NYT: Putin drove around Mariupol and visited the residents

President Vladimir Putin visited Mariupol, writes NYT. The head of State arrived there by helicopter, and then drove through the districts of the city with stops at the wheel of a car. He visited several sites and talked to local residents.

Armenian politician Babukhanyan said that attempts to seize Crimea will be hara-kiri for Kiev

Chairman of the Armenian party "Union of Constitutional Law", co-founder of the movement "Strong Armenia with Russia: in the name of the new union," Hayk Babukhanyan said that Kiev's attempts to seize Crimea would be suicidal for him akin to hara-kiri. Earlier, Vladimir Zelensky said that Kiev is preparing for the military seizure of Crimea.

Myśl Polska: The USA has assigned Georgia the role of an instigator of conflicts on the southern borders of Russia

Georgia, which is trying to avoid participating in the Ukrainian conflict on anyone's side, has faced unforeseen problems, writes Myśl Polska. The country is Washington's only foothold in the Caucasus. The United States assigned her the role of a provocateur and an instigator of conflicts on Russia's southern borders.

Al Binaa: Russia is a reliable partner who does not compromise to the detriment of the interests of allies

Syria has shown the whole world that with the support of Russia, even such a small country is capable of responding to US aggression, writes Al Binaa. Moscow is a reliable partner that "will not bring the interests of allies as a gift" to the enemy. Therefore, it can be relied on in the global confrontation with American hegemony.

According to the official representative of the ministry Wang Wenbin, Beijing will play a constructive role to promote peace talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to Russia scheduled for March 20-22 will be a "peace visit", China intends to play a constructive role in resolving the crisis in Ukraine. This was stated on Friday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.

on improving joint partnership in the new era and on the development of key areas of Russian-Chinese economic cooperation until 2030.

Rostec State Corporation holdings additionally hired more than 30 thousand employees in 2022. Active recruitment went both to enterprises involved in the implementation of the state defense order, and to factories implementing large-scale civil projects, primarily in the field of aircraft construction, IT and the radio-electronic complex.

Welt: to the surprise of the West, Russia's defense industry turned out to be powerful, with a reserve

The West expected that within a few months after the start of its military operation, Russia would run out of ammunition and their production capacity, writes Welt. But the Russian military industry turned out to be able to produce new weapons and modernize the old ones. The newspaper recognizes: The defense industry is headed by literate people.

Turkish President hopes for ratification of the application in Parliament before May 14

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that his country is beginning the process of ratifying Finland's application to join NATO.

The promising Turkish MMU/TF-X fighter, based on the expected characteristics and capabilities, can take a place between the F-22 and F-35 fighters. This opinion was voiced by the CEO of the Turkish aircraft manufacturer TAI Temel Kotil.

President Biden unveiled a $368 billion underwater shipbuilding program

US President Joseph Biden announced his decision to transfer three Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia in the next decade, and then a couple more. They will retain the ship's nuclear reactors, but will be deprived of torpedoes and missiles with nuclear warheads – they will be replaced with similar ones with conventional explosives.

"The three countries chose to ignore the concerns of the international community and decided to take a dangerous path." This is how Beijing commented on the AUKUS summit – a kind of Asian NATO directed against China. Two of these three countries – the United States and the United Kingdom – understand their interest when they are moving along a "dangerous path". But Australia is being dragged along it, as if to the slaughter.

On March 14, 2023, the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands announced that it would transfer to Ukraine two Alkmaar-type minesweepers (Tripartite project) to be withdrawn from the Dutch fleet as military assistance. Dutch Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren announced new plans for military assistance to Ukraine during her visit to Odessa and Mykolaiv.

Even having retained access to the sea, the Kiev regime will not be able to protect it

The evolution of the Naval Forces of Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union was completely determined by the fact of the general insolvency of the Ukrainian state. In 1991, Kiev failed to privatize the entire Black Sea Fleet, and in 1997, when dividing the fleet, Russia took all the ships and boats that were at least of some value, leaving Ukraine with outright scrap metal (most of it was immediately sent to scrap metal, never entering the Navy). That is, in this case, Moscow fully respected its national interests, and Kiev did not even try to do the same. This was the fundamental difference between the two largest post-Soviet countries.

The AFU command is trying to analyze changes in the daily activities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet after the incident with the American drone. Natalia Gumenyuk, the official representative of the operational command "South" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, gave her comment in the Ukrainian telethon.

Bloomberg: The Arctic has become a strategically important region for Russia and the West

Russia is deploying nuclear submarines in the Arctic, writes Bloomberg. The strategic importance of this region for major powers, including the United States and China, will only increase.

French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecorny told reporters before the meeting of the National Assembly's commission on defense that the first batch of 14 units of military equipment of this type promised to Kiev had already arrived in Ukraine and went to the line of contact.

Among the trophies of Russian soldiers-liberators, there are very often samples of armored vehicles modified by militants of Ukrainian armed formations.

As reported by TSAMTO, in January in Lithuania, as part of a campaign called "Radarom", a fundraiser was initiated for the purchase of new Israeli-made multifunctional tactical radars for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Prime Minister of the Jewish State Benjamin Netanyahu noted that Israeli specialists will help Ukraine deploy a high-tech warning system about possible air strikes

Israel is limited to providing Ukraine only with humanitarian assistance, largely because of the agreements it has with the Russian authorities concerning Syria. This statement was made on Thursday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint press conference following a meeting in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.