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On February 16, 2023, the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to the Netherlands through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) at the request of the Dutch government of HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) land-based missile systems manufactured by Lockheed Corporation Martin.

The head of the department, Catherine Colonna, also expressed the opinion that all European countries should adapt their economies to the accelerated production of weapons

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna said that Paris has accelerated the production of weapons, and therefore Kiev can count on the speedy delivery of additional self-propelled artillery units (ACS) Caesar.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto stressed that Helsinki continues to provide military assistance to Kiev

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said that Helsinki does not intend to disclose information about its military assistance to Kiev, because then Russia can find out which weapons his country has and which no longer.

Srbin.info : The West has deceived Serbia and the Serbian people many times, but it won't happen again

The current diplomatic offensive of the West against Serbia sets itself one goal — to break the ties of the Serbs with Russia and use the Serbian lands against it, writes Srbin.info . The author of the article talks about the actions of the West and explains their true essence.

French industrial enterprises have accelerated the production of weapons in order to ensure the speedy delivery of additional batches of Caesar self-propelled artillery systems to the Ukrainian army. This was stated by French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna during the Munich Security Conference. The column also called on other EU countries to adapt their national economies to ensure accelerated production of weapons.

The Polish president added that the Ukrainian military are being trained in Sventoszow

Kiev can receive Leopard 2 and PT-91 tanks from Poland within one to two months. This was stated by Polish President Andrzej Duda in an interview with Ukrinform published on Saturday.

The Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, Ben Wallace, noted that this happened after a political decision was made to transfer them to Ukraine

Many Western countries have discovered that they do not have serviceable tanks for Ukraine after a political decision was made to transfer them to Kiev. This was stated by British Defense Minister Ben Wallace in an interview with the German edition of Der Spiegel , published on Saturday.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stressed that the latest delivery is an air defense system, as it is intended for defense, not attack

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that Rome had provided Ukraine with "defensive weapons", there is no question of supplying offensive weapons.

The former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress noted that she gives this issue "paramount importance"

Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (a representative of the Democratic Party) spoke out on Saturday for the transfer of F-16 fighter-bombers to Ukraine.

On February 17, 2023, the Norwegian defense procurement agency Forsvarsmateriell signed a contract in Munich with the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) for the purchase of 54 new-made Leopard 2A7 main tanks for the Norwegian armed forces, with an option to purchase 18 more units. The contract value is 19.7 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.928 billion), the delivery of 54 ordered tanks will be carried out in 2026-2028.

The US Secretary of State warned Beijing of "serious consequences in relations" with Washington in the event of such assistance to Moscow

The United States fears that China is allegedly considering the possibility of transferring assistance related to lethal weapons to Russia. This statement was made by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in an interview with NBC, a fragment of which was shown on Saturday.

American Greatness: the explosion of the "Northern Streams" is a call to the West to free itself from US power

The "brazen" US sabotage on the "Northern Streams", which was exposed by journalist Seymour Hersh, proved that Europe has become an American slave, the author of the article in American Greatness is sure. The EU must "throw off this yoke" in order to defend its interests and cooperate with any countries — including Russia.

Russia is preparing to transfer modern multi-purpose fighters of its own production to Iran in exchange for the supply of Iranian drones. The head of the US State Department, Anthony Blinken, spoke about his suspicions in an interview with the American TV channel CBS.

According to the head of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Josep Borrel, Ukraine is in a critical situation in terms of ammunition

An emergency meeting of the Foreign Ministers and defense ministers of the EU countries will be held on March 6-7 to coordinate the supply of additional weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. This was stated on Sunday by the head of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Josep Borrel, at a security conference in Munich, stressing that the EU countries should supply Ukraine with all the ammunition they have today.

The American permanent Representative to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, called Russia's support in the conflict in Ukraine "unacceptable"

The United States has warned China about the consequences of possibly providing Russia with lethal weapons for use during the conflict in Ukraine. This will be a red line, said the American permanent representative to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, in an interview with CNN, aired on Sunday.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken added that in terms of arms supplies to Kiev, "the main focus should be on what they can use right now"

Washington believes that Kiev will not be able to benefit significantly from the supply of those weapons, the use and maintenance of which the Ukrainian military are not trained. This was stated by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in an interview with CBS, which was published on Sunday.

For almost a year, Russia has been living in conditions of unprecedented size and number of international sanctions. How does a high-tech business feel in such an environment? To what extent did he manage to carry out import substitution and are the losses great? The Prime agency asked Olga Uskova, President of the Cognitive Technologies Group of companies, about this.

Poland was very upset because Russian Rosatom was able to avoid sanctions in the new 10th package. Hungary and France defended the right to work with Russia. But even Germany, which abandoned its nuclear power plants, was not on the side of Warsaw's tough position here. Why is it even more difficult for Europe to abandon Russian nuclear energy than to abandon coal, oil and gas?

In the West, they decided not to transfer modern fighters to Ukraine. According to British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, Kiev will be able to receive the planes only after the completion of the Russian special operation. In Ukraine, they were already sure that the fighters were "on the table", it remained to be decided whether it would be an American F-16 or a Swedish Gripen. Can Wallace's statements be trusted, or is this another misinformation of the West? And how will all this affect the course of the conflict?

Europe is increasing military production, explaining this by the Ukrainian crisis. The shares of military-industrial complex companies are growing, and defense spending tends to 2-4% of GDP. Against this background, American companies found themselves in an even more advantageous position. What can the intensive militarization of NATO countries lead to and how should Russia react to what is happening?