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On March 11, during an official ceremony with the participation of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the first six Chinese-made J-10C fighters were accepted into the Pakistan Air Force. The aircraft participating in the ceremony were armed with PL-10 and PL-15, as far as can be seen.

Now the partnership on the ISS is going through the hardest test. Seven crew members of the 66th expedition — four Americans, two Russians and a German - have to turn a blind eye to the political split on Earth in order to continue cooperation. Their lives depend on it, writes Vanity Fair.

After the refusal of the United States to purchase Russian oil, there is more and more speculation that the West may refuse to supply another type of fuel from Russia – nuclear. We are talking about uranium and special fuel assemblies for nuclear power plants. Ukraine has already announced its rejection of them. But what will happen if these plans are implemented? Nothing good for the West.

Ships of the Russian Navy have lost the opportunity to enter foreign ports on a long voyage and replenish fuel and supplies there. How and why did this happen, what impact does it have on the Navy's combat capability and what needs to be done to make Russian ships independent of foreign ports?

After the start of the Russian operation on Ukrainian territory, the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing announced the suspension of the purchase of titanium in Russia, the closure of technical departments in Moscow and Kiev, as well as the termination of the supply of its spare parts to airlines from the Russian Federation.

Global Times (China): Russia responds with countermeasures to Western sanctions

The settlement of the Ukrainian crisis is possible only through negotiations, and the anti-Russian sanctions resorted to by the West do not bode well, the editorial board of the Global Times warns. Moscow has already introduced counter measures and has shown that all the cards are in the hands of the Kremlin.

After the 24th, the governments of the Scandinavian countries continued to work, despite the weekend, and on Sunday, February 27, they reported on plans to provide military assistance to Ukraine. We won't touch any financial means there, helmets, vests, foam mats, dry food and even MANPADS yet, we will focus on RPG.

Why Washington refused to transfer Polish MiG-29 aircraft to Kiev

Poland has declared its readiness to transfer all its MiG-29 fighters to the United States so that they can go to help Ukraine from an American air base in Germany. The US rejected this initiative. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the meaning of this proposal is and why Warsaw was refused

According to British media, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, speaking in the House of Commons on March 9, 2022, said that the UK plans to supply Ukraine with Starstreak HVM short-range anti-aircraft missile systems and a "small batch" of American Javelin anti-tank guided missiles.

Russia will solve all the problems that have arisen due to the sanctions imposed by the West, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members of the government. According to him, the Russian economy is adapting to the new situation, and this will lead to an increase in the independence and sovereignty of the country. The meeting discussed how to prevent food prices from rising, production closures and what measures are needed to support Russian business.

A grandiose international scandal is breaking out inside the European Union and NATO, and the reason for it is the fate of the old Soviet MiG-29 fighters. Ukraine demands to give her these machines, which are, in particular, in service with Poland. Why is it that even the United States strongly opposes the implementation of this idea?

The American newspaper "The New York Times" writes about a large-scale operation launched by the United States and its allies to deliver military aid to Ukraine. The data and estimates given in the material will be left entirely on the conscience of the authors of the article.

According to Polish media, the Arrowhead 140 frigate project presented by the British Babcock International group (AN140, on the basis of which the construction of five Type 31 frigates for the British Navy was started) was selected on a competitive basis for the construction of three units for the Polish Navy under the Miecznik ("Swordsman") program.

Finland is ready to discuss the country's accession to NATO, President Sauli Niinisto said. Earlier, he ruled out such a possibility, but the North Atlantic Alliance persistently left its "doors open". Is Helsinki really ready to give up its neutral status, what risks can such a step carry for Russia and how should our country react to them?

The institutes are still cautiously optimistic, but no one knows what will happen in two or three months, a year. So far, their directors have been instructed to conduct an audit of the existing capacity, pointing out weaknesses. Since there is no combined data on all Russian institutes, the MK correspondent himself called a number of leading scientific organizations.

St. Petersburg newspaper "Fontanka.<url>" published the material of Lev Godovannik "While the shock. After the sanctions, the shipyards are calm only about icebreakers. Engines from China, electronics from Aurora, dollars and euros in suitcases, and processors are a big question. Fontanka has found out the current prospects of Russian civil shipbuilding."

People's Daily (China): the situation in Ukraine has not yet been resolved, and Europe is already suffering damage

The United States imposed sanctions against Russia, but they hurt Europe, writes People's Daily. Now the European Union will have to pay a high price for the shortage of energy resources.

The Organization for Cooperation in the Field of Armaments (OCCAR) has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for the modernization of attack helicopters of the Armed Forces of France and Spain to the Tiger Mk.3 variant.

The Russian edition of Forbes magazine published the material by Katerina Terekhova and Alexey Dertev "Prohibition on development: how will Russian technologies survive without semiconductors", which states that the refusal of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer TSMC from cooperation with Russia means that it will be difficult for Russian companies to implement the planned import substitution program in the IT field.

"Novaya Gazeta" under the heading "Current events guarantee victory for China. Russia's dependence on the Celestial Empire will begin to grow at a gigantic pace. Why?" published an interview with a well-known Russian sinologist, director of the Center for Integrated European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) and a former employee of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) Vasily Kashin.