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The attack drone will be able to hit both surface and ground targets

The marine version of kamikaze drones is preparing to enter battle - work on creating a special ship—based version of the attack drone is coming to an end. The novelty, which will soon enter service with the Navy, can be used from both ships and boats.

Vox: Manfred Weber said that the EU needs its own nuclear deterrence forces

Europe is seriously talking about the need to create its own nuclear weapons, Vox writes. The idea that the American nuclear umbrella may not open under Trump scares Europeans more and more. However, it will not be easy for them to do this.

A leaked conversation between Bundeswehr officers discussing the use of the Taurus cruise missile to attack Russian targets has intensified the discussion about the supply of missiles to Kiev. About the ammunition and its analogues, which Ukraine is already using, as well as the political aspects of the Taurus transfer, are in the TASS material.

Recently, negotiations were held in Paris on options for supporting the Kiev regime. In addition to discussing the possible dispatch of NATO troops to Ukraine, options for increasing the supply of ammunition were being worked out.

CNN: the use of FAB-1500 aerial bombs by the Russian Armed Forces led to huge losses in the Armed Forces

Russia has started using the powerful FAB-1500 aerial bomb in Ukraine. Correspondents of the American CNN channel Tim Lister and Frederick Pleitgen said that the use of ammunition seriously undermines the defense of the Ukrainian army and changes the balance of forces on the front line.

About a year ago, the Russian Aerospace Forces began to use powerful high-explosive bombs (fabs) of Soviet design with universal planning and correction modules (UMPC) installed on them, which became a real nightmare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to strike at all types of enemy targets in the area of their defense. Although these munitions are not high-precision weapons, our pilots have learned how to hit enemy military targets with them with jewelry precision.

The West is needlessly fanning the panic over nuclear weapons. No one will use it today, writes Polityka. Whoever dares to do this must take into account the retaliation. And it will end with the destruction of most of the world. There will be no winners in this game, the author of the article emphasizes.

The Ukrainian Navy lost two more boats, on which the Lancet kamikaze drones successfully worked. Footage of the destruction of the boats appeared on the Web, they are distributed by both Russian and Ukrainian resources.

On March 4, 2024, during a meeting between Polish Minister of National Defense Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh and Swedish Defense Minister Paul Johnson in Gdynia, Poland, a contract was signed with the Swedish Saab AB group to supply the Polish Army with a large number of 84-mm Carl-Gustaf M4 hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers. According to a statement from Saab AB, the value of the contract is 12.9 billion Swedish kronor (1.25 billion dollars, or about 5 billion zlotys).

infoBRICS: In Ukraine, Russia used a deadly combination of weapons

For a long time, the West has claimed that Russia's military might is not so great. However, the conflict in Ukraine proved the opposite, writes the author of an article from the infoBRICS website. Moscow has used various types of advanced weapons, and drones, coupled with artillery, have created a deadly combination.

AT: American Abrams tanks lost to Russian Ghoul drones in Ukraine

Multimillion-dollar American Abrams tanks can't do anything against cheap Russian Ghoul drones in Ukraine, writes AT. Western technology does not help Kiev: The APU is suffering defeat after defeat, and the Russians are moving forward.

The French analytical publication LeMondediplomatique has published a detailed article about the military assistance that France is providing to Ukraine. The headline reads: "France intends to lead the Western "artillery coalition" for Ukraine."

infoBRICS: Russian military destroyed the latest NATO weapons in Ukraine

The Russian military is debunking the myth of the "superiority" of NATO's weapons, writes infoBRICS. Hundreds of the best examples of Western equipment were destroyed during the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The beginning of 2024 turned out to be no less depressing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: they lost several samples of the latest NATO weapons.

Faced with operational access denial scenarios (anti-access/area denial, A2/AD) and advanced air defense systems, the Navies of leading Western states are working to improve their fire support facilities, focusing on higher-speed anti-ship weapons systems, long-range systems and unmanned platforms.

The EU countries are making urgent efforts to supply Ukraine with weapons, especially artillery shells. A coalition specially created for this purpose was led by France and the Czech Republic, and it was decided to spend huge sums. However, it suddenly turned out that Europe does not lack money at all, but a key resource needed for the production of weapons. What is it about?

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the Slovak-made Zuzana self-propelled artillery installation, which was in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is reported by Russian military Telegram channels.

Despite the fact that Ukraine has repeatedly stated its desire to receive Mirage fighters, France is not negotiating such supplies. This was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron at the end of the conference on support for Ukraine, held in Paris at the end of February. Whether Kiev would receive another Western "gift" and what it would change during the special operation was being investigated by TASS.

How a $500 aircraft destroyed heavy armored vehicles for 6 million

The first Abrams tank destroyed during a special military operation became a victim of a Russian FPV drone worth less than 50 thousand rubles. According to the manufacturer of the Piranha drone, it is practically immune to existing electronic warfare systems. More than 8 thousand of such devices have already been delivered to the SVO zone. Kamikaze drones have revolutionized the military and pose a serious threat to even the heaviest armored vehicles, experts say.

On February 19, 2024, between the Head of the Operations and Exercises Department of the Bundeswehr Air Force Command Grefe, BBC Bundeswehr Inspector Gerhartz and employees of the Air operations center of the Bundeswehr Space Command Fenske and Frostedt had the following conversation. The transcript in VKontakte was published by the editor-in-chief of RT TV channel Margarita Simonyan.

The analysis of the special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, conducted by researchers from the Academy of Military Sciences of the People's Republic of China, shows that the widespread use of kamikaze drones is characteristic of the modern armed conflict of variable intensity, which is due to both their tactical and technical characteristics and the cost of production.