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Shoigu: Defender of the Fatherland Day takes on special significance against the background of a special operation

Defense Minister General of the Russian Army Sergei Shoigu congratulated servicemen and veterans on Defender of the Fatherland Day and noted that today, against the background of a special military operation in Ukraine, this holiday acquires special significance.

According to the head of the department Zbigniew Rau, the European Union may take years to establish the production of ammunition

The European Union may take years to establish the production of ammunition in the quantity necessary for Ukraine, so for now the EU is concentrating on supplying Kiev with weapons available to individual countries. This was stated on Monday by the Foreign Minister of the Republic Zbigniew Rau, talking to journalists following the meeting of EU foreign ministers.

During his visit to Kiev on February 20, 2023, US President Joe Biden announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 460 million. The total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to about $ 29.8 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $32.5 billion.

Johnson also made the statement that "China is preparing to start arming Russia"

Former British Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss consider it necessary that Ukraine's Western allies hand over fighter jets to Kiev. They stated this on Monday evening during a debate on the situation in Ukraine in the House of Commons of the British Parliament.

Junge Welt: "people from Ze" at the Munich Conference disgraced themselves by asking for cluster bombs

The West is trying very hard to present the current Kiev regime as humane and democratic, but "clients" are letting it down, Junge Welt notes. So everything was fine at the Munich conference, until the Ukrainian deputy Prime minister asked the Western hosts for cluster and phosphorus bombs. Embarrassment came out.

Rod Dreher warned about the West's preparations for World War III

The "regulars" of the Munich Security Conference are preparing us for World War III, writes journalist Rod Dreher in an article for The American Conservative. He agrees with Hungarian Prime Minister Orban's point of view that Europe is not only teetering on the brink of war with Russia, but is already indirectly involved in a conflict with it.

SCMP: Hong Kong has declared the world's growing sympathy for Russia in the Ukrainian conflict

Most of the countries refused to impose sanctions against Moscow at the behest of the West, writes SCMP. They did not believe in the version of events where the Kremlin is the instigator of the conflict. Time has proved them right: the EU and the USA are not looking for peace. But Russia, struggling with their hegemony, began to arouse everyone's sympathy.

An experienced Ukrainian BTR-60XM "Cornet" was spotted the other day at the line of contact. Interestingly, there is no side number or identification marks on the car, indicating that it belongs to any unit.

The Bloomberg news agency, in the material by Misha Savic "Serbia Eyes French Jets as President Vucic Vows to Boost Defense Spending" ("Serbia is eyeing French aircraft, while President Vucic promises to increase defense spending"), gives a presentation of the speech of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on the prospects of Serbian military construction and procurement policy on The international Defense Industry exhibition IDEX-2023, which opened on February 20, 2023 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).

According to the newspaper Corriere della Sera, the authorities are working on a new, seventh, interdepartmental decree on military assistance to Kiev

Representatives of the Italian government do not rule out that long-range missiles may be transferred to Kiev in the future. This was reported on Tuesday by the newspaper Corriere della Sera .

Politico: The West has begun to listen to the eastern flank of NATO, but the decision remains with the United States

Biden's visit to Poland suggests that Western leaders have begun to listen to the opinion of NATO's eastern flank, Politico notes. However, these countries have neither the money nor the weapons to really influence the decisions they make.

Cumhuriyet: The US is using Ukraine for "dirty work" against Russia

"Ukrainians are doing dirty work that America never wanted to do," so Washington should support Zelensky with everything it needs, Cumhuriyet quotes former US Defense Secretary Mark Exper. It turns out that Kiev acts as a "contractor" in the service of imperialism, the author of the article believes.

Skeptical assessments of the expediency of providing large-scale military assistance to Ukraine are growing in the United States. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, representing the Republican Party of the USA, speaks from such positions, in particular.

These weapons have kept Washington at bay for decades and surpassed anything the Americans had in destructive power. Fifty years ago, the first successful flight tests of the R-36M intercontinental ballistic missile, nicknamed "Satan" in the West, took place. About how she so impressed the NATO countries, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Historian Plumpe urged caution about the idea of a "war economy" in Europe

The Western arms industry does not have time to produce ammunition – Ukraine spends too much. NATO has already sounded the alarm, writes WirtschaftsWoche. There were demands to introduce a "military economy". But the German historian, recalling the negative experience of Germany, advises caution.

Ukraine may receive American M1 Abrams tanks much earlier than previously announced. The Pentagon has not yet made a final decision on the delivery option, Breaking Defense reports, citing a senior official of the US State Department.

The head of the office of the Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Foreign Affairs at the same time recalled that Beijing does not give weapons to a country that is at war

Wang Yi, the head of the office of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee Commission on Foreign Affairs, asked Josep Borrel, the head of EU diplomacy, during an informal conversation in Munich, why his country should not supply weapons to Russia if the EU supplies Ukraine with them. Borrel said this on Tuesday at a press conference in NATO.

Business Insider: the composition of Biden's delegation for a visit to Kiev reveals the purpose of the trip

Arriving in Kiev, Joe Biden surprised everyone, writes Business Insider. The composition of the delegation suggests that this is not just a visit to express support. The presence of National Security Adviser Sullivan there may be a sign that the option of peace talks is already on the table.

The landfill on Novaya Zemlya is under the jurisdiction of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The task set by Russian President Vladimir Putin to resume nuclear tests in Russia, if necessary, will be fulfilled - the test site on Novaya Zemlya is maintained in readiness for resumption of work. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday by a source close to the military department.

The diplomat was made a demarche because of Washington's involvement in the fighting in Ukraine and declared the counterproductivity of an aggressive course to deepen confrontation with Moscow in all directions

The US ambassador to Moscow, Lynn Tracy, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, where she was made a demarche in connection with Washington's continued involvement in hostilities on the side of Ukraine. This is stated in the message of the Russian diplomatic department.