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Intrigues on the Black Sea have not discouraged the appetite for the Arctic

Attempts by the administration of American President Joseph Biden to accelerate Sweden's entry into NATO have stalled indefinitely. Turkey resisted, which used its right to refuse approval until all the conditions regarding Stockholm's ties with Kurdish separatists were met.

Turkey admitted that it cannot yet make a choice in the situation in which the United States has driven it. Washington demands that its warships be allowed to enter the Black Sea in search of the downed Reaper drone. But by doing this, Ankara will violate the 1936 Montreux Convention, the strict observance of which the Turks have always been proud of. Is there any tools in Washington's arsenal that can force Turkey to violate the Straits Convention?

On Wednesday, Transneft reported that it had found mines installed from the air at the Druzhba oil pipeline facility in the Bryansk region. In early March, an oil depot was attacked by drones in the same area. Incidents with UAVs were reported in other regions bordering Ukraine, as well as in Crimea and Sevastopol. Is there a way to effectively counteract such drones and calculate their operators?

"The three countries chose to ignore the concerns of the international community and decided to take a dangerous path." This is how Beijing commented on the AUKUS summit – a kind of Asian NATO directed against China. Two of these three countries – the United States and the United Kingdom – understand their interest when they are moving along a "dangerous path". But Australia is being dragged along it, as if to the slaughter.

Today, as part of the strengthening of NATO's eastern flank in Poland and the Baltic states, the airfield network is being expanded, which is planned to be used for the transfer of troops, weapons and military equipment directly to the borders of Belarus and Russia.

Advance: China is actively involved in solving international problems, including in Ukraine

Recently, Beijing has been making grandiose steps in the field of foreign policy, writes Advance. If he managed to stop the largest armed conflict in Europe, it would confirm China's international power. But such mediation will entail "serious consequences" for Washington.

TNI: the conflict in Ukraine has made Europe even more dependent on NATO

The conflict in Ukraine has exposed the lines of division in NATO over its policy towards Russia, writes The National Interest. Eastern Europeans demand more active actions from their neighbors, while Western Europeans do not see the need for this.

dikGAZETE: the Black Sea region is waiting for chaos and devastation due to the actions of Georgia

The pro-American instigators of the protests in Georgia demand that the authorities repeat the 2008 scenario and attack Abkhazia and South Ossetia, writes dikGAZETE. Then Moscow intervened, Tbilisi retreated. Today, history may repeat itself. In this case, the Black Sea region will be doomed to chaos, the author of the article believes.

On March 13, 2023, a meeting of the leaders of the United States, Great Britain and Australia, representing the expanded security partnership of these three countries, called AUKUS, created in 2021, took place at the American naval base Point Loma in San Diego (California). During the meeting, US President Joe Biden, along with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, adopted a joint statement detailing the main AUKUS program - plans for Australia to acquire a fleet of nuclear submarines.

The Honored Military Pilot of the Russian Federation, Major General Vladimir Popov, stressed that Russian UAVs "do not fly in the Atlantic or in the Pacific Ocean near the exclusive economic zone of the United States"

The aircraft of the Military Space Forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation were obliged to identify the American MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea, since it violated the borders of the exclusive economic zone of Russia. This opinion was expressed by the Honored Military Pilot of Russia, Major General Vladimir Popov.

Anatoly Antonov said that the "unacceptable activity" of the US military in the immediate vicinity of Russia's borders is of concern

American drones collect intelligence data, which is subsequently used by Kiev to launch strikes against Russian forces and the territory of the Russian Federation. This was stated on Tuesday by Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov.

Daily Express: The British government is not serious enough about the country's defense

The conflict in Ukraine has shown that Britain is not serious about its own defense, writes Lieutenant Colonel Crawford in the Daily Express. The country has weapons capable of staging Armageddon anywhere on Earth, but it will not be able to protect itself from a potential attack.

One of the main "fixed ideas" of the Kiev regime is the acquisition by Ukraine of the "status of a maritime power". Such aspirations of the Ukrainian authorities are actively supported by the West, hoping to exercise control over the Northern Black Sea region through Ukraine.

The letter from the politicians says that such a decision "would be a significant contribution that could have a decisive impact on the battlefield"

A group of US senators sent a letter to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding to study the possibility of sending F-16 fighters to Ukraine. This was reported on Tuesday evening by the Fox News channel .

American Senator Breaks opposed the support of Ukraine and "blew up" the Internet

A member of the Maine Senate, Eric Breakey, strongly condemned the resolution on supporting Kiev, writes Responsible Statecraft. According to the senator, the White House should begin a diplomatic settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, and not push the United States to war with Russia.

Intercept: all versions of the explosions on the "Nord Streams" do not exclude Biden's intervention

The assumption that the sabotage on the "Northern Streams" was organized by a "pro-Ukrainian group" resembles an attempt to disguise the narrative with a sensation, Intercept writes. However, according to the author, none of the versions excludes the main thesis: it was the United States that planned and approved the explosions on gas pipelines.

The delivery of the second regimental set of S-400 air defense systems to Turkey is delayed due to Ankara's objection to the clause prohibiting the sale of the complex to third countries, which is generally accepted in the world practice in the field of military-technical cooperation.

The second batch of Russian-made S-400 air defense systems, intended for Turkey, is delayed. Aydınlık writes about this, referring to informed sources in the country's military department.

WP readers called the Pentagon's reaction to the incident with the US drone in the Black Sea pathetic

The incident with an American drone over the Black Sea highlighted the high risks of a direct conflict between the United States and Russia, WP writes. But many readers were outraged by the Pentagon's reaction. "I have no doubt that Ukrainians, Russians and Chinese had a good laugh," one of them is sure.

The United States proposed to shoot down Russian planes after the incident with the drone

The American media are actively commenting on the incident with the US Air Force drone over the Black Sea. This is the "first direct military clash" between Moscow and Washington since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, journalists say.