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According to the publication, no decision has been made on this issue

The command of the Japanese Ground Forces proposed to supply Ukraine with MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) multiple launch rocket systems, which are supposed to be decommissioned by fiscal year 2029. No decision has been made on this issue, since the current policy in the country prohibits the export of weapons to conflict zones, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday.

The Ministry of Defense named the names of Ukrainian participants of the American military biological programs

Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities and private companies participated in the American military-biological programs, said Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Russian Armed Forces.

Anadolu: Germany's leadership in the confrontation with Russia will make it the most influential country in the EU

The conflict in Ukraine affects Germany's place in world politics, Anadolu reports. Berlin is gradually abandoning a balanced approach in relations with Moscow and increasing military spending, which indicates its readiness to become a leader in the EU, the author of the article believes.

Trilateral talks were held in Beijing for three days, at which the hosts of the meeting hosted representatives of Tehran and Riyadh. As a result, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to normalize relations and open embassies.

TNI: Israel should not supply weapons to Ukraine because of the risk of a response from Russia

Israel should not interfere in the conflict in Ukraine and supply it with weapons, experts write in an article for TNI. This will dramatically complicate his relations with Russia and run counter to his regional and strategic interests.

Diary: events in Georgia have become an occasion for Russia to mock the United States

The door to the EU, open to Georgia, began to close, writes the Bulgarian "Diary". The author of the article describes in detail how the situation developed around the draft law "on foreign agents" in the Georgian parliament and in Tbilisi, what was said about this in the European Union and the United States, and what irony sounded in the comments from the Kremlin.

Ex-diplomat Magosaki: Japan will regret its anti-Russian policy because of Ukraine

Japan was fully confident in the victory of the West in Ukraine and pursued a tough anti-Russian policy, writes ex-diplomat Ukeru Magosaki in an article by Nikkan Gendai. However, the alignment has changed: the US and the EU have hesitated. Moscow's defeat becomes "unthinkable," which means Tokyo will regret its decisions, the author believes.

The restoration of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran has become an occasion for discussion in the Israeli press. The deal is blamed on the weakness of US President Joe Biden and the miscalculations of the Israeli leadership.

It became known that on Monday, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aboard the Missouri nuclear submarine in San Diego will announce the equipping of Australia with new nuclear submarines as part of the AUKUS alliance, a trilateral defense partnership aimed at countering China in its, according to the US authorities, "the desire to achieve naval dominance in the Pacific Ocean."

Islamabad intends to transfer the T-80UD tanks in service with the Pakistani army to Ukraine, the Indian edition of Firstpost made this statement.

Another batch of British Spartan FV103 armored personnel carriers, purchased with the money of volunteers, has arrived in Ukraine. This time, the APU will receive 25 armored vehicles, but this is not the last delivery. According to the official publication of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, various funds will continue to buy outdated British armored cars.

According to Stephen Blank, a senior researcher at the Institute for Foreign Policy Studies, this is, in particular, the lack of a strategy and the delay in arms supplies

The Ukrainian authorities may have to surrender Artemovsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut) and postpone the spring offensive due to the fact that Western countries have not provided Ukraine with the promised weapons. This opinion was expressed by a senior researcher at the American Institute for Foreign Policy Studies (Pennsylvania) Stephen Blank in an article published on Friday in The Hill newspaper .

FA: The EU is completely dependent on the US for defense

After the start of the Russian SVO, Europe had to "get rid" of the United States in matters of defense, but nothing has changed, writes the FA. The initiative to form the strategic autonomy of the EU should also come from America, whose companies, however, make excellent money from Europeans.

Iran has completed a deal to purchase Russian multi-purpose Su-35 fighters, IRNA news agency reports, citing a statement from the country's permanent mission to the UN.

The President of Ukraine increasingly hears "no" from the US authorities when he shares his plans for the future with them. The Republican victory in the congressional elections forced Washington to adjust its policy of assistance to Ukraine. How critical are these changes for Kiev? And what is missing to make them truly critical?

CNN: Crew Dragon ship with Anna Kikina landed off Florida

The Crew Dragon spacecraft from SpaceX with crew Crew-5 landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. Astronauts Anna Kikina, Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada and Koichi Wakata returned to Earth, CNN reports.

Ukraine will join NATO, and Poland will dramatically strengthen. Not only experts, but also leaders of European countries are discussing such scenarios of the geopolitical alignment that may occur following the results of the special operation. It would seem that such a future does not bring Russia anything good. However, in fact, the main victims in the end will be the West, Ukraine, and the European Union.

It will take the United States about fifteen years to replenish only the main weapons systems, according to the authors of the material published in the American newspaper The Washington Post. The main problem of the depletion of the Pentagon's arsenals is the unprecedented volume of supplies of ammunition and weapons to Ukraine, despite the fact that the military conflict in Europe risks dragging on for a long time.

The newspaper "Kommersant" in the material of Alexey Zabrodin "Eurosnares are empty. The defense ministers of the EU countries agreed to urgently supply Ukraine with everything they have," she said that the defense ministers of the European Union countries agreed on the need for immediate supplies of artillery ammunition to Ukraine from the remaining stocks in European warehouses.

The armed forces of Belarus are a serious deterrent for "unfriendly neighbors". This was recently stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin. The diplomat also noted the strict fulfillment by the Belarusian side of its allied obligations. "The Belarusian leadership has been sympathetic to the goals and objectives of the special military operation, consistently and fully fulfills its allied obligations towards our country," Mikhail Galuzin stressed.