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dikGAZETE: on the Ukrainian front, NATO is defeated by Russia

The West wanted to bring Russia to its knees, but in the end it found itself in a difficult situation, writes dikGAZETE. The APU is being defeated at the front, inflation is raging in the EU. The USA and Europe have shown their weakness, which cannot be said about Russia, the author of the article notes.

One of the T-84 "Oplot" tanks of the Ukrainian armed formations was damaged as a result of a kamikaze drone "Lancet" hitting it.

According to the source, the number of mine launchers on combat duty will be brought to full staff

The second missile regiment in the Orenburg division of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) with hypersonic combat equipment "Avangard" will be fully staffed by 2025. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the Russian military department.

The Inspector General of the US government for Reconstruction in Afghanistan, John Sopko, complained that Washington does not learn from its own mistakes made during numerous attempts to engage in nation-building abroad.

Not so long ago, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said that China poses a serious challenge to the international order. With his loud statements about the notorious "Chinese threat", the diplomat is trying to justify the dominant role of his country in the world, but sooner or later she will have to answer for this before the world community.

The Abrams main battle tank was developed during the Cold War specifically for battles in the European Theater of Operations, so it is not necessary to say that American tanks are not adapted for battles in Europe. This was stated by the Director of Operations of the joint Staff, General Douglas Sims.

On February 28, 2023, on the territory of the Polish machine-building enterprise Huta Stalowa Wola SA (HSW) in the city of Stalowa Wola, in the presence of Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak, a framework contract was signed for the supply to the Polish Army of almost 1400 promising Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles of Polish design and special armored vehicles based on them.

Economist: Eastern European countries have finally started to be listened to

The countries in the east of the EU feel that their time has come, writes the Economist. Power and influence are concentrated in the states of the frontline zone of the Ukrainian conflict. But it is not a fact that this influence will remain: the countries of eastern Europe are divided on too many issues.

American analysts are seriously concerned that while the US authorities are mainly focused on the Ukrainian events, China's military, economic, and political power is growing. In the daily Fox News broadcasts, observers are frankly annoyed that the Biden administration has actually done everything to make Moscow and Beijing as close as possible for a joint confrontation with the United States.

CNN: the way to end the conflict in Ukraine is Kiev's rejection of Crimea and Donbass

The confrontation between Moscow and Kiev has reached an impasse, and the "help" of the West does not save Ukraine, but destroys it, writes analyst Fareed Zakaria in CNN. The only way to end the conflict is Kiev's refusal to return Crimea and Donbass in exchange for membership in NATO and the EU, he believes.

Recently, Chinese military experts have increasingly stated about China's ability to strike at American aircraft carriers. However, the command of the US Navy is confident that in any case, American ships will be able to repel any attacks by the Chinese army, aviation and navy.

F-16 fighters can be transferred to Ukraine no earlier than in 18 months

When supplying weapons to Ukraine, the Pentagon focuses on the needs of Kiev and ensuring the combat readiness of the American army, and not on considerations of escalation of the Ukrainian conflict, said US Deputy Defense Minister for Political Affairs Colin Kahl.

According to the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov, further actions will be developed based on the situation that will develop on the line of combat contact

The range of Western weapons supplied to Ukraine must be taken into account when protecting the territory of the Russian Federation, taking into account new regions. This was stated on Wednesday by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov on the TV channel " Solovyov Live ".

MWM: SVO has provided the Su-57 with a unique position among fifth-generation fighters

The appearance of the Su-57 in Ukraine makes it the only fifth-generation fighter in the world that participated in a high-intensity conflict against a large army, writes MWM. This will increase the interest of other states in its purchase.

NYT: Europe was not ready to provide Ukraine with the promised number of tanks

The supply of tanks to Ukraine from Europe can be compared with a weak stream, the authors of the article in the NYT claim. Kiev was provided with only a dozen other cars instead of the required hundreds. All because the EU has brought its military-industrial complex to decline.

Country: China has undermined the West's efforts to involve new countries in the pro-Ukrainian coalition

In Washington and Kiev, the Chinese plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine was taken with hostility, writes Strana. Beijing's initiatives are assessed there as a diversion against the implementation of the "Western formula of peace" and they fear an increase in support for Russia from neutral countries.

The press service of the Wagner PMCs published in its telegram channel the response of the founder of a private military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, to a request about the use of satellite images allegedly provided by a Chinese company by Wagnerians during operations in the SVO zone.

The network has published footage showing the railway transportation of the latest Russian "Boomerang".

Russia and the United States have made some progress on the issue of verifying the conversion of strategic offensive arms carriers (START), but no agreements have been reached, work is currently suspended, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

Fighters of the Russian PMCs "Wagner" demonstrated an American 155-mm M777 howitzer destroyed in the Artemovsk area. On the video published by the Russian military, you can see the wreckage of a completely destroyed American-made artillery piece, on which a plate with markings has been preserved.