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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 Tallinn, instead of the outdated systems that it supplies to Ukraine, expects to receive modern ones at someone else's expense.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.

A member of the lower house of the American parliament, Marjorie Taylor Green, warned that the conflict in Ukraine will bring down "unprecedented economic difficulties" on US citizens

The United States will not be able to recover from the potential fall in the dollar caused by the conflict in Ukraine. Confidence in this was expressed on Sunday by a member of the US House of Representatives Marjorie Taylor Green (Republican from Georgia) on Twitter.

Bulgaria made good money on arms supplies to Ukraine, although there were no direct exports. According to former Prime Minister of the Republic Kirill Petkov, Bulgarian arms companies supplied military products to Kiev through the United States and Great Britain.

Beijing and Moscow are friends, but the West hopes for a split due to the faster growth of the PRC army

What can divide Russia and China? Figaro newspaper asks this question and comes to the conclusion that the most vulnerable point is the Russians' fears of the growing military power of the PRC. Now Russia is still stronger militarily, but the Chinese did not waste time all 30 years while the Russian defense industry was reformed.

The Economist: China will create a new world order based on deals between countries

Xi Jinping wants to create a new world order based on deals between countries that are not burdened by any ideological conditions, writes The Economist. The West should not underestimate how attractive this approach is for other countries.

At the Thyssenkrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul (tkEBS) company in Itajai (Santa Catarina) on March 24, the keel laying ceremony of the head multipurpose frigate of the F200 class "Tamandare" (MEKO A-100MB) took place.

According to the decision published by the Swedish Parliament on March 23, the government of the country has been granted the right to make decisions on the transfer of military equipment to Ukraine and the sale of artillery systems to the UK.

The National Army of Moldova began today to conduct exercises called "JCET-2023" (Joint Combined Exchange Training) together with its NATO partners. The military personnel of the Armed Forces of Romania, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States also take part in the maneuvers. This information was confirmed by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the country.

CNN: Xi and Putin's friendship is a test for the US

Strengthening relations between China and Russia is a very serious foreign policy problem for the United States, CNN reports. Together, Moscow and Beijing have a better chance of upsetting Washington's plans in Ukraine and elsewhere.

The Declassified UK portal pointed out that the footage with these ammunition is contained in a video that the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom published on its own YouTube channel

British instructors trained Ukrainian tank crews in the use of depleted uranium ammunition. This was announced on Monday by the Declassified UK portal, specializing in investigative journalism.

Alan Lushnikov, President of Kalashnikov Concern JSC, believes that every ban and restriction in the arms industry directly affects the quality characteristics of military weapons and, ultimately, negatively affects the security of the Fatherland.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov published a photo showing several units of NATO armored vehicles that arrived in Ukraine. A staged photo taken on the drone's camera offers a row of equipment lined up, in front of which are the flags of the countries that made the delivery.

According to the South China Morning Post, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to visit Beijing in the coming days and weeks

The Chinese authorities will face diplomatic pressure on the issue of the Ukrainian crisis during the upcoming visits of Western leaders to Beijing. This was reported on Thursday by the South China Morning Post with reference to experts.

The Ministry of Defense puts on a counter-force strike in the confrontation with China

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, during a speech to the budget commission of the lower house of the Japanese parliament, announced Tokyo's intention to purchase a batch of Tomahawk missiles of the latest modification from the United States.

Fleets of two Pacific archipelagos conduct joint exercises

Philippine President Bongbonga Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida signed an agreement on cooperation between the defense departments of the two countries. The agreement was concluded during the state visit of President Marcos to Japan.

Development of the 5th generation South Korean fighter: problems and achievements

The KF-21 Boramae is a South Korean program for the development of an advanced multi–purpose fighter of the 4++ generation for the Republic of Korea Air Force and the Indonesian Air Force.

The US Navy reported that on March 21, 2023, it handed over to the Egyptian Navy in Alexandria three large Cyclone-type patrol boats withdrawn from their composition - PC 3 Hurricane, PC 6 Sirocco and PC 12 Thunderbolt. The boats arrived in Alexandria on February 12 from their former permanent base in Bahrain, having made a month-long 4,000-mile crossing with mixed American-Egyptian crews around the Arabian Peninsula since January.