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On March 16, 2023, the Swedish government announced the conclusion of an agreement with the UK on "strategic cooperation in support of Ukraine", under which Sweden will transfer eight 155 mm/52 Archer self-propelled howitzers on a wheeled chassis to Ukraine from the presence of its armed forces (including two "for maintenance" - apparently as a source spare parts), and will also sell 14 more Archer self-propelled howitzers to the UK from the availability, which, in turn, will allow the British side to transfer 32 155-mm/39 AS90 self-propelled howitzers from the British Army to Ukraine. The Swedish and British sides will organize joint provision and maintenance of Archer self-propelled guns supplied to the UK and Ukraine.

Politico: The United States demanded that Ukraine save shells in the battles for Artemovsk

The United States is increasing the volume and speed of arms supplies to Ukraine and pushing Kiev to conduct a "large-scale offensive," writes Politico. However, the APU declared shell starvation. In response, America demanded to save ammunition and conduct "more targeted fire."

NYT: The United States was afraid that because of Artemovsk, Ukraine would not have enough shells for an "offensive"

The United States warned Ukraine against excessive spending of ammunition near Artemivsk, writes NYT. Kiev uses them in such quantities that they may not be enough for the "spring offensive", and Western arsenals are already depleted.

Many believe in Kiev's victory, but opinions differ on what it will be expressed in

Germany's promise at the beginning of 2023 to send tanks to Ukraine marked another concession of this European country in the Ukrainian issue. And it became evidence of the gradual escalation of the supply of weapons, military and special equipment (VVST) by Western allies to Ukraine.

Poland does not hope for an alliance and is arming itself against the Russian Federation

Poland has managed to be a European superpower in its history, and twice completely disappear from the political map of the world.

French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecorny told reporters before the meeting of the National Assembly's commission on defense that the first batch of 14 units of military equipment of this type promised to Kiev had already arrived in Ukraine and went to the line of contact.

The command of the Russian Armed Forces has decided to significantly increase the number of counter-battery warfare complexes "Penicillin" in the area of the special operation. There will now be twice as many of them here as before.

Among the trophies of Russian soldiers-liberators, there are very often samples of armored vehicles modified by militants of Ukrainian armed formations.

Medya Günlüğü: the Bundeswehr exhausted its arsenal of weapons even before the conflict in Ukraine

The Bundeswehr exhausted its stocks of weapons and ammunition even before the special operation in Ukraine, writes Medya Günlüğü. Now the locomotive of the European Union has an army with only 96 battle tanks. Meanwhile, the Russian Armed Forces are armed with thousands of pieces of military equipment, which is not inferior to the German "Leopards".

Colonel Khodarenok: the APU offensive may begin immediately after the end of the spring thaw

The American newspaper The Washington Post, citing sources, writes that Kiev doubts its readiness to conduct a spring offensive due to the deterioration of the quality of Ukrainian troops. Why this thesis cannot be trusted, and whether it is worth waiting for the APU offensive, the military columnist of "Gazeta.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

According to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the number of countries providing Kiev with air defense equipment also continues to grow

Nine countries have committed to supply Ukraine with 150 Leopard tanks. This was announced on Wednesday by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the next online meeting of the contact group of Western countries on military assistance to Ukraine.

Ukrainian tank crews are trained to control German Leopards-2, American Abrams, as well as French-made AMX-10 armored fighting vehicles (BBM).

Ukraine intends to fully provide the Soviet-style tank fleet remaining in the AFU with its own-made ammunition. According to the Ukrainian state concern Ukroboronprom, the production of 125 mm shells has already been launched.

The commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Valdemaras Rupshis intends to show Russia a "fist", but not a simple one, but a tank one, Vilnius expects to strengthen its security with the help of heavy armored vehicles.

Rare earth metals are becoming increasingly important in the production of household, automotive and military equipment.

Economist Kolodko: Poland should reduce military madness, not increase military spending

Poland is proud to announce plans to increase military spending to a record level in NATO, former Deputy Prime Minister and economist Grzegorz Kolodko writes in an article for Rzeczpospolita. We need to stop this military madness, otherwise it will not lead to good.

The British Army has decided to replace the self-propelled AS90 artillery units of its own design transferred to Ukraine with Swedish Archer howitzers. This is reported by the British press with reference to the Ministry of Defense.

Al Jazeera: ATGM "Kornet" will destroy Western "Leopards" and "Abrams" in Ukraine

The West is increasing military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But the Kornet ATGM will overcome all the obstacles that the Russian army faces on the battlefield, writes Al Jazeera. This anti-tank system has already proven its effectiveness in armed conflicts in the Middle East.

Last week, reports began to appear on social networks that during the battles in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) The armed formations of the Kiev puppet regime used the Leopard 2 tank.

Ukrainian tankers sent to Germany to train the operation of German Leopard 2 tanks are completing their training and will return to Ukraine in the near future, and together with the tanks. This is reported by the German broadcaster NDR, citing sources in the Bundeswehr.