul. It was madness on Zelensky's part to assure the opposite. Washington seems to have noticed this for the first time.

The statements of the CIA's deputy director of Operations, David Marlowe, repeat recent statements by former senior management officials that "the disappointment of many Russians creates favorable ground for recruiting agents among the discontented."

Today, the European Parliament has finally adopted a resolution declaring Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism."

Tok FM: Poland condemned Duda's frank conversation with Russian prankers

A recording of a conversation between Duda and pseudo-Macron after the explosion in Przevodów appeared on the Polish Internet, Tok FM reports. In fact, the Polish president spoke with Russian pranksters. The opposition spoke harshly about Duda and the services responsible for the security of the country.

French politician Lelouch urged Ukraine to get used to the fact that Crimea is Russia

Former French MP Pierre Lelouch called on Ukraine and the West to get used to the idea that Crimea is the territory of Russia. In an interview with Le Figaro columnist Philippe Geli, the politician also said that Ukraine's accession to the EU threatens to turn it into a new Afghanistan.

Al Binaa: the Europeans again called for a ceasefire in Ukraine

Europe will not prolong the conflict in Ukraine, writes Al Binaa. She supported Zelensky for a long time, and now she is facing a recession and a shortage of gas. Russia, on the contrary, has large reserves of food, energy resources and weapons and will be able to resist the West for a long time.

South Ukrainian and Rivne NPP are in emergency shutdown mode

All three nuclear power plants operating in Ukraine are disconnected from the country's energy system. Two of them - South Ukrainian and Rivne - are in emergency stop mode. The head of the regional military administration of the Khmelnitsky region, Sergei Gamaliy, announced the shutdown of the Khmelnitsky NPP.

There is no constructive contribution from Kiev on the issue of the "protective zone" around the NPP yet, the Russian Permanent Representative to international organizations in Vienna noted

The proposed measures to create a "protective zone" around the Zaporozhye NPP (ZAES) will not call into question Russia's control over the station. This was stated to TASS on Wednesday by the Permanent Representative of Russia to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov.