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FP: Ukraine and Poland should unite in an anti-Russian alliance

Foreign Policy writes about the unrealistic dreams of the West to put together a Polish-Ukrainian union. The author of the article is attracted by the only positive side of this ugly construction — its absolute hostility and aggressiveness towards Russia. Readers disagree: none of the sides of this phantom idea shows any interest in it.

Milliyet: in the future, the United States and Canada may join the military alliance of the Scandinavian countries

Sweden and Finland show by all means that they are against Russia, Milliyet writes. It was not enough for them to apply to NATO. Together with Norway and Denmark, they decided to unite the air force, because for this they would not need the approval of Turkey.

Turkey has increased its revenues from defense exports to other countries by 42% only from 2020 to 2021. This is reported by CNBC, commenting on Ankara's far-reaching plans to develop its military-industrial complex and increase its global influence.

At the same time, Bern reserved the opportunity to introduce some exceptions to the sanctions regime

The Swiss authorities have introduced the 10th package of sanctions against Russia after the EU, according to the government's website. "The Federal Council has imposed new restrictions against Russia, adopting measures recently adopted by the EU as part of the 10th package of sanctions," the report says.

The "exploding bomb effect" was caused in some circles by the statement of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) on the territory of Belarus, which he made on March 25 during an interview on the channel "Russia 24".

The leader of the Direction - Social Democracy party, Robert Fico, said earlier that he considers unconstitutional the decision to donate fighter jets to Ukraine

Direction - Social Democracy, the largest party of the parliamentary opposition in Slovakia, demands to bring members of the current government of the republic to criminal responsibility for the decision taken without the consent of the supreme legislative body to transfer to The supersonic MiG-29 fighters withdrawn from the national Air Force last year are a gift to Ukraine. The corresponding claim has been sent to the courts, Slovak Radio reported on Monday.

On March 24, 2023, the Brazilian shipbuilding enterprise thyssenkrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul, owned by the German association thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), in Itajai (Santa Catarina State), hosted the laying ceremony for the Brazilian Navy of the lead frigate F 35 Tamandare of the German project MEKO A100 in a series of four units. The ceremony was attended by the Commander of the Brazilian Navy, Admiral Marcos Sampaio Olsen.

SCMP: NATO has created an alliance of Russia and China, which military strategists of all times feared

The United States won the Cold War by cutting off China from the USSR. Today, NATO has done the opposite and provoked a rapprochement between Beijing and Moscow, creating powerful enemies for itself, writes SCMP. Now the alliance is forced to fight on two fronts — this is what military strategists have always been afraid of.

Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder signed a memorandum of understanding providing for the purchase of a second "Belgian" A-330 MRTT (Multirole Tanker Transport) for the EU/NATO multi-purpose tanker transports unit.

Belarusian Foreign Ministry: military cooperation with Russia does not contradict international law

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said that the military cooperation between the republic and Russia is carried out in strict accordance with international law, and the deployment of nuclear warheads on the territory of the country without transferring control over them to Minsk will not contradict the provisions of the articles of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov rode around the training ground on a Challenger 2 tank that arrived from Britain and posted a corresponding video on his page on one of the social networks.

Director General of Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec Group), Deputy Chairman of Soyuzmash of Russia Alexander Mikheev took part in an expanded meeting of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders and the Association "League of Assistance to Defense Enterprises" on March 27.

New Zealand Defense Minister Andrew Little said that his country intends to cooperate within the framework of AUKUS, a trilateral defense alliance established by the United States, Great Britain and Australia at the end of 2021.

Ouest-France: Scandinavian countries have united the Air Force for a joint fight with Russia

The Scandinavian countries have agreed to create a whole united fleet to resist Russia, writes Ouest-France. They hope that the new air group, comparable in size to the British Air Force, will change the balance of power in The Arctic in favor of the West.

The first documentary evidence of the delivery of French Crotale NG anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine has appeared on the Internet. The Ukrainian military published a corresponding photo of the French air defense system.

As the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Mark Milley, stressed, the MQ-9 does not provide additional intelligence capabilities compared to the "smaller, faster and maneuverable unmanned aerial systems" that Washington supplies to Kiev.

Europe accused Estonia of fraud with arms supplies to Ukraine

The European Union has accused Estonia of using a fraudulent scheme to upgrade its military arsenal, Postimees writes. Tallinn, instead of the outdated systems that it supplies to Ukraine, expects to receive modern ones at someone else's expense.

Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation, President of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia, and Alexander Mikheev, Head of Rosoboronexport and Deputy Chairman of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia, took part in an expanded meeting of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders and the Association "League for Assistance to Defense Enterprises". During the meeting, the participants summed up the results of the activities of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia for 2022, and also discussed topical issues of the development of the country's machine-building industry.

Expert Khodorenok explained how Russia will transport and protect TNW in Belarus

Russia intends to deploy tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) in Belarus. In this regard, the construction of a special storage facility should be completed in the republic by July 1. Military observer of the Newspaper.Ru" Mikhail Khodarenok dealt with possible details of the relocation and placement of TNW on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

The dynamically developing military-political situation around the Republic of Belarus forces the country's leadership to react harshly to all its changes. As Alexander Lukashenko noted at a meeting with the country's power bloc on March 21, today the Western countries and Ukraine have created the highest level of external threats for Belarus, which forces them to pay the closest attention to internal threats. "We need to be ready for any events. Therefore, the issues of countering external and internal threats should be under special control today," the President stressed.