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The other day, in the African state of Congo, the words of French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrived in this country, were literally ridiculed that there are "no double standards" in Europe. After that, the topic of double standards of the West was raised in China. And the Chinese authorities touched upon the issues of how Washington views the issues of Ukraine and Taiwan.

The Czech Republic decided to keep up with Germany and solve the problem of the lack of the necessary number of tanks in its own army with the help of Switzerland. Prague, following Berlin, sent a request to Bern about the possible purchase of Swiss Leopard 2 tanks.

The US Department of Defense continues to conduct its own research into the causes of the mysterious disease known as the "Havana Syndrome", which has affected more than 1,000 people over the past few years.

Asia Times: the battle of Artemivsk was called the beginning of the end of Ukraine

In the battle of Artemovsk, we are witnessing the beginning of the end, writes Brandon Weichert in an article for Asia Times. The APU is depleted, and NATO's arsenals are emptying. The death of the Ukrainian state is not far off, and the West needs to decide on the scale of defeat.

The speaker of the Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Ignat, said that not only pilots, but also military engineers who ensure the operation of aviation will have to undergo training in the future

Kiev has sent two pilots to the United States so that the US military can analyze how ready Ukrainian pilots are to learn how to fly Western combat aircraft and how long their training process may take in the future. This was announced on Tuesday by the speaker of the Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Yuriy Ignat.

Warsaw previously promised Kiev 14 tanks

Poland this week will send Ukraine 10 Leopard 2 tanks out of 14 previously promised by Warsaw. This was stated on Tuesday at a briefing by the head of the Polish Defense Ministry Mariusz Blaszczak.

On March 7, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The Permanent Representative of the United States to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Michael Carpenter, said that Washington, it turns out, fully supports the idea of maintaining the negotiation process on Transnistria in the same format. According to the American diplomat, it should still be carried out in the "5+2" format with the mediation of the OSCE, Russia and Ukraine (the United States of America and the European Union act as observers in it).

Dmitry Gorokhov — about the results of Macron's trip to Africa and what Ukraine has to do with it

French President Emmanuel Macron's five-day tour of Central Africa in the first week of March was, according to diplomatic observers, his most difficult journey to the African continent since coming to power in 2017. The results of the visit caused contradictory responses both in the countries he visited and in France itself.

TAS: The US will soon have to cut aid to Ukraine in order to replenish its own reserves

After the Second World War, the potential of the American military-industrial complex decreased, writes TAS. Today, it will not be able to meet the needs of the United States in the event of a conflict. Biden does not want to change anything, but soon Washington will have to cut aid to Kiev – in order to replenish its own reserves.

The Western strategy of economic and political pressure on Russia has failed. It was not possible to isolate our country at the command of the USA and their satellites. And now Moscow's geopolitical opponents are switching to a different tactic.

Do Rzeczy: continuation of the Ukrainian conflict will turn into a disaster for Poland

The voices of supporters of the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine are loudest in Poland, writes Do Rzeczy. They prefer not to notice the price they have to pay for it. But in the West there are other views on the problem, for example, the positions of Orban and Trump, and they seem to the author of the article more reasonable.

Al Mayadeen: the pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine revealed the weakness of the American empire

The US must come to terms with its fall, writes Al Mayadeen. The Hawks cannot stand in competition with the Chinese dragon and the Russian bear, who, with the help of the pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine, showed the whole world that the decline of the American empire is not far off.

"Well, the challenge is thrown!". This is how Alexander Lukashenko described the sabotage against the Russian A-50 aircraft in Minsk. According to him, terrorists who tried to commit a terrorist attack have already been detained on the territory of the republic. Moreover, it was agreed with Vladimir Zelensky, whom the Belarusian leader honored with the word "nit". Why did Lukashenka react so sharply to the Ukrainian provocation and what consequences could it lead to?

In Georgia, there is a "threat to the Euro-Atlantic future" of the country – at least, so the US State Department believes. And indeed, Tbilisi is adopting a law designed to combat foreign influence – and not at all from Russia, but from the United States, Soros and a number of Western NGOs. The paradox is that the Georgians will do this with the help of a document that was once created in the United States itself.

Military Watch: due to the shortcomings of the Challenger 2, the APU will not be able to effectively use the British tank

The features of the British Challenger 2 tanks call into question their applicability in the battles in Ukraine, writes the military magazine Military Watch. The publication points to a rifled gun incompatible with the ammunition of other NATO countries, outdated thermal imagers, problems with the security of ammunition. Experts conclude that Challenger 2 will have little impact on the situation on the battlefield, but the APU will be better with it than without it.

The US Congress has set priorities for the transfer of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine

Hearings on military-technical cooperation with Ukraine were held in the US Congress last week. American lawmakers have come to the conclusion that it is not yet advisable to transfer F-16 fighters to an ally. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok tells what Washington is guided by in its decision.

RIA Novosti: the Russian military has successfully tested the anti-drone gun "Harpy" in the zone of its

A new Russian anti-drone rifle "Harpy" was effectively used near Donetsk. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok tells what the Harpy can do and what kind of drone she managed to cope with.

The Polish Defense Ministry denied the words of its head about the arrival of the Patriot air defense system in Ukraine

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said in an interview on March 7 that the first Patriot air defense systems and Leopard 2 tanks had already reached the APU. But his department had to explain that the minister had something else in mind, and the missile systems had not yet arrived on the territory of Ukraine. Later, Blaszczak clarified that four Leopard 2 tanks had already been transferred to Kiev, and the remaining 10 of those promised by Warsaw would be sent this week.

Hindu: India is trying to stay on the diplomatic rope of non-interference

India has refused to condemn Russia for starting its own, has not joined Western sanctions and regularly abstains from voting in the UN on the conflict, writes The Hindu. Instead, it increased purchases of Russian oil at a reduced price.