Foreign Policy (USA): Can Turkey legally close the straits to Russian warships? This is very difficult

Ankara's hands are tied, it cannot close the straits to Russian warships, and the reason is the Montreux Convention of 1936, writes Foreign Policy. Now the Straits are inaccessible to the Navies of all countries, including the United States.

During the successful offensive actions of parts of the People's Republics in the Donbas, Ukrainian armed formations lose a large amount of military equipment. Part of it is completely destroyed, other samples have various damages.

One of the main types of weapons used by the Russian Armed Forces to defeat the IG* in the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR) were cruise missiles (KR). Surface ships and submarines of the Russian Navy have repeatedly struck Islamist targets in Syria using the 3M-14 Kalibr cruise missile.

Roscosmos has published declassified documents of the Venus-13 mission

"Gazeta.Ru" got acquainted with declassified documents about the Venus-13 program and tells how the historical mission was being prepared and what problems happened on the way to the neighboring planet.

NASA said that they will not have time to land on the moon until 2026

The Inspector General of NASA criticized the American lunar program. Speaking to US lawmakers, he said that the Artemis program required several billion dollars more than planned, and people will not be on the surface of the Moon until 2026.

The collision will occur on March 4 with the reverse side of the Earth satellite

Timur Nozdrachev, a student of the Institute of High-Tech Technologies and Advanced Materials of the Far Eastern Federal University (INTiPM FEFU), and scientists from the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPA RAS) as part of an international team predicted the fall of object WE0913A to the Moon. The collision will occur on March 4, 2022 with the reverse side of the Earth satellite, the press service of the university told TASS on Wednesday.

The launch will take place if Russia receives guarantees of non-use of satellites for military purposes by Friday evening. In addition, the space agency demanded that the UK withdraw from the shareholders of OneWeb.

Rogozin announced the direction of Roscosmos resources for the creation of defense systems

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said on Twitter that the state corporation will direct the resources released after the suspension of the participation of Western partners in joint projects with Russia to create defense systems.

The command of the Thai Navy has signed a contract with the Austrian company Schiebel Aircraft GMBH for the purchase of the second batch of S-100 Kamkopter helicopter type UAVs.

On February 24, 2022, the Airbus group and the European Procurement Organization for Joint Cooperation in the field of armaments (Organization Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement - OCCAR) at the Airbus enterprise in Manching (Germany) signed a joint contract for the development of a European advanced reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle of long duration flight Eurodrone.

In the fall of 2022, flight tests of the latest Russian hybrid engine for UAVs and light manned aircraft will begin. Kirill Balyasny, a design engineer at the Moscow Aviation Institute, said this in an interview with RT.

Italy joined the list of countries intending to supply weapons to Ukraine on February 28. The Government of the country has signed a decree authorizing the dispatch of MANPADS "Stinger", mortars, ATGM "Milan".

The National Interest (USA): The Kosovo precedent haunts NATO with a dark shadow

The well-known American political scientist leaves no stone unturned by the hypocrisy of the United States and NATO on the issue of Kosovo and their double standards regarding Crimea and Donbass. According to Ted Carpenter, the West has committed a gross violation of international law in relation to Kosovo. It is his hypocrisy and arrogance that will return to him in the future like a boomerang.

Washington Post (USA): Trump's new social app Pravda can be installed in 5 minutes

The Russian military operation in the Donbass has become the subject of controversy among American politicians, writes WP. One part of Republicans disapproves of Biden's increased interest in Ukraine, calling it a waste of time and a strategic mistake, the author of the article notes. The other is anti-Putin. But there is a third group that supports the Russian leader.

Reflex (Czech Republic): Americans are more to blame for what is happening in Ukraine today than Russians. Europe will pay the price

After the current crisis, Europe can forget about its previous ambitions, Reflex writes. The publication quotes the comment of economist Karel Krshizh, who believes that the Americans destroyed the EU—Russia axis with the help of Ukraine. And Europe is "shooting itself in the foot."

One of the most combat-ready Ukrainian groups is surrounded in the city

On Tuesday, March 1, the Donbass troops joined with the Russian group advancing from the Crimea and closed the ring around Mariupol. According to experts, this deprives the Ukrainian command of the strongest and most combat-ready part of its armed forces, which will eventually have a positive impact on the timing of the special operation. The headquarters of the operational-tactical group "North" of the AFU lost most of its officers as a result of the strike. The head of the Russian Defense Ministry said that the operation will continue until the goals are achieved.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the complete blocking of the exit of Ukrainian troops to the Sea of Azov

The Ukrainian military completely lost access to the Sea of Azov, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The ministry reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 1235 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine. The Ministry also decided to strike at the SBU facilities in Kiev. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that all major cities of the country are blocked. The DPR claims that on March 1, the encirclement of Mariupol will be completely completed.

Experts estimated the losses of the Ukrainian army

The Ministry of Defense told about the defeat of 1146 objects of the Ukrainian military infrastructure. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what such losses mean for the combat capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Since February 24, by the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the Russian Armed Forces have been conducting a special military operation in Ukraine.

The goal is to protect the population of Donbass, demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. "The main thing for us is to protect the Russian Federation from the military threat posed by Western countries that are trying to use the Ukrainian people in the fight against our country," explained Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The remaining fuel in Ukraine will run out in the next few days, according to the editor of the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Alexey Leonkov. And despite the fact that now the resistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to our troops is probably the most powerful since the beginning of the operation, it will begin to weaken every day. There will simply be nothing to fight with, the expert says.