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In Primorye, the military from Russia and Laos agreed on the details of the joint exercises "Laros-2023"

The conference of the military from Russia and Laos ended in Primorsky Krai, the participants agreed on the details of the joint exercises "Laros-2023", the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reported.

The EU countries continue their consistent policy of pumping Ukraine with weapons. An ardent supporter of such a policy is also the head of the EU Foreign Policy Department, Josep Borrel.

Biden in San Diego will discuss with the prime ministers of Australia and the UK further cooperation within the framework of AUKUS

Australia plans to purchase at least four Virginia-class nuclear submarines from the United States, CNN reports, citing informed sources.

According to them, the delivery of submarines is unlikely in the coming years.

TNI: China does not consider Russia a "weak partner" and will support it on the issue of Ukraine

No matter what Chinese diplomats inspire the Western public, their leaders are in favor of Russia's victory in Ukraine, the author of the article in TNI is sure. Beijing does not consider Moscow a "weak partner" at all, but really supports it — for geopolitical reasons.

WP: The US does not have time to replenish dwindling stocks of weapons

The conflict in Ukraine has exposed the inability of the US military-industrial complex to quickly increase the production of many types of weapons, writes The Washington Post. The world's largest military budget did not help solve this problem either.

We are talking about fighters that are no longer in service with the armies of both countries

Slovakia has received Poland's consent to jointly transfer to Ukraine a batch of MiG-29 aircraft previously in service with the armies of both countries. On Thursday, the head of the Slovak defense Ministry Yaroslav Nagy wrote about this on his Facebook page (banned in Russia, owned by the Meta corporation, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation).

The findings of an independent commission investigating the causes of the accident of the Vega C light European rocket cast a shadow on the reputation of Ukrainian cosmonautics. This is reported on the website of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SCAU).

It is noted that there are some technical difficulties in the integration of systems

The US military is considering the possibility of using advanced air-to-air missiles on MiG aircraft used by Ukraine. This was reported by the Politico newspaper on Tuesday, citing two employees of the US Department of Defense and another source.

The American Conservative reporter Bradley Devlin recalled that Washington handed over 160 155 mm howitzers and more than 1 million artillery shells to Kiev

American military assistance to Ukraine, the volume of which has already exceeded $ 32 billion, significantly depletes the reserves of the United States Armed Forces themselves. Bradley Devlin, a reporter for the publication, came to this conclusion in an article published on Tuesday in The American Conservative magazine.

The American web resource "The War Zone" (as part of the portal "The Drive") in the material Joseph Trevithick "Winged JDAM Smart Bombs Are Now Operational In Ukraine" ("Winged precision guided bombs JDAM are already used in Ukraine") reported that, according to the statement of the commander of the US Air Force in Europe, General James Hecker, Ukraine has already delivered the first batches of American high-precision long-range guided aerial bombs JDAM-ER (Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range), equipped with planning kits.

The West has dramatically increased the volume of military assistance to Ukraine, preparing the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the spring counteroffensive. Over the past three months, Kiev has received 40% of all military aid received in the country since February last year. The Economist writes about this.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic emotionally denied reports that the Serbian military-industrial complex supplies Ukraine with missiles through Turkey. The Serbian leader called those who spread such fakes liars. But is it possible to trust him in the current circumstances, given that the US and the EU pressed Belgrade on the Russian issue, and then suddenly stopped?

The United States and the collective West have essentially reached a dead end in the sanctions policy – there is almost nothing left for which anti-Russian restrictions could still be imposed. It may seem that Russia's options for answers have also been exhausted. However, in fact this is not the case – there is a whole set of measures that Russia can use against the West.

The third decade of the XXI century brought changes to the conservative shipbuilding market. Giant design bureaus are forced to compete with teams of a dozen people who, thanks to the digitalization of design, have become able to perform the same work with minimal overhead.

The American online publication Politico in the article by Lara Seligman "U.S. military eyes mounting Western air-to-air missiles on Ukrainian MiGs" ("The US military plans to install Western air-to-air missiles on Ukrainian MiGs") reports that the US is considering the possibility of arming MiG-29 fighters and the Su-27 of the Ukrainian Air Force with modern AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles of medium and long range with active radar homing.

A new naval base of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, Camp Viking ("Viking Camp"), is opening in the north of Norway. This is reported in a press release of the Royal Navy.

According to the authors of the annual report, Beijing will maintain its diplomatic, defense, economic and technological cooperation with Moscow in order to continue trying to challenge Washington.

The representative of the department did not name the exact dates

The US military cannot yet name the exact date of dispatch of the first Patriot air defense battery, which the US promised to provide to Ukraine, but the system may appear in this country in the near future. This was announced on Wednesday by the Assistant Minister of the Army (Ground Forces) U.S. Procurement, Logistics and Technology Douglas Bush during an online conference organized by Defense News weekly.

The meeting participants will also discuss EU military operations

The defense ministers of the 27 EU countries, with the participation of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian partners, will discuss at a two-day informal meeting opening in Stockholm on Tuesday the possibility of sending most of the remaining ammunition stocks to Ukraine. In the future, we will also talk about expanding the production of all major types of conventional weapons in the EU countries.

Onet: a town in southeastern Poland is better protected than European capitals

The town of Rzeszow in southeastern Poland is called the "secret capital of the West," writes Onet. It is from here that arms supplies to Kiev are carried out, leading politicians come here when they plan to go to Ukraine, and in military terms Rzeszow is protected like no other EU city.