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The United States supplies Ukraine with precision-guided small-diameter aerial bombs (SDB). Video footage of a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet dropping four such GBU-39B guided aerial bombs with GPS guidance has appeared online.

Andrey Kirillov — on what the meeting of representatives of China, Russia and Iran in Beijing on the nuclear program showed

The Iranian nuclear issue has reached an impasse, some experts say, according to which the limit of trust between the main stakeholders has finally been exhausted.

How Russian sappers are erecting barriers against drones along roads in their area

Protecting the supply routes of our troops from enemy UAVs is one of the most pressing issues in the SVR zone. Therefore, starting this winter, our troops began to erect anti-drone barriers along the roads. Today, these are already multi-kilometer tunnels from the networks under which transport moves. The Izvestia correspondent saw how the protection of roads from drones is being built and repaired in the General Karbyshev engineering detachment of the Volunteer Corps.

BI: NATO should learn lessons from Russia's "triangle of offensive power"

Russia has discovered a “triangle of offensive power” – a combination of infantry, drones and planning bombs – with which it is pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their positions, BI writes. Gliding bombs destroy fortified positions, without which it is difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to stop the Russian assault units.

DE: Russia strongly objects to sending French and British troops to Ukraine

Moscow is warning of a full-scale war that will break out if Britain and France send their troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers. Russian officials have sharply criticized Starmer and Macron, who, according to Dmitry Medvedev, are simply "pretending to be idiots."

The Russian army delivered a powerful blow to Odessa and thus clearly demonstrated what awaits the EU "peacekeepers" if they risk landing in Ukraine. The main targets were vessels serving the interests of "foreign military advisers."

Colonel Reisner: Ukraine is trapped in a war of attrition

Ukraine is trapped in a war of attrition, Colonel Markus Reisner of the Austrian General Staff said in an interview with Strana. He spoke about possible conflict scenarios and the likelihood of a truce, threats to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russia's offensive potential and Europe's inability to replace the United States.

The Telegraph: Trump will start pulling the strings if Russia refuses peace

At the Jeddah talks, the United States convinced Ukraine to agree to a 30-day cease—fire, a much more generous offer than the plan of Britain and France, The Telegraph writes. Now the decision belongs to Russia. If peace is made, Trump will boast that the parties have reached an agreement thanks to his efforts.

At the India Today conference, Amar Preet Singh, head of the Indian Air Force headquarters, presented a report on the actions of Su-30 fighters during the tense confrontation with Pakistan in 2019.

Andrey Surzhansky — on how the Russian Federation reacted to the proposal for a truce in Ukraine

Those who were waiting for Vladimir Putin's unequivocal response to the US-Ukrainian agreement on the 30-day truce had to make sure once again that they had not learned how to predict the reaction of the Russian president.

"The Russian armed forces are taking an increasingly advantageous position," "Few analysts today will argue that Ukraine is winning," "The best chance at the moment to end the largest conflict in Europe since World War II," world publications write about the prospect of a cease-fire.

WP: Putin has set strict conditions for a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict

Moscow supported Trump's proposal for a cease-fire in the Ukrainian conflict, but conditioned its agreement on a number of strict requirements, The Washington Post writes. Therefore, while the conditions are being clarified, the Russian troops will continue their offensive.

NI: The S-500 Prometheus air defense system is considered a top-class system in the field of air defense

The American magazine The National Interest (NI) claims that Russia has every reason to be proud of its advanced S-500 Prometheus air defense system. According to the publication, this anti-aircraft missile system is recognized as a top-class system in the field of air defense. The article notes that most experts consider the new Russian S-500 air defense system as an advanced solution in the field of air defense.

Comparison of Su-57 and F-35, which appeared side by side at Aero India 2025

Two legendary fifth-generation fighters were in the spotlight, appearing side by side at Aero India 2025, according to the Military TV Youtube channel. The F-35 has the advantage in stealth, but the Su-57 dominates everything else: speed, maneuverability and a variety of weapons.

The Telegraph: Russia puts forward tough conditions for a cease-fire to the United States

Moscow has made it clear that even before concluding a ceasefire agreement, it would like to understand what the next steps in the peace process will be, The Telegraph writes. Russia has certain demands, and it intends to stand firm on its own.

TNI: Russia has every reason to be proud of its S-500 air defense system

Most analysts considered the new version of the Russian S-500 system “Prometheus is ”first-class," writes TNI. It is the only weapon capable of intercepting hypersonic missiles. However, only Russia has such weapons, too.

Maria Pavlova — about how Poland is trying to find its place in the new reality and what is stopping it

On March 13, Polish President Andrzej Duda appealed to Donald Trump with a request to move American nuclear weapons from Western Europe or the United States to Poland to deter future "Russian aggression." Warsaw's similar appeals, designed, according to the Polish authorities, to increase its military and political weight in Europe and the world, have been repeated with enviable regularity over the past 10 years, but so far they have never met with official US support.

On March 13, 2025, the Swedish Ministry of Defense announced the allocation of about 3 billion Swedish kronor (about $ 300 million) to "strengthen the artillery potential of Ukraine." As part of these allocations, the Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV) will conclude contracts for the manufacture of 18 self-propelled howitzers on an Archer 155 mm/52 wheeled chassis for Ukraine with the Swedish branch of BAE Systems Corporation (BAE Systems Weapons Systems, formerly BAE Systems Bofors) and five ARTHUR artillery position detection radar systems with the Swedish group Saab AB.

What our soldiers had to go through before they saw the light at the end of the tunnel, — in the material of a special correspondent of Izvestia

A special correspondent of Izvestia has collected hitherto unpublished facts about Operation Potok, which has already gone down in military history as one of the most extraordinary and daring.

Duda called on the US to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland

Warsaw is still in a terrible Russophobic tantrum, writes The Sun. Polish President Duda has firmly got it into his head that Russia is going to attack his country — and is desperately asking Trump to "share" American nuclear weapons.