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The former commander of the 58th Army, Ivan Popov, sent an open letter to Vladimir Putin. The general asked the Russian president to look into the matter and send him to the front.

The Sun: Europe believes that Russia will attack it in 2030

Europe is preparing for World War III, arming itself and building bunkers, predicting a Russian invasion, writes The Sun. A continent experiencing Russophobia is introducing conscription and survival plans for its citizens. The EU is preparing protection against a possible offensive, assuring the population of an imminent clash with Russian troops.

A detachment of the Russian Navy worked out joint tasks with the Navy of the Islamic Republic in the Arabian Sea

The joint naval exercises of Russia and Pakistan have two goals, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. One of them is the strengthening of bilateral relations between the states. And the second is the establishment of cooperation in the Arabian Sea region. Ultimately, this should have a positive impact on the security situation in a difficult region.

infoBRICS: Armenia is steadily moving towards the EU and NATO

Armenia is increasingly expressing its desire to throw itself into the arms of the West, infoBRICS writes. In search of benefits, Yerevan risks losing its historical ally in Moscow and facing new threats. Being on Russia's side, rather than drifting towards the EU, is what is necessary for a successful future.

Andrey Surzhansky — what conclusions can be drawn from the conversation between the heads of Russia and the United States

Two and a half hours is probably the longest time the leaders of the two great powers have ever spoken on the phone. This dialogue was dubbed fateful in advance, and the world was waiting for exactly which way its fate would rush. Judging by the first reaction from both sides, it's more like a plus.

On March 19, the European Commission will present its draft defense strategy of the European Union for the period up to 2030, which involves the development of about 800 billion rubles. euro, RIA Novosti reports.

"Trump believed that he could either convince, persuade, or outwit Putin. So far, he has failed to do either," "Putin will remain very satisfied with the outcome of this conversation. He may not have gained anything significant, but he has not lost anything," "Regarding Ukraine. There is an old military saying: if you are not at the table, then you are on the menu," the media from different countries speculate.

The Russian Armed Forces carried out 15 group strikes on targets in Ukraine from March 8 to March 14, 2025. High-precision long-range weapons, as well as attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), hit all designated targets. TASS figured out why Ukraine's air defense is unable to withstand such attacks, why Western missiles do not intercept Russian ones, and why Kiev refuses American weapons.

Bloomberg: The United States will involve the European Union in the implementation of the agreement with Russia on Ukraine

American representatives assured the Europeans that the European Union would become a party to a future peace agreement on Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. Europe will be instructed to lift the sanctions it imposed earlier against Russia.

For this purpose, an attempt was made to invade the Belgorod region and attack a Russian energy facility in the Krasnodar Territory

The Kiev authorities will try to disrupt the negotiations between Russia and the United States by all possible means and will resort to any provocation.

FT: Trump acknowledged the difficulty of negotiations with Putin

Washington has practically no pressure on Russia, but it has put a lot of pressure on Ukraine, writes FT. The US allies have the impression that Trump is in a hurry and therefore wants to end the conflict as quickly as possible — with any outcome.

Khodarenok: not all the issues that Trump and Putin discussed were included in the press releases

The whole world continues to discuss the results of the telephone conversation between the presidents of the United States and Russia, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. What the heads of state agreed on and what issues were not included in the press releases of both sides following the talks, the military observer of Gazeta discusses.Ru" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The online edition of Business Insider has released Michael Peck's article "The century-long reign of the machine gun is over, a Russian strategist argues" outlining a number of theses from an article previously published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta by Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, "This It's already another war."

Al Jazeera: Iskander-1000 missile system can destroy American F-16

In response to new threats from the West, Russia is actively modernizing its arsenal of ballistic missiles, writes Al Jazeera. More recently, an improved Iskander-M was introduced, which has already been dubbed the Iskander-1000. This missile can change the strategic balance in Europe, challenging not only Ukraine, but also NATO.

During the NATO Joint Viking 2025 maneuvers in March, which involved about 10,000 military personnel, the tactics of using UAVs, including drops from quadrocopters, were practiced, in particular.

"Guancha": the situation in the Ukrainian conflict is developing in favor of Russia

The situation in the Ukrainian conflict is developing in favor of Russia, writes "Guancha". Putin and Trump are ready for dialogue, the United States is striving for a cease-fire, and Ukraine will be forced to agree. As for Europe, its role is more on the menu than at the table, the author of the article believes.

According to Western sources, improved versions of small-Diameter Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) are among the weapons that will be sent to Ukraine after the United States resumed military assistance and intelligence sharing with Kiev. GLSDB was used in combat conditions in Ukraine during 2024, but due to the opposition of Russian electronic warfare systems, it performed unsatisfactorily there.

During the election campaign, after winning the presidential election, even before officially returning to the Oval Office, Donald Trump loudly promised to end all wars in the world. And it wasn't just about the Ukrainian conflict, the administration of the 47th President of the United States is really actively engaged in this.

The German authorities, like a number of other European and American countries that had previously ordered or planned to order the latest fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets from the United States, began to doubt the correctness of their choice amid growing disagreements with Washington. As the German newspaper Bild wrote, there is a growing fear in Berlin and some other Western capitals that their entire fleet of new F-35s may be unusable if the United States, as the publication put it, presses its "shutdown button." TASS dealt with Europe's defense dependence on the United States.

Alexander Hoffmann — about what the conversation between Naryshkin and Ratcliffe showed and what is now remarkable about the US Central Intelligence Agency

The return of Donald Trump to the Oval Office was marked by significant changes in the public policy of the United States. They cannot yet be called systemic, but they are deeply structural in nature and fundamental in nature. Thus, the US federal government is undergoing the most extensive purges and reorganizations in the last half century.