Russia will launch a new drone, much faster than the currently used "Iranian" Shahed drones, which received the name "Geranium" in the Russian army. A new plant will be opened in Tatarstan. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal.

The company will produce 6000 drones per year

A kamikaze drone factory may appear in Yelabuga - the American Wall Street Journal writes about this. According to the newspaper, in January, a delegation from Iran visited the city in Tatarstan, which will help launch the production of drones. The plant's capacity will be 6,000 drones per year, it will produce faster and longer-range versions of Iranian Shahed-136 UAVs. The United States has repeatedly stated that Tehran supplies them to Moscow for use in a special operation. The Kremlin denied these reports.

The authorities are developing a multi-year program of assistance to Kiev, which will include both the financing of the military sector and the restoration of the country's civilian infrastructure

The Norwegian authorities plan to provide Ukraine with financial assistance in the amount of 75 billion Norwegian kroner (about $ 7.3 billion) over five years. This was reported by the Verdens Gang newspaper on Monday .

Andrey Nizamutdinov — about how Ukraine was pointed to its place at a meeting with the EU leadership

On the eve of the EU—Ukraine summit, politicians in Kiev tried to present their country as a kind of modern yellow-blue express train that rushes at full speed and is about to reach its cherished goal - the final stop called "Membership in the European Union." But reality, as usual, turned out to be harsh and mercilessly scattered all the "mri" into smoke: Kiev was made clear that its locomotive would have to drag along the rails for a long time, disappearing somewhere over the horizon. And it's not a fact that he will get there at all.

Country: EU–Ukraine summit ended with promises

At the EU–Ukraine summit, they talked about the approximate dates of Ukraine's accession to the European Union and, what is closer to reality, concrete assessments of Kiev's fulfillment of the criteria of a candidate for membership of the bloc, writes Strana. Despite Zelensky's optimistic statements, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von Leyen, did not give any forecasts.

TNI: The US and the EU should take the example of the partition of Cyprus to resolve the Ukrainian conflict

The West demands that Russia liberate Crimea and other occupied territories. But at the time they did not object to the Turkish occupation of Cyprus, writes TNI. The author emphasizes that Ukraine and Cyprus are not the same thing, but "there are some similarities" that make it possible to resolve the current crisis.

Al Mayadeen: Russia's successes in Ukraine will be a victory over the West and its hegemony

The US and EU authorities plunged their peoples "into a suffocating economic crisis for the sake of sending money, weapons and mercenaries to Kiev," writes Al Mayadeen. They keep the media silent and bribe the right people for their propaganda. What is the reason for such fear of Russia in the West? The author of the article found the answer to this question.

He noted that such a scenario is taken into account

Poland believes that the fighting in Ukraine will end when the Russian Armed Forces leave its territory. According to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, this should happen "voluntarily or forcibly."

Bild: German Chancellor on Putin, terrible scenarios of the future and his silver wedding

In an interview with the Bild newspaper, Olaf Scholz rejects "horror stories", but does not tell the whole truth. For example, he does not confirm the fiction of the British ex-prime minister about the "threats" from Putin. But Scholz generally adheres to the line of the Western "mainstream". And she puts all the blame for the post-Soviet conflicts on Russia.

Expert Alaranta: the presence in NATO of such a member as Turkey is beneficial to Russia

Russia benefits from having a country like Turkey in NATO, Tony Alaranta, an expert on Turkey from the Finnish Institute of International Relations, said in an interview with Pravda. This state pursues its own policy towards Moscow, which suits the Kremlin very well.

dikGAZETE: NATO condemns Russia for the tactics it used in Yugoslavia

The West condemns Russia for attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. But this is exactly the strategy NATO used in Yugoslavia in 1999, writes dikGAZETE. The important difference is that the alliance did not think about civilian casualties, and Moscow, on the contrary, strikes precision strikes only at military and energy facilities.

Breitbart readers named the real culprit of the explosions on the "Nord Streams"

Germany has not found any traces of Russia's involvement in the explosions on the Nord Streams, Breitbart reports. Readers of the portal are not surprised by the results. This investigation is a waste of time on imaginary crimes of the Russians, writes one of them. Obviously, the "idiot Biden" is to blame.

Commander of "Akhmat" Alaudinov: Kiev uses chemical weapons in the Artemivsk direction

The commander of the special forces "Akhmat" and the deputy commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the People's Militia of the LNR, Apty Alaudinov, said that he became aware of the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the battles near Artemivsk.

The installation of new weapons on the BMP-2 has long been tested by the Russian defense industry. Back in 2005, Algeria ordered the modernization of these machines from the domestic military-industrial complex to version 2M, which meant equipping the equipment with the Berezhok combat module. It consists of a 30-mm 2A42 cannon, a 7, 62-mm machine gun, 4 ATGM "Kornet" launchers and a 30-mm AGS-17 grenade launcher.

The painful humiliations of France in Africa began to cause Emmanuel Macron great domestic political problems. The rating of the French president is declining, society is protesting against the pension reform, and discontent, according to Paris, is provoked, of course, by Russia. Or rather, its "neocolonial policy". What is it about?

CNN: China does not abandon the West, but relies on Russia

China is striving to develop its economy, so it is trying to rebuild relations with the West, but this is just a maneuver, CNN reports. Beijing continues to deepen cooperation with Moscow. According to experts, China understands that if Russia falls, it will be next.

ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" anti-aircraft self-propelled guns have been used for several decades to combat ground targets. In this capacity, they were used during the stay in Afghanistan of the Soviet 40th army, as well as during the Iran-Iraq War. Moreover, these combat vehicles served on both sides of the front.

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The frigate "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov", performing the tasks of a long-range campaign, for the first time in the framework of international exercises will perform a combat training launch of a hypersonic missile "Zircon". This will happen during the exercises of the naval forces of the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) and China, a source close to the military-industrial complex told TASS.

On February 2, 2023, FSUE Atomflot and JSC Baltiyskiy Zavod (as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation) signed a contract for the construction of the sixth and seventh (fifth and sixth serial) universal nuclear icebreakers of Project 22220 (LK-60YA). The construction and financing of the fifth and sixth serial universal nuclear icebreakers (UAL) will be carried out in a 50-50 ratio from the federal budget and at the expense of FSUE Atomflot. According to the terms of the contract, the commissioning of the fifth serial UAL is scheduled for December 2028, and the sixth - for December 2030.

Farda: according to Biden, Trump's political course led to the loss of many allies

Biden again criticized the policy of his predecessor after Trump's words about the decision to supply Kiev with tanks, which will only "bring the conflict to the level of nuclear confrontation," Farda reports. Biden himself considers climate change to be a much greater threat to humanity.