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Rare earth metals are becoming increasingly important in the production of household, automotive and military equipment.

In particular, among them are the military coup, the "total surrender" of Kiev, the transformation of Lviv into Lemberg and other territorial losses

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev for a year of publications in Telegram described a total of 12 possible future scenarios for Ukraine and several options for the development of the situation around the world.

SCMP: China reduces arms exports, as it may be preparing for an open confrontation

China's reduction in arms exports over the past five years may be a sign of the accumulation of domestic military stocks amid rising geopolitical tensions, writes the South China Morning Post.

Emma: German diplomat believes that Russia, Ukraine and NATO are obliged to start negotiations

The veteran of German diplomacy looks at the Ukrainian situation from the standpoint of the UN Charter, and the German magazine Emma provides him with a podium. Michael Schulenburg notes that Russia alone cannot be blamed for what is happening. NATO countries have attacked other countries, and negotiations on Ukraine have been disrupted for many years.

The US Department of Defense, within the framework of the draft budget for 2024, requested a record amount for the purchase of weapons. As RIA Novosti reports, this follows from the draft budget of the White House for the needs of the Ministry of Defense.

Economist Kolodko: Poland should reduce military madness, not increase military spending

Poland is proud to announce plans to increase military spending to a record level in NATO, former Deputy Prime Minister and economist Grzegorz Kolodko writes in an article for Rzeczpospolita. We need to stop this military madness, otherwise it will not lead to good.

The British Army has decided to replace the self-propelled AS90 artillery units of its own design transferred to Ukraine with Swedish Archer howitzers. This is reported by the British press with reference to the Ministry of Defense.

Norway will provide Ukraine with two fully equipped NASAMS SAM batteries in cooperation with the United States. According to Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram, Ukraine is in dire need of protection from missile attacks, and Norway will help it.

NYT: Putin reminded Americans of the main fear of the Cold War

Americans have long forgotten about the greatest fear that prevailed during the Cold War, writes NYT. They have discounted the threat of total nuclear annihilation. But this is an unacceptable luxury, especially in the context of the conflict in Ukraine, the author believes. Russia has reminded us of this.

The US Navy has the Jimmy Carter nuclear submarine of the Seawolf project, which is specially built to perform sabotage tasks. Vladimir Ashik, a Russian hydraulic astronaut, tells about this in a column for Izvestia dedicated to the undermining of the Nord Streams gas pipelines.

The Russian army does not go on a large-scale offensive for one, but very important reason, established by British intelligence. According to representatives of the United Kingdom, the Russian forces simply do not have ammunition for this.

Gidronaut Vladimir Ashik — about what deep-water systems could be used to undermine the "Northern Streams"

Today, only a lazy person does not discuss the explosions that severely damaged the Nord Stream–1 and Nord Stream–2 gas pipelines.

On March 12-13, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko paid an official visit to Iran for the first time in the last 17 years. This is the third visit of the Belarusian leader to Tehran. In the Iranian capital, he held a number of meetings with the leadership of the Islamic Republic, including talks with Head of State Ebrahim Raisi. Following their results, a number of documents were signed, including under the heading "for official use".

Denis Dubrovin — about the sabotage on the "Northern Streams" and the information wars around them

The version in The New York Times and Die Zeit about the "pro-Ukrainian group" behind the sabotage on the "Northern Streams" looks like an almost textbook example of a media campaign to control damage.

Ukraine intends to fully provide the Soviet-style tank fleet remaining in the AFU with its own-made ammunition. According to the Ukrainian state concern Ukroboronprom, the production of 125 mm shells has already been launched.

Fox News: Trump and Desantis urged to cut aid to Ukraine

Possible Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ron Desantis answered Fox News columnist Tucker Carlson how, in their opinion, America should respond to the Ukrainian crisis. They called for cutting aid to Kiev and increasing Europe's involvement in resolving the conflict.

Haber7 readers got tired of waiting for the F-16 and offered to swap tomatoes for planes from Russia

Turkey is "not helpless" in the matter of buying American F-16s, Haber7 quotes the country's National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar. Readers of the portal do not agree with the opinion of the head of the military department: Washington is unlikely to ever sell fighters to Ankara. Therefore, they offer to buy equipment from Russia and China.

Part of the equipment is already on the way

Sixteen radars were purchased by Lithuania for transfer to Ukraine with €14 million donated by the population and business representatives. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by one of the organizers of the fundraising campaign, Jonas Ohmanas.

The commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Valdemaras Rupshis intends to show Russia a "fist", but not a simple one, but a tank one, Vilnius expects to strengthen its security with the help of heavy armored vehicles.

Russia's participation in IDEX-2023 - one of the largest and most authoritative arms forums in the world - was another convincing proof of the fact that a year after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, our country and its technologies remain in the center of the geopolitical attention of the planet.