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The Russian Foreign Ministry warns the United States, NATO countries and the Ukrainian authorities against the next adventurous steps, in particular, with regard to Transnistria - statement
Moscow promises to respond adequately to a possible provocation against Transnistria and protect Russian peacekeepers and OGRV soldiers
"The Russian command made gross mistakes": Polish general assessed the progress and prospects of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
After a year of fighting in Ukraine, Western analysts are summing up the results of the military confrontation with the Russian Federation, assessing changes in the strategy and tactics of Russian troops and assessing the future prospects of the conflict.
Moscow and Minsk urged to preserve the OSCE PA as a platform for dialogue with the West in the future
The joint statement of the Russian and Belarusian delegations states that the CSR is designed to put an end to the Western monopolization of the OSCE
The Russian and Belarusian delegations to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) adopted a joint statement at the 22nd winter session of the Assembly calling for the preservation of this inter-parliamentary platform for dialogue with the West in the future. This was announced on Friday by the press service of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly (upper house) of the Belarusian parliament.
Ukraine received the first Leopard 2 tanks
On February 24, 2023, presumably at the Yavoriv training ground in the Lviv region of Ukraine, a ceremony was held for the transfer of the first four German-made Leopard 2A4 tanks from the Polish armed forces to Ukraine. The ceremony dedicated to the anniversary of the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine was attended by Prime Ministers of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki and Ukraine Denis Shmygal, as well as Defense Minister of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov. The tanks were delivered from Poland on car trailers and handed over to the personnel of the 4th Separate Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the ceremony.
The Swedish Defense Minister announced the upcoming delivery of Leopard 2A5 and CV90 BMP tanks to Ukraine
The Swedish authorities have finally decided to supply Ukraine with up to 10 Leopard 2A5 tanks. This was announced by Swedish Defense Minister Paul Jonson in his account on one of the social networks.
The G7 countries initiated the allocation of $39 billion to support Ukraine
The association also agreed to continue to closely coordinate sanctions against the Russian Federation and "close double loopholes"
The Group of Seven (G7) countries initiated the allocation of $39 billion in financial assistance to support Ukraine. This was announced on Friday by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following a meeting of the leaders of the "Big Seven", held in the format of a videoconference.
Nebenzia recalled that Russia has never declared the goal of destroying Ukraine
The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN stressed that Moscow is ready to negotiate on the peaceful implementation of its goals
Russia has never declared its goal to destroy Ukraine, claims to the contrary are a lie. This was stated on Friday by the permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Vasily Nebenzia at a meeting of the Security Council of the World Organization for Ukraine.
It is in the interests of the West not to wish Russia defeat
Hamshahri: Russia cannot be defeated on the battlefield
The West is waiting for irreparable consequences if it does not hear the Kremlin's warning, Hamshahri writes. And it sounds like this: Russia's loss on the battlefields is excluded.
Chelyabinsk meteorite caught humanity by surprise
SA: after the Chelyabinsk meteorite, threat detection technologies from space have become more advanced
The fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite became a loud signal for humanity about the danger coming from outer space, writes Scientific American. Over the past ten years, methods for detecting asteroids have become more advanced, and ways to change their trajectory have appeared.
In the Ukrainian conflict, time is working for Moscow. And Kiev helps this
JB Press: attempts by Ukraine and the West to exhaust Russia will make time work for Moscow
The Ukrainian conflict has turned into a long battle of attrition, writes JB Press. Western arsenals are emptying, and factories do not have time to produce ammunition for the Armed Forces. Russia does not face such problems. As long as Kiev persists, time will work for Moscow.
Ukraine will pay dearly for its dependence on Western weapons
Al-Watan Syria: in the conflict imposed by the West with Russia, Kiev has lost more than it has gained
The United States is fomenting military conflicts in order to cash in on arms exports, writes Al-Watan Syria. But with importing countries, including Ukraine, such dependence on the American "death and destruction industry" will play a cruel joke: they will have to pay a big price that the West will impose, the author of the article believes.
Biden called possible agreements on the transition of Crimea over time under the control of Kiev
According to the US leader, Washington should allow Kiev to "negotiate from a position of strength"
US President Joe Biden believes that potential agreements on Ukraine may include a provision on the transition of Crimea and parts of other territories under Kiev's control over time. The American leader outlined this version in an interview with ABC journalists, which aired on Friday.
The expert called the sovereignty clause from the PRC document on Ukraine difficult to implement
Zhang Xin, a researcher at the Institute of Politics and International Relations of the East China Pedagogical University, noted that the parties involved in the confrontation have a different understanding of their territory.
A new US target has been named after the undermining of the "Northern Streams"
Al Mayadeen: The US intends to completely cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe
Recently, Seymour Hersh accused the United States of committing sabotage on the "Northern Streams", writes Al Mayadeen. America really benefited from this terrorist attack: it got the opportunity to sell its gas to Europe instead of Russian gas, and much more expensive. Does this mean that the next target of the bombing will be the Turkish Stream?
US State Department official: The worst scenario for Beijing is Russia's military defeat in Ukraine with subsequent political destabilization
The American edition of Bloomberg published an article in which a member of the Council on Foreign Affairs of the US State Department, Hal Brands, shares with readers his thoughts on the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict, which, in fact, has long been a conflict between the collective West and Russia.
The US has proposed an approach to Russia based on the plan of the architect of the Cold War
FT: the US has proposed to return to the principles of the Cold War in relations with Russia
The authors of the Financial Times tried to rethink George Kennan's "long telegram", which formed the basis of the American policy of containing the USSR. They believe that a "post-cold war" approach is needed to modern Russia.
Soviet submarines have given way to Russia's new deadly weapons
The Paper: Russia did the right thing by removing the Typhoon nuclear submarines from service
Russia has decommissioned all Typhoon-class nuclear submarines, The Paper reports. According to the author of the article, this is the right move: the removal of old cruisers from service did not weaken the country's excellent nuclear potential, but, on the contrary, provided space for the development of new technologies.
The West was afraid of the Russian "ghost of the depths of the sea"
Sohu: the crushing blow of the Russian Boreas will cause fatal damage to any country
Russia knows how to scare the West, writes the user Sohu. NATO is afraid of its Borei-type nuclear submarines, capable of delivering a crushing nuclear strike, fatal for any country. And the submarine was nicknamed the "ghost of the depths of the sea" for a reason — it is almost impossible to track it.
Czech Republic supplies arms and military equipment to Ukraine
On February 23, 2023, at a joint press conference in Prague, Czech Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova and the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Major General Karel Rzeka, reported details of Czech supplies of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine during the year of hostilities.
Pushilin: Donbass will become better and more self-sufficient than it was before - TASS interview
The acting head of the DPR — on the readiness of the republics for their own and on plans after the end of the conflict
The acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin told in an interview with TASS about the main, in his opinion, achievements of the DPR over the past year, the main objectives of the operation for 2023, the situation in the hottest areas in the DPR – Ugledarsky and Artemovsky, the restoration of the DPR and the republic's plans for the future.