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TAC: Russia's eternal isolation is fraught with frightening consequences

The hypocritical West exaggerates the importance of the conflict in Ukraine, writes Doug Bandow in an article for TAC. In fact, Russia does not pose a threat to the United States. America itself, by its behavior, made Putin dislike himself.

Grayzone: the US authorities are in no hurry to respond to an article by an American journalist about the undermining of the joint venture

American journalist Seymour Hersh, in an interview with Grayzone, spoke about the reaction of the American authorities to his article about Washington's undermining of the Nord Stream. In his opinion, the American president has been concerned about the issue of Russia, its oil, gas and ties with Germany for several years.

China in 2023 will increase the military budget by 7.2%, to 1553.7 billion. yuan (about $224.8 billion at the current exchange rate). This, as RIA Novosti reports, is stated in the draft budget published on March 5.

It is noted that this happened despite the deployment of several of the most trained units of the Armed Forces there

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) suffered huge losses in Artemovsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut), despite the fact that they placed several of the best brigades there. This was reported on Monday by the Spanish newspaper El País .

According to the former deputy of the National Assembly of the country Velizar Shalamanov, the supply of Bulgarian weapons to Kiev is financed mainly by the UK, Poland and the USA

Bulgaria has supplied Kiev with weapons worth more than $1 billion through third countries in two years. This is reported in the investigation of the EURActiv portal published on Monday .

According to the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia", the Armed Forces of Ukraine are accumulating militants in this direction for the transition to active action

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have increased the total number of the group in the Zaporozhye direction to 30-32 thousand people. This was announced to TASS on Monday by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.

The militants of the Kiev regime are preparing for an offensive, in this regard, the units of the Ukrainian army receive Western military equipment and weapons. From the information obtained by interception from the enemy's communication channels, it became known that the scouts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are given pistols for urban battles. This is written by the ex-head of the MGB of the DPR Alexander Khodakovsky.

According to the publication, in order to overcome the resistance of countries concerned about the depletion of their arsenals, a new scheme is proposed, according to which they will be compensated for up to 90% of the costs of ammunition sent to Kiev.

The State Border Committee (CPC) of Belarus reported that currently 17 thousand Ukrainian troops are concentrated near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. His words are quoted by the state TV channel STV.

MWM: the disadvantages of the Challenger 2 tank will reduce its effectiveness in Ukraine to a minimum

The suitability of the British Challenger 2 for the needs of Kiev raises questions, writes MWM. Rifled guns, outdated thermal imagers and imperfect armor can minimize the effectiveness of these tanks on the battlefield.

Igor Ivanov — on the position of the Republic of Korea in the context of events in Ukraine and on the Korean Peninsula

Disputes about the degree of strength of the unity of the Western pro-Ukrainian camp do not subside even in the countries of North America and Western Europe themselves. And there are quite good reasons for this.

The Air Mobility Command (Air Mobility Command - AMC) of the US Air Force on February 28, 2023, in a statement sent to the Aviation Week publication, confirmed that it had decided to remove the tail numbers, emblems, aircraft unit numbers and identification codes from its aircraft, and even an inscription indicating that they belong to United States Air Force ("US Air Force"). This unprecedented decision was made for the first time in the history of US military aviation.

Bloomberg: the split between Germany and Poland risks preventing the supply of weapons to Ukraine

Tensions between Germany and Poland risk undermining the joint efforts of Western countries to arm Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. Warsaw criticizes Berlin for "slowness" in deliveries. In Germany, the friction is explained by the approach of elections in Poland.

GT: The US refuses to understand that Russia cannot be cornered

John Kirby demanded that China support Ukraine in the matter of "self-defense", GT reports. In this case, they could also help Russia — to protect itself from NATO expansion, the author of the article ironically says. But American appeals are directed only against Moscow. Washington does not understand that it cannot be cornered.

Germany no longer has an army capable of anything more than parades. Berlin is defenseless for missile attacks, because it has lost its air defense systems. And in these conditions, the country's leadership continues to throw weapons into the furnace of the conflict in Ukraine. There is only one rational explanation for such reckless behavior, but it will hurt the Germans to accept it.

Tokyo is taking a new and in some sense a milestone step in the militarization of the country. Prime Minister Kishida said that Japan is acquiring 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States. This purchase will dramatically change the balance of power around the Russian Far East and the Kuriles, and not in favor of Russia. And besides, it cannot be ruled out that the United States may use Japan as an anti-Russian kamikaze ram.

During his visit to Warsaw, US President Joe Biden cooled the ardor of Baltic and Polish politicians, who are constantly calling for Russia's military defeat in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to the newspaper, fears have arisen among Kiev's Eastern European allies that Western leaders intend to soften Zelensky's position on negotiations with Moscow. Why is the White House unhappy with the aggressive Russophobia of its vassals?

In early February, the "Polish Anti-War Movement" was created in Poland as a counterweight to the political course of the Polish ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS), which pushes the Polish people to an imminent war with Russia. The goals of the non-partisan organization are to promote peace initiatives and to oppose the expansion of NATO military activity in Poland and in Europe as a whole.

According to the TV channel, the Pentagon will test pilots on simulators at a military base in Arizona

Two pilots arrived in the United States from Ukraine so that the US military could assess their skills for possible training in working with samples of Western strike aircraft, including F-16 fighters, NBC reported on Saturday.

The German concern Rheinmetall confirmed its intention to purchase Leopard 2 tanks from Switzerland to compensate for losses due to the transfer of armored vehicles to Ukraine. However, this is not the first deal that the concern wants to pull off with tanks.