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According to the Vedomosti newspaper in the material of Ilya Lakstygal, "The EU has agreed to supply Ukraine with a million shells. 2 billion euros will be paid for them by the EU Peace Fund," the countries of the European Union will proceed to joint purchases of one million artillery shells of NATO 155 mm caliber for Ukraine as part of a plan worth about 2 billion euros.

EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Josep Borrel said that 18 countries (17 EU countries and Norway) have joined the project of the European Defense Agency to place industrial orders for ammunition for Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.

On March 20, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 350 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to about $ 32.5 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $ 35.3 billion.

In the past 2022, Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (KDA) has achieved tremendous success with its cruise missile NSM (Naval Strike Missile), which de facto became a replacement for the Harpoon missile on surface ships around the world.

The Ukrainian military has been armed with American MK153 SMAW grenade launchers, and the use of these weapons is currently being trained by the armed forces. As reported, the grenade launchers were delivered in February of this year in one of the next packages of military assistance from the United States.

American Thinker: Biden provokes Putin to direct military confrontation

The Americans are dangerously provoking Russia into a direct military clash, writes The American Thinker. This is the only way to assess the provocations with US drones over the Black Sea and the simulation of a B-52 bomber missile strike on St. Petersburg.

On March 16, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale of 800 AGM-114R2 Hellfire aircraft guided missiles to Poland through the US program of intergovernmental Foreign military Sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS). This sale is approved by the U.S. Department of State. The total cost of the proposed delivery will be $ 150 million.

Rostec State Corporation holdings additionally hired more than 30 thousand employees in 2022. Active recruitment went both to enterprises involved in the implementation of the state defense order, and to factories implementing large-scale civil projects, primarily in the field of aircraft construction, IT and the radio-electronic complex.

According to the Handelsblatt newspaper, a group of EU countries led by Estonia insists on fixing specific obligations for the transfer of ammunition to Kiev

A group of EU countries insists on including a commitment to supply Ukraine with 1 million artillery shells by the end of this year in the final declaration of the EU summit to be held in Brussels on March 23-24. This was reported on Friday by the German newspaper Handelsblatt, citing sources.

The head of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Josep Borrel, previously noted that there is a possibility of an additional increase in the fund's budget by another €3.5 billion by the end of the year

EU defense ministers are due to approve on March 21 at a meeting in Brussels the plan of the head of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Josep Borrel, to allocate €2 billion from the European Peace Fund for the supply of shells to Ukraine and replenishment of their stocks in Europe. This was reported to journalists on Friday by a source in the EU foreign policy service.

Deputy Head of KTRV Biryulin: transfer of hypersonic technologies to friendly countries is possible

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) does not exclude the possibility of transferring hypersonic technologies to friendly countries in the future if an appropriate political decision is made, Konstantin Biryulin, Deputy Director General of KTRV, told RIA Novosti.

Politico: The United States demanded that Ukraine save shells in the battles for Artemovsk

The United States is increasing the volume and speed of arms supplies to Ukraine and pushing Kiev to conduct a "large-scale offensive," writes Politico. However, the APU declared shell starvation. In response, America demanded to save ammunition and conduct "more targeted fire."

Many believe in Kiev's victory, but opinions differ on what it will be expressed in

Germany's promise at the beginning of 2023 to send tanks to Ukraine marked another concession of this European country in the Ukrainian issue. And it became evidence of the gradual escalation of the supply of weapons, military and special equipment (VVST) by Western allies to Ukraine.

Poland does not hope for an alliance and is arming itself against the Russian Federation

Poland has managed to be a European superpower in its history, and twice completely disappear from the political map of the world.

Among the trophies of Russian soldiers-liberators, there are very often samples of armored vehicles modified by militants of Ukrainian armed formations.

Medya Günlüğü: the Bundeswehr exhausted its arsenal of weapons even before the conflict in Ukraine

The Bundeswehr exhausted its stocks of weapons and ammunition even before the special operation in Ukraine, writes Medya Günlüğü. Now the locomotive of the European Union has an army with only 96 battle tanks. Meanwhile, the Russian Armed Forces are armed with thousands of pieces of military equipment, which is not inferior to the German "Leopards".

Russian Ambassador to the United States Antonov: American planes and ships have nothing to do near the borders of the Russian Federation

The US has accused Russia that its Su-27 aircraft shot down an MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea. The Russian Defense Ministry insists that the UAV crashed without assistance. The State Duma believes that the drone collected data on the locations of military facilities and air defense systems on the territory of Crimea. The coordinator for strategic Communications at the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, said that the United States had taken measures to prevent the wreckage of its drone from falling into the wrong hands.

Yefremov, in particular, led the creation of complexes with cruise missiles for firing at ground targets and anti-ship complexes, as well as space systems and naval space reconnaissance vehicles.

The American MQ-9 drone that crashed in the Black Sea has a high fire potential and is distinguished by impressive reconnaissance characteristics, said military expert, reserve Colonel Andrei Koshkin. In conversation with the "Tape.The expert stressed that this unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has already been used by the United States in other well-known military campaigns.

NATO countries retain a dominant position in the global arms market. And although Russia has secured the second place, located between the United States and France, Moscow's share in the market is steadily declining. What is the reason for such a reduction, how can Russia squeeze out competitors from NATO countries and why is it time for Moscow to think not only about arms exports, but also about imports?