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Moscow offered Delhi the technology of a new tank for further joint development

At the Aero India 2023 aviation exhibition, which opened on February 13 in Bangalore, its organizer, the Ministry of Defense of India, received an interesting offer. Through the mouth of Vladimir Drozhzhov, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia, our country expressed its readiness to share the technologies of the Armata family of next-generation armored vehicles in order to use them for the joint development of the main battle tank (MBT) for the Indian national army.

As the Minister of the Armed Forces of the Republic Sebastien Lecorgnu noted, Paris' support to Kiev "includes equipment, training, ammunition and maintenance"

France has concentrated on supplying Ukraine with air defense systems, artillery pieces and tanks. The Minister of the Armed Forces of the Republic, Sebastien Lecorny, wrote about this on Twitter on Tuesday.

Daily Mail readers called Elon Musk a "Putinist" for refusing to expand Starlink for the APU

Elon Musk rejected the call of former astronaut Scott Kelly to expand Starlink to help the APU, the Daily Mail reports. Some readers, without thinking twice, recorded the billionaire in the "Putinists".

Asharq Al-Awsat: Western fighters will not help the AFU to develop success at the front

The UK is crossing the "red lines" by agreeing to transfer fighters to Kiev, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. However, combat aircraft will not help Ukraine on the battlefield: APU will need time to learn how to use them. Moreover, the amount of Russian equipment far exceeds the volume of Western supplies.

The new generation KF51 Panther tank of the German Rheinmetall concern is unlikely to be in Ukraine.

According to "RG: Russian weapons", the stated deadlines of 15-18 months are completely unrealistic, since so far there is no such combat vehicle, in fact, and what they are showing us is just a running model.

The former Prime Minister of Italy also said that he hopes for a diplomatic solution to the conflict between Moscow and Kiev

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi expressed support for Ukraine and hope for a diplomatic solution to the conflict, which poses a danger to everyone. As indicated in his statement, distributed on Tuesday on the official pages on social networks, the "Marshall plan" of the West for the reconstruction of the country can become a way of a diplomatic settlement.

The West continues to turn Ukraine into a testing ground for advanced weapons. According to German media, the Rheinmetall defense concern is negotiating the supply of promising KF51 Panther tanks. The corporation has far-reaching plans, but difficulties are possible.

Greece supplied Ukraine with infantry fighting vehicles from the presence of its own armed forces, as well as ammunition. This was stated by Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos.

The CSTO Crisis Response Center in Moscow hosted a briefing by the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov.

Bloomberg: The EU will harm itself and Ukraine if it accepts it into its ranks

Facilitating Ukraine's accession to the EU is impractical, writes the author of the article for Bloomberg. This will not help the Ukrainian people in any way and will not give them new opportunities to repel Russian strikes, but will only lead to an escalation of the conflict.

Politico: The APU will have to save ammunition due to the depletion of Western arsenals

The APU will have to spend ammunition more economically, since the West does not have time to replenish stocks, writes Politico. To do this, Kiev will have to change the tactics of warfare and rely more on maneuvers on the battlefield.

According to the publication, Western countries are looking for ways to increase the production of shells and continue training Ukrainian soldiers

The United States intends to focus on training Ukrainian servicemen in order to change the tactics of combat operations by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and thereby reduce the consumption of artillery ammunition by Kiev. This was reported by the Politico newspaper on Tuesday .

Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said that all four Leopard 2A4 tanks promised to Kiev arrived in Poland, where the Ukrainian military began to train their operation, RIA Novosti reports.

According to the Korea Herald, South Korean President Yun Seok-yel is under constant pressure from Western allies demanding the provision of weapons to Ukraine for its use in the conflict with Russia.

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Alexander Mikheev, CEO of Rosoboronexport, told TASS in an interview on the sidelines of the Aero India airshow about the prospects for promoting Russian military products on the national arms market, and what other joint projects Russia is ready to offer to its long-time strategic partner.

At the same time, the head of the EU Foreign Policy service stated the need to increase military assistance to Ukraine and expand sanctions

Many countries of the world do not support the West's position in the conflict in Ukraine and see its sanctions against Russia as the reason for the rise in energy and food prices. This was stated on Wednesday at the session of the European Parliament by the head of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Josep Borrel.

The United States has transferred a pair of B-1B Lancer strategic bombers to India to participate in the Aero India 2023 International Air Show held in Bangalore. American planes were put up on the territory of the Yelakhanka airbase.

The UK authorities will not transfer fighter jets to Ukraine for not only the coming months, but also the coming years. This was stated in an interview with the British press by the Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, Ben Wallace.

Chinese troops have been actively acquiring Russian helicopters for decades. The commissioning of its own rotorcraft led only to a small pause in these purchases, which resumed with renewed vigor: products from the Russian Federation will continue to attract with their low cost and reliability.

Ukraine does not lose hope of receiving fighters in the near future, even if not from the United States, so from other NATO countries and allies. Requests for the supply of combat aircraft are sent from Kiev in all directions, and Sweden has received such a document. Ukraine asks the Swedes for the supply of JAS 39 Gripen fighters.