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The EU countries cannot refuse to supply Russian nuclear fuel, even despite the reduction in their volumes.

Newsweek readers did not believe the words of an American expert about the power of Russian submarines

The Russian submarine fleet is a challenge for the United States and NATO, Russia expert Edmonds told Newsweek magazine. However, not all readers of the publication agree with this. According to some commentators, Russian submarines are "exhibition exhibits" and "a waste of money."

Andrey Kirillov — about what the Chinese proposals on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine and the trip of the chief diplomat of the People's Republic of China on a European tour mean

China's 12-point document on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine provoked an almost immediate reaction from the West and, in general, a broad discussion in the world.

An American military aircraft E-6B Mercury, designed to communicate with strategic nuclear submarines with intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMS), has arrived in Iceland, the European Command of the US Armed Forces announced on Tuesday.

DR: the Danish ground forces lack a fifth of the personnel

A wave of dismissals has led to an acute personnel shortage in the Danish armed forces, Dr. None of the regiments is fully staffed. It will be possible to solve the problem no earlier than 2024, when the new defense budget comes into force.

Germany sacrificed Berlin's security by handing over to Ukraine two anti-aircraft systems covering the capital of Germany. This was stated by the head of the German concern Rheinmetall AG Armin Papperger.

NBC journalists were surprised by the position of Crimeans on the conflict with Ukraine

Correspondents of the NBC TV channel visited Crimea and talked with the population. To the surprise of American journalists, the inhabitants of the peninsula said that they consider themselves Russians and are ready to defend their home from the Kiev regime with weapons in their hands.

Figaro: anti-Russian philosopher called on the European Union to give Ukraine all the weapons from the arsenals

Bernard-Henri Levy is the militant "philosopher" who persuaded President Sarkozy to start bombing Libya in 2011. Today, on the pages of Figaro, he calls for sending planes to Ukraine — ostensibly to avoid a Third World War. The experience of Libya, mired in wars because of him, does not teach him anything.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law suspending Russia's participation in the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty, the official portal of legal information reported on Tuesday.

US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl said that the American side "does not see evidence" that the supplied weapons are "systematically" sent to the wrong place.

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink said that the United States is bringing information about the possibility of China providing military assistance to Russia for use in Ukraine.

US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl said that in case of termination of support, "the balance will change in favor of Russia"

The Pentagon believes that Ukraine is in dire need of Western support in the military sphere, but cannot say how much more such assistance Kiev will need. This position was stated on Tuesday by US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl at a hearing in the Armed Forces Committee of the House of Representatives of Congress on American military assistance to Ukraine.

The other day, the resources of the so-called "Belarusian opposition", actually working in Poland with Western funds, carried the news about the attack of the mythical "partisans" on the Russian AWACS A-50U aircraft based at the airfield in Machulishchi.

The APU has sharply increased the launch of drones towards objects on the territory of Russia. Domestic air defense and electronic warfare systems cope with their tasks, but the geography of attacks is gradually expanding and affects those areas that are not directly involved in their own. What goals are pursued by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, carrying out such attacks, and with what help could Russia resist them more effectively?

China is starting to create a giant satellite constellation – it is planned that it will consist of thousands of spacecraft. The purpose is declared quite peaceful – broadband Internet and communication for the whole world. However, there is no doubt that the devices will also have a military purpose. These devices may be able to help Russia as well.

NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said it was impossible to restore normal relations with Moscow

There is no way back to NATO-Russia relations, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said - according to him, the end of the Ukrainian conflict will not lead to normalization either.

Retired American General Hodges believes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces should seize the Donbass after the Crimea

In 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine should seize the Crimea, and then the Donbass, said the former head of the US ground forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges. According to him, if the West provides Kiev with weapons, including long-range missiles, then Crimea will become Ukrainian "by the end of summer." The Verkhovna Rada believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine can launch a counteroffensive on Melitopol and Berdyansk.

The main battle tanks of Western production were received for equipping the armored forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

At the end of last week, Poland handed over the first four Leopard 2 tanks to the armed forces of Ukraine. Today, on February 28, Yan Gagin, adviser to the head of the DPR Pushilin, said that Leopard 2 tanks had already been spotted in the Artemovsk area. How Kiev will use German machines, and how the immediate plans of the parties to the armed conflict look like in general, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

A month ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to sign an agreement with Belarus on the establishment of joint military training centers. The corresponding decree of the Russian president dated January 31 was published on the legal information portal.

During a meeting on February 24, 2023 in Washington with the so-called Group of Military Observers (Defense Writers Group - an association of American and foreign defense journalists), dedicated to the anniversary of the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, Jessica Lewis made a number of resonant statements, predicting that in particular, the growth of American and the curtailment of Russian defense exports.