USA–China: two hours of persuasion and threats
Joseph Biden asked for help from Xi Jinping in the fight against Russia
The two-hour teleconference talks between the US President and the Chinese President touched upon key strategic security issues, including special military operations of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine. The statement of this fact is perhaps the only common point in the coverage of the March 18 event by the Anglo-Saxon and Chinese mass media. Everything that is written by them then goes in opposite directions.
Games without signs of intelligence
European allies are pushing the US to war
President Biden said that if Russia attacks a NATO country, the United States will intervene, even if it leads to World War III. Since the Russian Federation has never threatened any of the NATO members, we are talking about a provocation being prepared by Poland or the Baltic limitrophs.
The US Congress summoned the heads of military intelligence
Lawmakers are trying to assess the impact of the Ukrainian crisis on America's security
The special operation conducted by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine (SDDU) and its results force American politicians, military and special services to once again consider issues under the heading "US National Security".
Nuclear weapons in Ukraine - fantasy and reality
Can Kiev get an atomic bomb
In the context of the special operation in Ukraine, on the one hand, there were long-standing and current regrets about the absence of nuclear weapons in the country. On the other hand, there are publications about the work already carried out with external support in a number of institutes and centers of Ukraine to prepare for the creation of nuclear weapons.
Africa as a whole remains calm amid widespread condemnation of Russia on the Ukrainian issue
The American news agency "Associated Press" has distributed the material Rodney Muhumuza, Mogomotsi Magome "Africa mostly quiet amid widespread condemnation of Russia" ("Africa as a whole remains calm amid widespread condemnation of Russia"), in which it is reported that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (Yoweri Museveni) recently noted that a special military operation of Russia Ukraine should be viewed in the context of the fact that Moscow is the "center of attraction" for Eastern Europe.
Biden should punish Saudi Arabia for supporting Russia
Foreign Policy (USA): Biden should punish Saudi Arabia for supporting Russia
Saudi Arabia plays an important role in the oil markets, but it chose Russia over the United States, writes FP. The authors of the article advise Biden to rethink the relationship with her and no longer beg the Saudis to pump more oil. The Saudis need to show how risky it is for them to lose their "only stable partner" in the field of security.
The US is already at war with Russia. And they don 't even hide it
Valentin Vatsev: The USA is a belligerent party (Duma, Bulgaria)
According to the official doctrine of NATO, it is not at war in Ukraine, but de facto the United States is at war with Russia through its proxy force - Ukraine, writes Duma. In the West, they don't even hide it – private military companies transfer manpower, finance and arm the Armed Forces. The United States is not interested in a direct conflict with Russia, they are waging an indirect war, the author of the article believes.
The EU has admitted mistakes in relations with Russia. But I didn't want to fix them
Huanqiu shibao (China): the situation in Ukraine forces the European Union to rethink a lot
The European Union has admitted that it made mistakes in relations with Russia, but it did not go beyond this realization, writes Huanqiu Shibao. Superficial judgments, hysteria and strategic mistakes of the EU, resulting in four packages of sanctions, confirm this, the author of the article emphasizes.
The war by someone else's hands
How to counter the US and NATO's bet on a proxy conflict
In the XXI century, hybrid military conflicts have become one of the most common forms of interstate confrontation. And the hybrid war turns from a kind of confrontation between individual states and their coalitions into a global hybrid war (MGW).
Dagger strike, mines in the Black Sea, drone in Croatia
Russia and Ukraine are increasingly using new types of weapons
MiG-31K interceptor fighters for the first time carried out the practical application of aeroballistic hypersonic missiles "Dagger" on real targets. The Ministry of Defense reports the destruction of a well-protected, buried ammunition storage and a fuel and lubricants warehouse. Both objects are located on the territory of Western Ukraine.
Why "Bayraktars", "Javelins" and "Stingers" were ineffective in Ukraine
The best Western weapons in the battles in Ukraine are failing. According to experts, almost all the latest guided weapons systems, as well as Turkish drones, have shown low efficiency.
Underwater reefs special operations
Russian society, the population of Ukraine and the tactics of information warfare
March 24, 2022 is a month since the beginning of a special military operation and the entry of our troops into Ukraine. It is going according to plan: the tasks set for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as President Vladimir Putin said, will be fulfilled. What are the preliminary results of the special operation today from the military-political and military-scientific points of view? The specific figures in this regard are known to specialists, so some generalizations can be made.
The symbol Z appeared in the sky over Ukraine after the combat departure of the Russian Su-34
Russian Su-34s have drawn a special operation symbol in the sky of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense has published a video of the destruction of ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
The US is experimenting with light aircraft carriers
It seems that the United States is "ripe” to expand the fleet of aircraft carriers. March 22, portal scramble.nl He announced that exercises are planned for the next month using the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) in the format of a light aircraft carrier.
"The installation of old mines by Kiev may lead to the undermining of civilian vessels"
Rear Admiral Chekmasov told what mines were installed by the APU in the Black Sea and how dangerous they are
The Turkish Defense Ministry is taking measures in connection with information about Ukrainian mines drifting in the Black Sea, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what mines Ukraine could have exposed, what is dangerous about their drift and how they can be neutralized.
Russia's Thermobaric Weapons Cause Devastation
According to the US Department of Defense, in the two weeks after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia fired more than 625 missiles, of which about a hundred were launched in the first hours of the attack. Most of them were short—range ballistic missiles, and some were surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles.
Americans doubted the Russian "Daggers"
The Washington Post (USA): what you need to know about hypersonic missiles, which, according to Biden, Russia used against Ukraine
"Daggers— - elusive hypersonic missiles that Russia first used on the battlefield, writes WP. The author of the article describes what this weapon is and notes that its danger is underestimated in the West. But the readers of the American newspaper have a different opinion.
Hypersonic missile weapons were used for the first time in combat conditions
A large underground warehouse of missiles and aviation ammunition of Ukrainian troops in the village of Delyatin, Ivano-Frankivsk region, was attacked.
The hypersonic "Dagger" hit not only a specific target, but most likely also (morally) the NATO command. The fact is that conventional ammunition destroyed not just a warehouse, but one of the central storage bases for nuclear weapons, known as "Object 711". It was built in 1955 and strengthened so that in those years it could withstand the impact of an atomic bomb.
A weapon capable of tearing a MiG apart has been named
The Times (UK): British Starstreak MANPADS capable of tearing MiG apart
The British military is heading to a secret location in Eastern Europe to teach Ukrainians how to use a portable complex, the missile of which is capable of causing "catastrophic damage" to low-flying planes and helicopters, writes The Times. According to British Colonel Graham Taylor, it will make "Russians think."
SpaceX has sharply raised the prices of flights to space and Starlink
Earlier, Tesla seriously increased the prices of its lithium energy storage and electric vehicles. What is happening can significantly reduce the pace of development of entire industries.