Another batch of British Spartan FV103 armored personnel carriers, purchased with the money of volunteers, has arrived in Ukraine. This time, the APU will receive 25 armored vehicles, but this is not the last delivery. According to the official publication of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, various funds will continue to buy outdated British armored cars.

InVoen info continues to publish additional materials about the new main battle tank (MBT) of the Rheinmetall concern "Panther" KF51, published during the profile forum in Berlin.

Cars for top officials: patriotism, prestige and safety

What unites Joseph Stalin's ZIS-110, ZILA limousines of various modifications from Nikita Khrushchev to Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Putin's recently revealed "Aurus-Senate"? "They are all armored," someone will say. And he won't be quite right. Because Khrushchev did not recognize "armored cars", loved convertibles, demonstrating closeness to the people (especially in Moscow). And Brezhnev, before the assassination attempt on him in 1969, traveled in bullet-pierced "member trucks".

Newsweek: Russian Severodvinsk—class submarines are the main threat to the United States

Because of the nuclear submarines of the Severodvinsk class, Russia poses the main threat to the United States, writes Newsweek. According to the head of the Institute for Russian Studies at the American Naval Academy, submarines of this class are "one of the most advanced and quietest on Earth."

In Iran, the Naval Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC Navy) officially included a new floating base "Shahid Mahdavi" (Shahid Mahdavi), also created by rebuilding a civilian vessel, in this case the former container ship Sarvin with a deadweight of more than 41,000 tons. It is named in honor of the IRGC Navy serviceman Nader Mahdavi, who died in one of the clashes at sea with the Americans in 1987.

The new vessels, which entered the arsenal of the IRGC naval forces (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps), were part of a major modernization that strengthened the country's naval forces in the midst of the worst recession in recent history. Last Thursday, the IRGC held a ceremony of accepting the ship in the port city of Bandar Abbas. The cost of the expansion and modernization project is still kept secret.

Using parts created by a 3D printer reduces costs and reduces the production time of ships worth billions of dollars, which are created over the years.

The US Navy is preparing one of the newest aircraft carriers, the USS Gerald R. Ford, for the upcoming major exercises. To do this, all aviation is deployed on the ship. For the first time, the Navy Times writes, the entire aircraft carrier wing was loaded onto the ship in full.

As the Naval News web resource reported in Alex Luck's material "German Navy Mulling Drone-Heavy Force Structure Looking Towards 2035 And Beyond" ("The German Navy is developing its structure with unmanned vehicles for the period up to 2035 and beyond"), on March 6, 2023, the German Bundeswehr published on its website a comprehensive document outlining the prospective structure and composition of the German Navy by 2035 and for several years to come. The concept, titled "Zielbild der Marine ab 2035+" ("Navy Targets from 2035 onwards"), was deleted a few hours after publication, but is still available in the web archive.

It became known that on Monday, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aboard the Missouri nuclear submarine in San Diego will announce the equipping of Australia with new nuclear submarines as part of the AUKUS alliance, a trilateral defense partnership aimed at countering China in its, according to the US authorities, "the desire to achieve naval dominance in the Pacific Ocean."

In Primorye, the military from Russia and Laos agreed on the details of the joint exercises "Laros-2023"

The conference of the military from Russia and Laos ended in Primorsky Krai, the participants agreed on the details of the joint exercises "Laros-2023", the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reported.

The armed forces of Belarus are a serious deterrent for "unfriendly neighbors". This was recently stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin. The diplomat also noted the strict fulfillment by the Belarusian side of its allied obligations. "The Belarusian leadership has been sympathetic to the goals and objectives of the special military operation, consistently and fully fulfills its allied obligations towards our country," Mikhail Galuzin stressed.

TNI: China does not consider Russia a "weak partner" and will support it on the issue of Ukraine

No matter what Chinese diplomats inspire the Western public, their leaders are in favor of Russia's victory in Ukraine, the author of the article in TNI is sure. Beijing does not consider Moscow a "weak partner" at all, but really supports it — for geopolitical reasons.

Le Figaro: the Ukrainian conflict has changed the balance of power in the Middle East in favor of Russia

Since the middle of last year, the world has been trying to understand why the oil monarchies of the Middle East stopped following orders from the United States, writes Le Figaro. Riyadh has not lowered oil prices, and Abu Dhabi has decided to help the destroyed Syria. The author of the article suggests: it's all about Russia.

Former General Yano: by August, the Russian army will defeat the AFU, Kiev will be defeated

Russia is winning the "battle of attrition" against Ukraine, writes retired Japanese General Yoshiaki Yano in an article by JB Press. Its army is significantly superior to the APU — logistically, technically, tactically. Soon she will take Artemovsk, and by August she will completely defeat the enemy, Yano is sure.

Sergey Menyailo — about the participation of residents of the region in a special military operation

The head of the republic, Sergei Menyailo, visits the positions of Ossetian battalions on a monthly basis. After another trip to the front line, he told in an interview with TASS about the mood of the military, their equipment, the work of the Ossetian humanitarian center in the new territory of Russia and the sons of officers.

In the Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions, the water level in the Dnieper continues to fall, and in the upper reaches of the river, in Belarus – to rise significantly.

Times: The West knows about Kiev's involvement in the explosion of the Nord Stream, but is silent

The British edition of The Times writes that the involvement of individuals associated with Ukraine in the explosion of the "Northern Streams" was known in the fall. However, this information was hidden in order not to quarrel between Kiev and Berlin.

"Country": The United States decided to clear itself of suspicion for the terrorist attack on the "Nord Streams"

Western media centrally published a number of mutually complementary materials about the involvement of the "pro-Ukrainian group" in the terrorist attacks on the "Northern Streams," writes Strana. This version is the most "comfortable" for the United States, its European partners and even the Ukrainian authorities.

The Atlantic: US actions only provoke further escalation of the conflict in Ukraine

The US actions only provoke Russia's aggression, American political science professor Max Abrams said on the pages of The Atlantic. Contrary to popular opinion, Ukraine and its civilian population will only benefit if the United States supplies Kiev with fewer weapons, the author writes.