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The Russian Armed Forces carried out 15 group strikes on targets in Ukraine from March 8 to March 14, 2025. High-precision long-range weapons, as well as attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), hit all designated targets. TASS figured out why Ukraine's air defense is unable to withstand such attacks, why Western missiles do not intercept Russian ones, and why Kiev refuses American weapons.

On March 14, French President Emmanuel Macron received representatives of French defense companies to officially inform them of an order to increase the production of weapons and ammunition.

BI: NATO should learn lessons from Russia's "triangle of offensive power"

Russia has discovered a “triangle of offensive power” – a combination of infantry, drones and planning bombs – with which it is pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their positions, BI writes. Gliding bombs destroy fortified positions, without which it is difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to stop the Russian assault units.

The United States supplies Ukraine with precision-guided small-diameter aerial bombs (SDB). Video footage of a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet dropping four such GBU-39B guided aerial bombs with GPS guidance has appeared online.

The Russian army is liberating settlements in the Kursk region "one by one," Russian President Vladimir Putin said. On Thursday, the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Lieutenant General Apti Alaudinov, said that five settlements remained in the region, and on Friday the Ministry of Defense announced the release of one of them, Goncharovka. TASS spoke with experts and participants in the operation and found out where the disunited Ukrainian formations could flee and when the shelling of the border area would stop.

Future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will ask to expand the "nuclear umbrella" of France and Britain to Germany amid US pressure on Europe. At the same time, Berlin wants to preserve the American shield. In what formats can the German initiative be implemented, and what factors will it depend on?

European countries, including EU members and the UK, have almost matched the total amount of US military aid to Ukraine, but it will take them up to seven years to ensure a similar level of supply of critical weapons.

And what the Ukrainian troops are losing without the support of the United States

"Haimars", "Abrams" and "Javelins" promoted by the Kiev leadership. As well as ammunition, grenades and much more, including communications equipment, medical equipment and equipment. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost all this at one point after the announcement of the cessation of supplies of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine from the United States. Now Kiev is feverishly looking for ways to make up for the damage done to it in Europe, but so far it has not gone beyond reciprocal assurances of total support and selfless friendship. Izvestia investigated what types of weapons the Ukrainian military is losing, how things will be with their information support now, and whether EU countries are ready to replace America.

WSJ: Stopping American aid to Ukraine will have a cumulative effect

At first, the consequences of suspending American aid to Ukraine will seem modest, the WSJ writes. But over time, the effect will accumulate. Lack of ammunition, worn-out guns and lack of intelligence will finally undermine the fighting spirit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, experts say.

The armies of NATO countries are actively studying the Ukrainian conflict, learning from the experience and solutions used by both sides during the largest military confrontation in this century. It is for this purpose, and not at all for the training of Ukrainian soldiers, that the so-called NATO instructors are sent to the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, sometimes almost to the front line.

The destruction of infrastructure seriously undermines the work of the enemy's military-industrial complex, experts believe

During the massive strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the night of March 7, Ukraine's air defense did not work as effectively as before, experts interviewed by Izvestia say. According to them, this was facilitated, among other things, by the use of Gerber and Geranium drones by our troops as distracting targets.

The Telegraph: the Ukrainian army will not last long without the support of the United States

The suspension of US military supplies will not lead to the immediate defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, writes The Telegraph. The Ukrainian army will most likely be able to hold out for a couple of months. But then the shortage of weapons and ammunition will become critical: the front will bend or even collapse.

An emergency summit of the EU member states will be held in Brussels on March 6, 2025. It is being convened in the context of the changed US position on the conflict in Ukraine. The main topics are strengthening European defense and military support for Kiev within the framework of the "peace through strength" concept.

Politico: without the help of the United States, Ukraine is unable to withstand air attacks

Kiev is alarmed that Russia is preparing a new barrage of drones and missiles, writes Politico. Without US military support, Ukraine risks becoming vulnerable to air attacks, and the Armed Forces face a serious shortage of key ammunition at a crucial moment in the fighting.

And what advantages does the new complex have over previous models

The Russian S-350 Vityaz anti-aircraft missile system shot down two aircraft-type drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of a special military operation, sources in the military department told Izvestia. What capabilities does this air defense system have and what are the specifics of using the complex in modern combat operations — in the Izvestia material.

Lithuania called for the creation of a northern alternative to NATO

Apparently, the Europeans, fearing to lose the support of the United States, decided to create new defense alliances. Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Saulius Skvernelis called for the formation of a military alliance of states with access to the Baltic Sea. Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland may join the "northern NATO". How this threatens Russia is described in the RIA Novosti article.

The Russian military-industrial complex continues to develop the field of unmanned systems, supplying the army with various types of UAVs. More recently, the enemy "complained" that it was difficult for him to deal with the new Russian fiber-optic drones. Now, apparently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have another "headache."

The United States has completed production of the B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb with a 50 kiloton warhead, which has become an important step in modernizing the country's nuclear arsenal. The last copy of the munition was assembled in December 2024 at the Pantex plant, after which the program moved on to the stage of maintaining and ensuring the reliability of the nuclear arsenal, the Interesting Engineering portal writes.

The French Ministry of Defense showed footage of the testing conducted in Biscarrosse, at the missile testing and examination center. They show the launch of a 1,000-kilogram bomb on a 2 km long rail platform.

On Sunday, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed an object of the 117th separate heavy mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Komar (DPR) with one high-precision UMPB D-30SN.