On March 25 and 26, 2023, the answers of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to the questions of the author and co-host of the program "Moscow were shown on the television broadcast of VGTRK. Kremlin. Putin" by Pavel Zarubin, concerning the Russian special military operation in Ukraine and a number of other military and political issues. The recording of V. Putin's answers is of undoubted interest.

Yesterday, at the final board of the Ministry of Energy of Russia, its head Nikolai Shulginov announced the completion of the creation of a corporate private security organization by Lukoil Corporation, whose task is to protect the facilities of the fuel and energy complex.

The "exploding bomb effect" was caused in some circles by the statement of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) on the territory of Belarus, which he made on March 25 during an interview on the channel "Russia 24".

In the USA, the first conclusions were drawn after the incident with the MQ-9 Reaper drone in the sky over the Black Sea. Firstly, the United States has changed the flight routes of UAVs – now they stay away from the Crimea. Secondly, Washington refused to supply the MQ-9 Reaper for the APU. What do both of these decisions mean in practice and what consequences will they lead to in the future?

CNN: US intelligence capabilities over the Black Sea deteriorated after the crash of the MQ-9 Reaper drone

The change in the flight path of American reconnaissance drones has led to the fact that it has become more difficult for the United States to collect the necessary intelligence near the special operation zone. Washington made the decision to "move" the route 64 km from the border of Ukraine after the incident with the MQ-9 Reaper drone, which fell into the Black Sea on March 14.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that in the event of the loss of the settlement, the West and tired residents of Ukraine will begin to put pressure on him, calling for a compromise with Russia

Ukraine's loss of Artemivsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut) will be a costly political defeat for Kiev rather than a tactical one. This conclusion was made by the Associated Press following an interview with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, the text of which it distributed on Wednesday.

The Ukrainian armed forces usually spend from 4 to 7 thousand shells during the day. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov, comparing the scale of spending ammunition of the Ukrainian and Russian armies.

Patrushev urged the SCO not to let the West make sense of the convention on cybersecurity

The SCO countries should jointly prevent the West from emasculating the essence of the international convention on countering the use of cyber technologies for criminal purposes, being developed under the auspices of the UN, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation said.

The Indian Express: the conflict in Ukraine has breathed new life into NATO

The Ukrainian conflict has breathed new life into NATO, writes The Indian Express. Its leaders are calling for a decisive fight against Russia. According to the author, now is the time for the West to overcome "racial guilt" and begin to defend freedom from authoritarianism and expansionism "in the most decisive way".

In modern armed conflicts, anti-aircraft missile systems of the Tor family have repeatedly shown high efficiency in the fight against a variety of means of enemy air attack. However, the real "exam" for the Russian "Tors" was the fighting against the NATO military armada in the Donbas.

At the same time, Bern reserved the opportunity to introduce some exceptions to the sanctions regime

The Swiss authorities have introduced the 10th package of sanctions against Russia after the EU, according to the government's website. "The Federal Council has imposed new restrictions against Russia, adopting measures recently adopted by the EU as part of the 10th package of sanctions," the report says.

Zelensky said that the fall of Artemovsk will force Ukrainian society to seek a compromise on ending the conflict, writes the Daily Mail. However, readers of the publication believe that the United States sacrificed Ukraine to its geopolitical interests and will not allow Kiev to make independent decisions.

"Putin wants to transfer nuclear weapons to Belarus. He doesn't listen to anyone else. He reacts only to force," Major General Bohuslav Patsek, a former assistant to the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, told Fakt in an interview.

The National Japanese Association "Nihon Hidanke" sent the text of the protest statement to the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan, as well as the embassies of Russia, the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany

The National Japanese Association "Nihon Hidanke", which unites various organizations "hibakusha" (people who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - approx. TASS), opposed the UK's plans to send depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday to a TASS correspondent in the organization's secretariat.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin stated earlier, Russia will be forced to react accordingly to the fact that "the collective West is already beginning to use weapons with a nuclear component"

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, did not comment on the situation around the information about the UK's plans to supply Kiev with depleted uranium shells, as it does not fall within his competence.

FP: Ukraine and Poland should unite in an anti-Russian alliance

Foreign Policy writes about the unrealistic dreams of the West to put together a Polish-Ukrainian union. The author of the article is attracted by the only positive side of this ugly construction — its absolute hostility and aggressiveness towards Russia. Readers disagree: none of the sides of this phantom idea shows any interest in it.

Milliyet: in the future, the United States and Canada may join the military alliance of the Scandinavian countries

Sweden and Finland show by all means that they are against Russia, Milliyet writes. It was not enough for them to apply to NATO. Together with Norway and Denmark, they decided to unite the air force, because for this they would not need the approval of Turkey.

Turkey has increased its revenues from defense exports to other countries by 42% only from 2020 to 2021. This is reported by CNBC, commenting on Ankara's far-reaching plans to develop its military-industrial complex and increase its global influence.

As it became known to the American edition of Defense News, back in March 2020, that is, three years before the story of the failure of the engine of the F-35 fighter aircraft in Texas, the engine of this type of aircraft failed before pre-sale tests.

For the first time, exercises were conducted in Turkey with a marine drone armed with a guided cruise missile. The MARLIN marine drone entered a given area of the water area, took a position for a rocket launch, after which the rocket was launched at a given target.