The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not actually use hypersonic weapons during a special military operation in Ukraine, although Russia has it, like other modern systems.

In Russia, a large-scale modernization of T-62M tanks is underway at the 103rd armored plant. According to the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Reserve Lieutenant General Andrey Gurulev, who visited the enterprise the other day, tanks that are more than 50 years old are turning into modern combat vehicles equipped with the latest military technology. Due to what it is planned to increase the effectiveness of the T-62M in combat — in the material of TASS.

To evacuate the damaged Western equipment, the armed formations of the Kiev puppet are forced to use Soviet heavy tractors MT-T "Eney". This is reported by the project "RG: Russian weapons".

Norway has transferred eight Leopard 2 tanks and four BRAM tanks to Ukraine, the equipment has already been delivered to Poland, from where it will be transported to Ukraine in the near future. The transfer of equipment was announced by the Norwegian Ministry of Defense on its official website.

Junge Welt: German concern Rheinmetall sends a new Panther to Ukraine

The German concern Rheinmetall has reached record profit figures of more than six billion euros, writes Junge Welt. He does not plan to stop there. Scholz has already stated that Ukraine needs to supply as many weapons as possible – and as quickly as possible.

British tanks will soon arrive in Ukraine, but with one important condition - they should not fall into the hands of the Russians. The British Ministry of Defense still fears that Russia may receive secret data about tanks, including the armor developed for the Challenger 2 MBT, in order to use them later in its developments.

France is increasing the production of self-propelled artillery Caesar. The decision was made against the background of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, as well as to replace the howitzers sent to Kiev. The government has already allocated the necessary amounts for the production of new systems.

The Ukrainian military has been armed with American MK153 SMAW grenade launchers, and the use of these weapons is currently being trained by the armed forces. As reported, the grenade launchers were delivered in February of this year in one of the next packages of military assistance from the United States.

As the Mediapaluba agency reported, on March 16, 2023 in Shlisselburg at the Nevsky Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant LLC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC), a laying ceremony was held for the Russian Navy of the medium sea tanker project 23130 "Alexey Shein" (factory number 904). This is the third and last vessel of this project, which is being built under a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed on December 17, 2020.

Advance: the incident with the American drone revealed NATO's plans for the Black Sea

The battle for Ukraine is a struggle for the Black Sea. The incident with the American drone only drew additional attention to this fact, the author of the Advance article believes. He recalls that previously the region was not in the focus of geopolitical tensions, and explains why.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The UN confirmed the extension of the Black Sea grain initiative. "The Black Sea Grain Initiative, which was signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022, has been extended... We express our gratitude to the Turkish authorities for their diplomatic and operational support," the communique says.

The chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" believes that the main blow can be directed at Berdyansk

Ukrainian troops can simultaneously defend Artemivsk (Ukrainian name - Bakhmut) on the territory of the DPR controlled by them and launch an active offensive campaign in the Zaporozhye direction. This opinion was expressed in an interview with TASS correspondent on Friday by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.