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A new escalation in the Donbas, if it does end with the Ukrainian offensive, will lead to heavy losses of the parties in light armored vehicles.

[b]According to the Minister of Defense, drug trafficking and drug production are also a serious problem in Afghanistan.]

The Russian Defense Ministry is concerned about the movement of large groups of terrorists to Afghanistan and other countries. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in an interview published on Wednesday with the Kazakh news agency Tengrinews.

The frigate of the Spanish Navy "Mendes Nunes" on Wednesday, March 17, entered the Black Sea. The ship is being monitored by the forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet, the Russian National Defense Control Center (NDUO) reported.

There were no agreements on holding meetings of the Russia-NATO Council, the main problem is that contacts on the military line have been completely cut off, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told RIA Novosti.

A decision on the exact date of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan has not yet been made, Washington is consulting with its allies on this topic, US President Joe Biden said in an interview with ABC News.

Shoigu promised to respond to US medium-range missiles in Europe

Russia will respond if the United States places medium-and shorter-range missiles in Europe, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The minister also noted that Moscow considers it possible to restore a normal dialogue with NATO.

[b]Earlier, The Washington Post reported that the plans of China and Russia for a lunar research station are a sign of the creation of an alliance between Moscow and Beijing against the West.]

The plans of Russia and China to cooperate on the creation of a lunar science station are not directed against the West, they are open to the participation of other countries. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The Eastern Military District will receive the Tor-M2 air defense system — one of the most effective short-range air defense systems in the world. They shoot down planes, helicopters, drones, cruise missiles, and even small quadrocopters. The new product will radically increase the capabilities of military air defense in the Far East.

According to the source, a group of ships and submarines will go from the Baltic to the points of permanent deployment in the Far East approximately in May

Two submarines of the project 636.3 "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky" and "Volkhov", as well as the corvette of the project 20385 "Gremyashchy", built by St. Petersburg shipbuilders for the Pacific Fleet (TOF), will go to the Far East via the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The British authorities intend to significantly increase the number of nuclear warheads in the country's arsenal. Konstantin Blokhin, a leading researcher at the Center for Security Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commented on these plans on the air of Sputnik radio.

The Japanese were excited by the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry about the inadmissibility of the deployment of American missiles

Russia has warned that the deployment of US missiles in Japan could threaten security in the region. In response, Japanese users were divided in their opinion. Some said that it is necessary to send "not simple missiles" in the direction of Russia, while others noted that it is time for Japan to act independently, and not rely on the help of the United States.

The coastal missile system " Bastion "and the patrol ship" Pavel Derzhavin " conducted a joint exercise in the Black Sea, where a frigate of the Spanish Navy recently entered, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reported.

Russian troops took control of the Al-Thawra oil block, located in the south-west of the Syrian province of Raqqa, after the Iranian-backed Fatimiyoun militia abandoned their positions in the area, the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat (headquarters in London) reported.

During the armed conflict in Syria, 112 Russian servicemen were killed. Such data was given by the first deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Krasov on Monday, March 15.

Organizational measures are being taken to establish a Russian Navy base in Sudan, the head of the Duma Defense Committee, Vladimir Shamanov, told Interfax.

The opening ceremony of the new IRGC naval missile base ("Rocket City") was held in Iran, and new weapons were presented, the country's state television reports.

The British magazine Navy Lookout showed a possible image of the Russian nuclear submarine K-329 "Belgorod" project 09852 with the nuclear deep-water station (AGS) AS-31 "Losharik" project 10831.

The possible deployment of US ground-based missiles in the Asia-Pacific region may lead to a new round of the arms race with unpredictable consequences, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on March 12.

Aircraft of the Royal Saudi Air Force destroyed a self-propelled launcher of the 2K12E "Square" complex during strikes on targets of the Yemeni movement "Ansar Allah"(Houthis).

The defeat of the combat vehicle with high-precision ammunition was demonstrated in the published video report.

Official data on the deployment of top-secret US RQ-170 Sentinel drones has been leaked to the press. This is written by the publication The Drive.