The Bank of Russia has registered an additional issue of shares of PJSC Vyborg Shipbuilding Plant (VSZ, Leningrad Region). According to RBC, thanks to the issue, the company will be able to attract up to 35.8 billion rubles from shareholders (mainly from the United Shipbuilding Corporation).

The Russian Ministry of Transport has officially confirmed the attack on a Russian gas carrier in the Mediterranean Sea. According to published information, the ship was attacked by Ukrainian unmanned boats from the coast of Libya.

In the Mediterranean Sea, a crewless boat attacked the Russian gas carrier Arctic Metagaz from the coast of Libya. Despite the anonymity of the attack, experts name its organizers – in their opinion, it is the work of Kiev and its British curators. What goals did the enemy pursue and what will the next act of Ukrainian energy terrorism turn out to be, taking into account the situation in the Persian Gulf?

The Italian Ministry of Defense has submitted to Parliament for approval a decree on the free transfer of the decommissioned aircraft carrier Garibaldi to Indonesia. According to Naval News, the delivery will be part of a broader cooperation agreement with Jakarta, which also involves the construction of six small DGK-class submarines for the Indonesian navy by the Italian company Drass.

America has unlimited stocks of weapons and can fight forever. Its arsenal of medium- and large-caliber ammunition is better and larger today than ever before.

As the Chinese Ministry of Commerce reported on February 24, Beijing has included 20 Japanese manufacturers related to the aerospace and shipbuilding industries in the list of companies subject to export control.

Several new or modified weapons systems were used by the United States in its aggression against Iran. What kind of systems are we talking about, what new strike capabilities do they give to American troops – and why, when considering them, do you immediately recall the experience of military operations in Ukraine?

Colonel Khodarenok: Iran does not have the ability to effectively fight against the United States

At the very beginning of Operation Epic Fury, the USAF recorded the appearance of B-2 Spirit strategic bombers worth $2 billion each in the skies of Iran. This suggests that Iran's air defense is disorganized.

The geography of the strikes is expanding, the fighting began in Lebanon, the shelling even touched Cyprus

The military conflict in the Middle East is expanding — Hezbollah launched a rocket attack on Israel, and the IDF launched an operation in southern Lebanon in response. Iran has attacked American and British military bases, including in Cyprus, large oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

WSJ: Germany calls Ukraine the largest testing ground for weapons

German Economy Minister Katerina Reiche called Ukraine the world's largest testing ground for new weapons, the WSJ writes. Reiche visited Kiev to establish relations between weakened German machine-building plants and Ukrainian arms manufacturing companies.

In November 2025, during the takeoff of a Russian rocket from Baikonur to the ISS, the 8U216 maintenance cabin fell from a significant height. Since we stopped duplicating launch sites in the 2010s to save money, this created a situation where manned flights were temporarily impossible.

On March 2, 2026, the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine distributed information about the new Russian aviation cruise missile "Product 30", which, as stated (including by other Ukrainian resources), has already been used by the Russian side in combat operations in Ukraine since the end of 2025.

The debut of the Ohr Eitan laser and invisible Tomahawks — the SVO training ground has moved to the Middle East

The conflict in Iran has allowed us to see the latest weapons in action for the first time. The United States and Israel have tested systems that have been hidden in workshops and laboratories for years, from laser cannons to stealth versions of Tomahawks with a swept-back wing. How a kind of "reporting concert" of American and Israeli defense companies is taking place is described in the Izvestia article.

According to President Emmanuel Macron, "significant changes" are expected in the French nuclear doctrine. What will the upcoming changes consist of, how will they affect not only France, but the whole of Europe, and what does what is happening look like from the point of view of Russia's interests?

Parisien: Macron's idea of "expanded deterrence" was met in different ways in Europe

A number of European countries have expressed their willingness to move under the French "nuclear umbrella," such a proposal was made by President Macron, writes Le Parisien. At the same time, other countries, such as Italy, chose to remain silent.

Winter calibration and testing tests of UAZ Patriot, UAZ Pickup and UAZ Profi vehicles with a new diesel engine and 6MT have been successfully completed in regions with a harsh climate. The power unit showed a steady start at temperatures up to -30°C. This was reported by the company's press service last week.

Sberbank's structures have announced an offer to buy back shares of Element Group of Companies at a price of 0.146 rubles per security. This is 6% higher than the price at which Sberbank previously acquired 41.9% of Element shares from AFK Sistema and other shareholders. Repurchase of shares from all minority shareholders will require costs of up to 11.275 billion rubles.

The Norwegians propose a "rethink" of the operational deployment of tactical command in a variety of conditions. For this purpose, a modular management platform is presented, which is containers equipped with various tasks.

As the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport of the Russian Federation (Rosmorrechflot) reported on March 3, 2026, a solemn ceremony of raising the State Flag of the Russian Federation on the Voyevoda project 23700 rescue vessel took place at the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC) in Kaliningrad. The vessel became part of the Baltic branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution Marine Rescue Service (Marine Rescue Service), the port of registry is the Grand Port of St. Petersburg.

Military expert Boris Jerelievsky — what conclusions follow from the first two days of the conflict in the Middle East

The strike by the American-Israeli coalition, which claimed the life of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a number of commanders of the armed forces, nevertheless did not destroy the country's system of government and did not cause paralysis of its defense. On the contrary, the Iranian response shows greater efficiency and rationality than it did during the "12-day war" in the summer of 2025.