A Ukrainian official was deceived in the purchase of weapons

The Stockholm-based Nordic Research Monitoring Network (NRMN), which is in opposition to Ankara, reported that a group of Turkish businessmen closely linked to the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan deceived Ukrainian officials for $5 million as part of an apparent fraudulent scheme that included false promises about the sale of military equipment.

If Washington supplies the Abrams battle tank or France transfers Leclerc, Germany will supply Leopard, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman said, noting that "this is wrong"

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, chairman of the Bundestag (German Parliament) Defense Committee, sharply criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his policy regarding the events in Ukraine, in particular, arms supplies to Kiev. She expressed her point of view in an interview published on Thursday with the newspaper Die Welt .

Sweden will join the British training program for Ukrainian servicemen, the government of the country has decided to send Swedish military instructors to the UK. This is stated in the press release of the government office.

Expert forecasts – why they are wrong

The chief US military officer Mark Milley, who heads the American equivalent of our General Staff, in early February predicted that Russia would seize Kiev in three days. The author of "Velta" asks why the American made such a shameful mistake. The author is much less demanding of himself, although his admiration for the APU gives off a much more dense naivety.

The United States does not intend to stop financing the war in Ukraine and will continue to provide military assistance to Zelensky. According to the American press, the White House is already preparing a new aid package for a very round sum - $ 1 billion.

The creator of the group, which includes from 20 to 30 people, the publication calls retired colonel of the US Marine Corps Andy Milburn, who left military service in 2019

Former servicemen from the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and other Western countries are engaged in training recruits to join the ranks of the Territorial Defense Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Kiev receives 30-40% of weapons, CBS TV channel reports

Most of the military aid that Western countries send to Ukrainian forces does not reach their final destinations in the country. Such assessments are given in a documentary by journalists of the American TV channel CBS, which will be broadcast on Sunday. Excerpts from it were published this week on the channel's website.

At the same time, as the embassy noted, the published report of the human rights organization concerning the situation in Ukraine was widely reflected in the materials of the American media

The US authorities are seeking to distort the true state of affairs with accusations of the alleged commission of war crimes by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and thereby justify their provocative actions to pump Kiev with weapons.

The meeting stressed the importance of an immediate cessation of hostilities and the creation of favorable conditions for a peaceful resolution of the conflict

The foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries called for a cessation of hostilities and a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.

Ex-Colonel of the General Staff Khodarenok explained why Ukraine's "counteroffensive" on Kherson is being disrupted

Ukraine lacks weapons and military equipment for a counteroffensive in 2022, including in the Kherson direction. This was reported by the British newspaper The Financial Times. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok assessed the offensive potential of the Ukrainian army.

The balance of forces in Ukraine turned out to be almost equal, contrary to the first impression

It turns out that the French military is also suffering from the Ukrainian conflict, writes the magazine "Kozer". Liberal media accused them of gloomy forecasts for Kiev because of... sympathy for the Russians. The author of the article refutes this accusation: he talks about all the failures of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. But he does not hide that they are going to win, and weapons from the United States only add victims and risks.

In the Zaporozhye region there is a small town called Energodar. It is part of the Vasilyevsky district. Before the administrative-territorial reform in 2020, it was a city of regional significance with a population of 54 thousand people at the beginning of 2011. It stands on the left bank of the Dnieper, on the coast of the Kakhovsky reservoir. The area of the territory is 63.5 sq. km. The power plants located in the city generate about a quarter of the electricity produced in Ukraine.

Can America afford to be the leader of the world?

Biden is a kind of foreign policy alcoholic who seeks to interfere in the affairs of other countries, writes The American Conservative. The author of the article wonders how much longer the United States, moving towards national bankruptcy, will try to rule the world.

What could push the West and Russia to a nuclear war?

The only reason why the United States has not yet decided to supply Kiev with heavier weapons is the fear of escalation, writes The Economist. The authors of the article note that it is the risk of a direct clash between Russia and NATO — which will entail an exchange of nuclear strikes — that makes Washington cautious with military support for Ukraine.

Will Rimland be able to contain China and Russia?

In the West, they thought about reviving the concept of "Rimland", which helped him win two world wars and the Cold War. Now, with its help, he hopes to resist the "hostile powers" – Russia and China. But will it work?

Will Russia be able to split Europe?

The European political scientist writes in a clear fit of cognitive dissonance. Many EU leaders are thinking at least about a "thin" world in Ukraine. But the author is adamant: The West and Kiev must fight to the last Ukrainian. The author is silent about the consequences for Europe.

Putin's Trojan Horse in the European Union

The leaders of the EU countries were confused because of the position of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban towards Russia, writes Foreign Policy. Last week, 27 EU members agreed to voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15%. The only opponent, of course, was Orban — he said that this was "another step towards a military economy."

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky earlier proposed to the Rada to approve the decision on the confiscation of Russian property

The Russian military is successfully returning to the residents of Donbass what the Kiev regime has criminally acquired, while the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, is taking the initiative to confiscate Russian property. This opinion was expressed in his Telegram channel on Saturday by Deputy Head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.

In the Mykolaiv region, Russian troops destroyed an arsenal with 45 thousand tons of ammunition supplied to the Ukrainian army by NATO countries, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The Russian Defense Ministry showed weapons seized in Ukraine from Britain, the USA, Sweden and Poland

The Ministry of Defense has published a video with another batch of captured Western weapons captured on Ukrainian positions in the battles in the Izyum direction.