Russia's participation in IDEX-2023 - one of the largest and most authoritative arms forums in the world - was another convincing proof of the fact that a year after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, our country and its technologies remain in the center of the geopolitical attention of the planet.

On March 12-13, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko paid an official visit to Iran for the first time in the last 17 years. This is the third visit of the Belarusian leader to Tehran. In the Iranian capital, he held a number of meetings with the leadership of the Islamic Republic, including talks with Head of State Ebrahim Raisi. Following their results, a number of documents were signed, including under the heading "for official use".

The Russian army does not go on a large-scale offensive for one, but very important reason, established by British intelligence. According to representatives of the United Kingdom, the Russian forces simply do not have ammunition for this.

The newspaper quotes a Ukrainian official who believes that Western countries promised to provide the country with only a symbolic number of tanks

The quality of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) has significantly decreased over the past year due to losses of trained military personnel and lack of ammunition, which raises doubts about Kiev's ability to conduct an offensive operation. This is stated in an article published on Monday in The Washington Post.

Denis Dubrovin — about the sabotage on the "Northern Streams" and the information wars around them

The version in The New York Times and Die Zeit about the "pro-Ukrainian group" behind the sabotage on the "Northern Streams" looks like an almost textbook example of a media campaign to control damage.

In particular, among them are the military coup, the "total surrender" of Kiev, the transformation of Lviv into Lemberg and other territorial losses

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev for a year of publications in Telegram described a total of 12 possible future scenarios for Ukraine and several options for the development of the situation around the world.

NYT: Putin reminded Americans of the main fear of the Cold War

Americans have long forgotten about the greatest fear that prevailed during the Cold War, writes NYT. They have discounted the threat of total nuclear annihilation. But this is an unacceptable luxury, especially in the context of the conflict in Ukraine, the author believes. Russia has reminded us of this.

GT: a favorite US foreign policy tactic did not work against Russia

To break its enemies, the United States resorts to two tools — military force and economic sanctions. However, none of these techniques worked against Moscow, GT writes. The power of Russia doomed the American adventure to Ukraine is going to fail.

The Paper: Western propaganda had to recognize Russia's superiority in Ukraine

Leading Western media have always distorted the situation on Ukraine in favor of the APU and drowned out the voices of more rational analysts, writes The Paper. Nevertheless, reality forced the media to admit the truth: their "estimates" of Kiev were overstated. Moscow has a full strategic advantage.

"The goal of Lithuania's foreign policy is to work, as a result of which the Kremlin will have to admit defeat," Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said last week. This statement was made by him during a discussion at the American Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS, Washington).

Fox News: Trump and Desantis urged to cut aid to Ukraine

Possible Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ron Desantis answered Fox News columnist Tucker Carlson how, in their opinion, America should respond to the Ukrainian crisis. They called for cutting aid to Kiev and increasing Europe's involvement in resolving the conflict.

Part of the equipment is already on the way

Sixteen radars were purchased by Lithuania for transfer to Ukraine with €14 million donated by the population and business representatives. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by one of the organizers of the fundraising campaign, Jonas Ohmanas.

Yeni Şafak: today the EU is saved by energy savings and a warm winter, but it will not be enough further

Now the EU is being saved by a warm winter, energy savings and alternative suppliers. But next year does not promise such bright prospects, writes Yeni Şafak. If the SVO in Ukraine does not stop, Russian gas supplies will be reduced to zero, and American LNG is too small to meet the needs of Europe.

Economist Kolodko: Poland should reduce military madness, not increase military spending

Poland is proud to announce plans to increase military spending to a record level in NATO, former Deputy Prime Minister and economist Grzegorz Kolodko writes in an article for Rzeczpospolita. We need to stop this military madness, otherwise it will not lead to good.

The US Department of Defense, within the framework of the draft budget for 2024, requested a record amount for the purchase of weapons. As RIA Novosti reports, this follows from the draft budget of the White House for the needs of the Ministry of Defense.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, who is tipped for president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in 2027, said that South Korea should create nuclear weapons. To "contain North Korea," of course. So far, this is only the statement of a second-level politician who is not included in the circle of the country's top leaders. But it is significant and has a direct relation to the Russian special operation in Ukraine.

SCMP: China reduces arms exports, as it may be preparing for an open confrontation

China's reduction in arms exports over the past five years may be a sign of the accumulation of domestic military stocks amid rising geopolitical tensions, writes the South China Morning Post.

The US Navy has the Jimmy Carter nuclear submarine of the Seawolf project, which is specially built to perform sabotage tasks. Vladimir Ashik, a Russian hydraulic astronaut, tells about this in a column for Izvestia dedicated to the undermining of the Nord Streams gas pipelines.

The naval forces of Ukraine will be replenished with two more mine defense ships of the Alkmaar type, the Netherlands promises to transfer the minesweepers to the Ukrainian fleet. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Kaisa Ollongren.

According to the Minister of Defense of the country Yaroslav Nadya, the government can make a decision without waiting for the approval of this act by the Parliament of the republic

The Slovak government may soon decide to transfer supersonic MiG-29 fighters withdrawn from the country's Air Force to Ukraine, without waiting for the approval of this act by the Parliament of the republic. This was reported on Tuesday by the TASR news agency with reference to Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy.