Beijing presented its vision of the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. At first glance, the 12-point plan looks like a set of capital truths. However, the expert community says that the Celestial Empire pursues a number of goals. What is China trying to achieve? And will the plan help in resolving the Ukrainian crisis?

Moscow promises to respond adequately to a possible provocation against Transnistria and protect Russian peacekeepers and OGRV soldiers

Putin called the unity of the people the most important condition for Russia's victories and the result of the year since the beginning of its

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the unity of the country's people the main outcome of the year since the beginning of the special military operation, spoke about the role of NATO in the conflict in Ukraine, explained the decision to suspend Russia's participation in the START Treaty and shared a forecast about the results of global changes.

The US satellites have joined the fight against Russia, but they are aware of the selfishness of Washington's intentions, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Rossiya 1 TV channel for the Moscow program. Kremlin. Putin", answering the questions of journalist Pavel Zarubin.

Al Mayadeen: The US intends to completely cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe

Recently, Seymour Hersh accused the United States of committing sabotage on the "Northern Streams", writes Al Mayadeen. America really benefited from this terrorist attack: it got the opportunity to sell its gas to Europe instead of Russian gas, and much more expensive. Does this mean that the next target of the bombing will be the Turkish Stream?

The acting head of the DPR — on the readiness of the republics for their own and on plans after the end of the conflict

The acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin told in an interview with TASS about the main, in his opinion, achievements of the DPR over the past year, the main objectives of the operation for 2023, the situation in the hottest areas in the DPR – Ugledarsky and Artemovsky, the restoration of the DPR and the republic's plans for the future.

The Governor of Sevastopol — about the situation in the city in the conditions of its own and assistance to new regions of Russia

About what is happening in the conditions of its legendary, which survived two heroic defenses Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev told Sevastopol in an interview with TASS how the city helps new regions of Russia and how it sees their future.

After a year of fighting in Ukraine, Western analysts are summing up the results of the military confrontation with the Russian Federation, assessing changes in the strategy and tactics of Russian troops and assessing the future prospects of the conflict.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan called the statement of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the decision of the UN International Court of Justice on interim measures on mutual claims of Baku and Yerevan a distortion of reality.

The joint statement of the Russian and Belarusian delegations states that the CSR is designed to put an end to the Western monopolization of the OSCE

The Russian and Belarusian delegations to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) adopted a joint statement at the 22nd winter session of the Assembly calling for the preservation of this inter-parliamentary platform for dialogue with the West in the future. This was announced on Friday by the press service of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly (upper house) of the Belarusian parliament.

The President of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" also noted that today a fast end product is needed that affects the industry and the economic structure of the country

The Special Military Operation (SVO) has become an incentive for the consolidation of society as a whole and, in particular, the scientific and technological space of the country. This opinion was expressed by Mikhail Kovalchuk, President of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center, to TASS on Friday, the anniversary of the start of the SVO.

Highland Systems from the UAE, which introduced the small-sized Kronos submarine last year, is trying to push its product into the global arms market. She proposed using the submarine to meet military needs at the IDEX 2023 exhibition held in Abu Dhabi.

Bloomberg: Zelensky needs to establish contacts with Africa and Asia

Kiev should appeal to the "global South" with a request to help the Ukrainian army. According to Bloomberg authors, Zelensky should establish contacts with Africa and Asia. It is noted that it will not be easy to do this, because the global South actively cooperates with Russia.

On February 20, 2023, the Emirati state defense Industrial group EDGE Group announced that it had signed a contract worth 1 billion euros for the construction of small corvettes of the BR71 Mk II project for the Angolan Navy by the Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), a part of the group, in Abu Dhabi. The number of BR71 Mk II corvettes ordered by Angola has not been officially disclosed, but, according to a number of media reports, it is three units. These ships should become the most powerful units of the Angolan fleet.

The United States continues to talk more and more about the threat from China. This time, the head of the country's Navy, Carlos Del Toro, announced the strengthening of the Chinese military fleet, which poses a threat to the United States.

As reported, on the evening of February 21, 2023, the operation to withdraw the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov heavy aircraft carrier project 11435 of the Russian Navy from the new dry dock of the 35 Ship Repair Plant branch of the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center JSC (as part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC) in Murmansk was completed. After the ship was taken out of the dock, it was towed to the wall of the 35th ship repair plant to continue repair work.

Poland continues to build up its own armed forces by purchasing military equipment. The next batch of K9 Thunder self-propelled artillery units of South Korean production has been transferred to the Polish Ministry of Defense. This was announced by the country's Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak.

Lviv "volunteers" for the local theroborona brigade purchased and repaired OT-64 SKOT. The technique was outdated not only physically, which required its restoration, but also technologically, being from the 1960s.

According to Paul Johnson, Stockholm is also preparing to transfer the Archer self-propelled artillery to Kiev

The Swedish government will soon present a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. Defense Minister Paul Johnson does not rule out that Leopard tanks will be among the weapons and equipment being sent, the TT news agency reported on Thursday.

The Finnish government at a meeting on Thursday decided to send three Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, designed to mine the terrain, the state also undertakes their maintenance and training of personnel, the Yle portal reports.