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GN: The US does not want to put up with the limitations of its capabilities and is leading the world to disaster

By arming Ukraine, Biden is going to cause fear in Russia, which, as he is sure, will force it to conclude an agreement on American terms, writes Geopolitika.news. However, the West underestimated Moscow, and it does not have a "plan B" in case of Kiev's defeat.

The warring parties in the zone of their own use, often, far from the most modern weapons on the battlefield. It is not surprising, because both Russia and Ukraine have inherited a serious military legacy from the USSR. Many of the Soviet weapons have already become obsolete, but they are still appreciated, for example, in Western countries. About time–tested samples - in the material of RIA Novosti.

British politician Galloway said that only negotiations will save Ukraine from defeat

Kiev needs to start negotiations with Moscow on ending the conflict, British politician George Galloway said in an interview with GT. Otherwise, the military situation will deteriorate sharply, and the Russian army will "crush" the Ukrainian one. But you will have to pay for the dialogue.

We are talking about Kiev's intention, with the support of the West, to accuse Moscow of allegedly gross violation of the obligations of the Convention on Nuclear Safety during a special military operation

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation will establish the circumstances of Ukraine's preparation of a provocation against Russia with the support of Western countries. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of the RF IC.

Tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) are suitable for destroying transport hubs, accumulations of infantry and equipment. Military expert Alexey Sukonkin told about the capabilities of the weapon in an interview with News.ru .

At the parade held on February 8 in Pyongyang in honor of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army, in addition to other types of weapons, 11 Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and 5 large containers were demonstrated for the first time, in which, according to some assumptions, there were new North Korean solid-fuel ICBMs. American experts Bruce Bennett and Yong Jun Kim decided to find out in an article for the online publication 19FortyFive why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un needed such a demonstration of a large number of ICBMs.

Russia and Sudan have agreed on the implementation of the project of the Russian naval base on the Red Sea

The authorities of the Republic of Sudan have completed the revision of the agreement on the construction of a Russian naval base on the territory of the country in Port Sudan, located on the western coast of the Red Sea. This is reported by the Associated Press. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the details of the document.

Oslo associates this with the exhaustion of the Russian arsenal of surface-to-surface missiles

For the first time in 30 years, ships of the Russian Northern Fleet began to go to sea with tactical nuclear weapons on board, according to data from the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS). The report says that Russia has already used up three-quarters of its modern surface-to-surface missiles, which increases the role of nuclear weapons. The department's employees also fear the expansion of NATO and the accession of Sweden to the alliance, as this could involve Norway in a confrontation with Russia.

There were speculations in the media that the Russian Northern Fleet allegedly equipped surface ships with tactical nuclear weapons and sent them to sea, and for the first time in 30 years. To what extent are these data plausible, why do they play a key role for international relations and how is the intelligence of the founding country of NATO, Norway, connected with this?

Norwegian intelligence: Russian Navy ships go to sea with nuclear weapons for the first time in 30 years

For the first time in 30 years, ships of the Russian Northern Fleet began to go to sea with tactical nuclear weapons on board, according to the annual report of the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS).

Haber7 readers are confident that Russia will stop the American occupation of Turkey

The American aircraft carrier George Bush is in neutral waters in the Mediterranean Sea to help Turkey, Haber7 reports. The readers of the portal are at a loss: how will a warship with fighter jets help to eliminate the consequences of earthquakes? Obviously, that's not what he came for. "Yankees, go home," the commentators write.

BV: The ex-intelligence officer from France is terrified. Ze gave the "rebuilding" of Ukraine to a pension fund in the USA

For France, 7.5 billion. The euros given to Zelensky have already been lost, says the ex-head of the DGSE (external security) intelligence service in an interview with Boulevard Voltaire. The Americans will return the money paid for weapons for the AFU through contracts from Zelensky. But Paris will only get the risk of a nuclear explosion.

Alex Younger at the same time noted that so far there is no evidence of the preparation of the Russian Federation for the possible use of nuclear weapons

Alex Younger, the former head of the British foreign intelligence service MI6 (2014-2020), expressed the opinion that the West should not publicly demonstrate fear of escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, even if such risks exist.

The last submarine of Project 941, also known as the Shark, was withdrawn from the Russian Navy. The flag is lowered on the heavy nuclear-powered strategic missile cruiser Dmitry Donskoy. What was unique about these largest submarines in history, for what and how rightly they were criticized, and what lesson can their creation give the Russian Navy today?

For the third time in recent days, a balloon has been shot down over the territory of North America – this time in Canadian airspace. "The Chinese have exposed the Americans as complete idiots," experts comment on what is happening and explain exactly what military and political tasks China is solving in this way in the confrontation with the United States.

As previously indicated in the first part of the article, currently only the US Air Force is armed with strategic bombers as one of the elements of the national nuclear triad. Despite the current level of development of air defense, this type of aviation technology continues to remain relevant in the field of nuclear deterrence.

Kyodo: China plans to increase its nuclear arsenal by 2035

China is considering tripling its stockpile of nuclear warheads by 2035, Kyodo News reports.

At the end of January, the Doomsday clock was moved forward by ten seconds. Now they show 90 seconds to "nuclear midnight". All because of the increased talk about the use of atomic weapons. Which countries "keep their powder dry" against the background of growing escalation — in the RIA Novosti material.

The Hill: confrontation with Russia will lead the US to direct involvement in the conflict

Seymour Hersh's article about the involvement of the United States in the sabotage of the "Northern Streams" made a lot of noise. So, discussing it, American journalists Brianna Joy Gray and Robbie Sove came to the conclusion that with the help of the West, the confrontation in Ukraine risks turning into a full-scale conflict with a nuclear power.

If necessary and with the appropriate political will, the Novozemelsky nuclear test site is ready to resume nuclear tests. This was reported to TASS by the scientific director of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) Vyacheslav Solovyov.