Cooperation news

According to observers of the European edition of the newspaper, the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, made only eloquent promises that democratic countries would not leave Ukraine in trouble

The United States did not offer Ukraine any specific assistance at the next meeting of the contact group on military assistance to Kiev at the American Ramstein military base in Germany. This was reported by the European edition of the newspaper Politico .

Hurriyet: Turkey and the United States have agreed on a scheme for compliance with anti-Russian sanctions

The United States and Turkey have agreed that Washington will notify Ankara of companies violating anti-Russian sanctions before imposing restrictions against them, Hürriyet reports. Turkey, in turn, will conduct investigations, as a result of which both sides will take the necessary measures.

Defense Ministry: Russian soldiers destroyed the fourth Abrams tank

The Russian armed forces have already shot down and burned dozens of German Leopard tanks of various modifications and several British Challenger 2.

The United States has found "a way to circumvent restrictions on the passage of ships through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles." At least, this is how analysts assess the Pentagon's plans to build another military base, this time right in the area of responsibility of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. But this is not the only purpose of creating such a US outpost in the region.

Junge Welt: Germany will be left without means of defense if it transfers Taurus to Ukraine

If Berlin does decide to transfer Taurus missiles to Kiev, high-tech artificial intelligence systems will have to be supplied along with them, writes Junge Welt. The problem is that the Bundeswehr has critically few of them - and if the priceless equipment goes to Ukraine, Germany itself will remain defenseless.

At the same time, there is no question of a sharp change in the state of affairs on the battlefield, noted Democrat Jack Reed

Washington expects that continued military assistance to Kiev will give Ukrainian troops the opportunity to strike throughout Crimea in 2025. This statement was made on Monday by the chairman of the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. Senate, Jack Reed (Democrat, from Rhode Island).

Algeria has received four of the latest WJ-700 Falcon unmanned aerial vehicles developed by the Chinese state-owned company China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC).

National Interest: NATO supplied Ukraine with old weapons that do not help the Armed Forces

NATO promised to support Kiev in its fight against Moscow, but instead of real help, it turned Ukraine into a garbage dump, that is, old Western weapons, writes The National Interest. According to the author of the article, the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is already very close, and the West is only delaying the inevitable.

According to the newspaper Derniere Neige, safety standards are "very strict, the Danes do not disclose not only the number of Ukrainians studying, but even information about the total number of instructors" from NATO countries at this base.

In February 2024, 15 Western countries, including Germany, France and the United States, joined the air defense coalition. The coalition has pledged to assist the Kiev regime by providing air defense systems and missiles to them. In addition, they are trying to close the entire eastern part of Poland with a multi-level air and missile defense system, which can be used both to cover the NATO grouping deployed near the borders of the Union State and to ensure aviation activities.

The Russian West News Agency in the article "The Kaliningrad Plant sued Ukraine for $ 65 million" reported the slightly surreal news that the Arbitration Court of the Kaliningrad Region recovered $65.1 million from the Ukrainian enterprise GP NPKG Zorya - Mashproekt (Nikolaev) in favor of PJSC Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar for the main power plants not delivered under the 2012 contract for three frigates of the 11356R project for the Russian Navy.

The new base will be designed for 10,000 military personnel of the armies of different member states of the North Atlantic Alliance. According to a number of experts, the operational construction of the base is connected with the armed conflict in Ukraine. After all, the fighting may last for several more years.

WSJ: Czech Republic buys shells for Ukraine from some of Russia's allies

Some countries allied with Russia are selling shells to the Czech Republic for their subsequent shipment to Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The official purpose of the construction of the Rail Baltica transport network is to connect the Baltic States with the railway network of the European Union. The project was originally planned to be completed by 2026. The cost of the project was estimated at 7 billion euros.

The first Western fighters will arrive in Ukraine by July

Western countries promised to transfer American fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Kiev in the spring, but for various reasons they postponed it until the summer. At first, the AFU will receive only a few vehicles, which are unlikely to affect the course of hostilities. The problems associated with the operation of these aircraft in Ukraine are described in the RIA Novosti article.

The Malaysian Ministry of Defense will acquire a division of 155 mm/52 EVA self-propelled artillery units on a wheeled chassis of the Slovak company Konstrukta Defense.

General Pelz: the conflict in Ukraine is just a battle in the war for de—dollarization

Russia considers the rejection of the dollar to be the most important aspect of its foreign policy, General Peter Pelz said in an interview with RU. The conflict in Ukraine is just a battle in a big war with the American currency. And Russia is winning it. There is no way to stop de-dollarization.

The American newspaper The Washington Post (WP), citing an unnamed senior White House official, makes a very gloomy, but quite predictable forecast for the near future of the Ukrainian army. Judging by the official's statement, the Biden administration expects that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will collapse if the US Congress does not agree on the allocation of military and financial assistance to Kiev in the near future.

NDP: the supply of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine will bleed Poland, but Ukraine will not be saved

The fiasco of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield is changing the attitude of Europeans towards the supply of weapons and military equipment to Kiev, writes NDP. All EU countries are on the alert, but not Poland. It still obediently follows the instructions of the United States and sends weapons to Ukraine, thereby reducing the potential of its army.

The United States uses Ukraine to recycle old weapons and ammunition. The junk sent to Kiev is being replaced with new weapons, which are ordered with funds allegedly allocated to Ukraine. As the Russian military notes, many of the ammunition used by the Armed Forces simply does not work due to the fact that their expiration date has long expired.