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The Soviet ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" (2A6) anti-aircraft self-propelled gun adopted in the first half of the 60s was in service with four dozen countries of the world at various times.

Asia Times: supporters of the Ukrainian offensive on Crimea could win in the USA

The United States could change its strategy on the issue of Crimea, Asia Times writes. Nuland's statement about the "demilitarization" of the peninsula and the supply of certain weapons to Ukraine testify to this. This scenario threatens to lead to a general war in Europe.

Al Ahram: The US has turned democracy into a "Trojan horse"

Ukraine, Syria, Libya — what unites them? The answer is simple — American interference in their domestic politics, writes Al Ahram. All democratic slogans turned out to be nothing more than a "Trojan horse", with which the United States sows chaos in the world, realizing its ambitions and protecting its own interests to the detriment of others.

Figaro: if Putin agrees to peaceful mediation, it will most likely be from China

Xi Jinping's visit to Russia scheduled for spring aroused the hope of the Figaro columnist, as Reno Girard writes in this article. China, unlike the West, is interested in peace in Ukraine. But does China have enough patience and the ability to talk to both sides? These qualities are the main ones for an intermediary.

Onet: a town in southeastern Poland is better protected than European capitals

The town of Rzeszow in southeastern Poland is called the "secret capital of the West," writes Onet. It is from here that arms supplies to Kiev are carried out, leading politicians come here when they plan to go to Ukraine, and in military terms Rzeszow is protected like no other EU city.

Moscow refused to provide data on the Russian Armed Forces within the framework of the OSCE Vienna Document of 2011, the American Arms Control Association reported.

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?