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It amounted to €3.4 billion, not counting the cost of Leopard 2 tanks, the German Defense Minister said

Germany will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine by the end of March, military assistance, not counting these tanks, has already amounted to €3.4 billion. This was announced on Monday by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in Berlin.

Anadolu: The West accuses South Africa of supporting Russia because of joint exercises with it

The military maneuvers of Russia, China and South Africa have worried the West, Anadolu writes. Africans adhere to neutrality regarding the Ukrainian crisis and develop partnership with both the West and Moscow. Will these exercises tip the scales in the direction of Russia?

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation said that the North Atlantic Alliance has de facto become a participant in the conflict in Ukraine

The North Atlantic Alliance has de facto turned into a participant in the Ukrainian conflict and is no longer acting as a conditional opponent, but as an enemy of Russia. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Izvestia by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The head of the press service of the US State Department, Ned Price, also noted that contacts between Russia and China "at a high level" give grounds for concern

China has not consulted with Ukraine about its peace plan, and this raises doubts about the seriousness of Beijing's intentions. This statement was made on Monday at a regular briefing by the head of the press service of the US State Department, Ned Price.

Answering the question about whether the possible decision of the PRC to send weapons to Russia will affect relations between Washington and Beijing, the coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, stressed that "he is not going to build hypotheses and assumptions."

AT: Biden puts Russia in Ukraine before a dangerous choice — humiliation or nuclear war

The US authorities do not comply with the principle of American foreign policy, voiced by John F. Kennedy, writes the author of the article on American Thinker. Nuclear Powers should not put each other before a choice: humiliating defeat or nuclear war. But that's exactly what Joe Biden is doing in Ukraine right now, the author complains.

19FortyFive: American retired generals are dragging the US into a war with Russia

The American public is too trusting of the statements of retired generals, writes the author of the article on 19FortyFive. In his opinion, too bold statements by former officers can draw the States into an unthinkable war with Russia.

GT: The West has exhausted the stock of sanctions against Russia

The tenth package of anti—Russian sanctions is nothing more than a symbolic gesture, Chinese experts told GT. It will allow the West to "let off steam" and "feel better" for a while, but it will have only a "very limited" impact on Moscow and will not lead to the end of the conflict.

Amgreatness: The West undermines its authority with confidence in victory over Russia in Ukraine

Although the West is fully confident of its victory in Ukraine, Russia and its global partners see the situation differently, writes American Greatness. There are no signs of Moscow's defeat. The conflict continues and undermines the authority of the Western elite, the author of the article emphasizes.

The old FV432 armored personnel carriers are used by British instructors during the training of crews of Ukrainian armed formations. This is reported by the project "RG: Russian weapons".

Cumhuriyet: The US has created a global system that excludes security in Europe

The United States itself provoked the breakdown of the DSNV-III, writes Cumhuriyet. Building an arms control architecture that meets Russia's interests is unprofitable for them. Therefore, today the world has only one option: to create a new security model proposed by Beijing and Moscow, the author of the article believes.

The air defense forces of the Iranian army and the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) participated in joint exercises that began last Saturday

The head of the RCBZ troops stressed that the laboratories of the Russian Federation allow to determine the country of origin of such substances

The United States hopes to avoid an effective investigation of the upcoming provocation with the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine and plans to blame Russia for the incident. This was announced at a briefing on Tuesday by the head of the radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops (RCBZ) Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

Part of the components of the shells used against the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine were released in the Czech Republic

Some of the components of the thermal ammunition used against Russian troops in Ukraine were produced in the Czech Republic, said Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the Russian Armed Forces, at a briefing on the preparation by the West of large-scale provocations with the use of toxic chemicals in Ukraine.

The delivery of Russian military equipment to Mali allowed to reverse the situation with terrorism in the country, and now the militants are afraid, Prime Minister of the Transitional Government of the Republic of Shogel Kokalla Maiga said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

We talked with experts about what helped the country withstand record sanctions pressure

A year ago, Russia began to forcibly rebuild the economic system. Many measures were prepared in advance — this work has been carried out since 2014.

The US army's weapons arsenals are showing the bottom, ammunition manufacturers who have received contracts are just beginning to fulfill them, and the Ukrainian army is already experiencing a shortage of large-caliber artillery shells. Against this background, Washington is forced to turn to its allies.

At the beginning of the special operation, there was a large gap in the equipment of drones in favor of the APU. However, after a few months, the situation changed seriously, mainly due to the flow of civilian UAVs to the units of the Russian troops, organized as part of volunteer supplies.

EP: the Chinese peace plan and the UNGA resolution do not contain a single "victory" for Kiev

The UN General Assembly and China have presented plans to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, writes Evropeyska Pravda. As a result, Kiev's hopes for the "world community" turned out to be greatly overestimated, and Beijing's plan once again confirmed its support for Moscow.

The Russian army is moving from large formations to smaller and more maneuverable ones, changing the tactics of the assault units. According to the American analytical center, also called the Institute for the Study of War (Institute for the Study of War - ISW), today's actions of the Russian troops are radically different from last year's times of the beginning of its. The information is provided with reference to Ukrainian sources.