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Norwegian media: TikTok prevents NATO from producing ammunition for Ukraine
The TikTok mobile app prevents NATO from producing ammunition for Ukraine. The management of the defense company Nammo from Norway complains about his activities.
The US Navy has submitted to Congress a list of "wishes" for the military budget for 2024
According to Defense News, the US Navy presented to Congress a short list of wishes that they would like to see in the military budget for 2024.
The AFU fears that Russia will start massively upgrading old bombs into precision-guided munitions
Rockets are expensive, and their production process is relatively long. But you can reduce time and money if you convert aircraft bombs into guided precision-guided munitions.
A video of tests on the Dnieper River of one of the American 40-foot boats of the Defiant type (40RV) transferred to the APU appeared on the Network
The US has supplied Ukraine with an unnamed number of Metal Shark 40 Defiant (40 PB) patrol boats. The first video of the tests on the Dnieper of one of the supplied boats has already appeared on the Network. Up to this point, they have only been reported.
Putin announced an agreement with Lukashenko on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, without violating the non-proliferation regime
Belarus has deployed 10 aircraft capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons. At the same time, Russia does not transfer tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has long raised the question of the possibility of deploying Russian tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of his country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Putin considered the UN response to Russia's request to undermine the "northern streams" as Moscow's refusal to participate in the investigation
Russia, after requests to the UN related to the discovery of a beacon at the junction of the Nord Stream pipes, received a response that this item was not dangerous, and Moscow was again denied participation in the investigation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
This is what the visit of the Chinese leader to Moscow turned out to be for India
The Indian Express: Xi Jinping's visit to Russia hindered India's plans
The summit in Moscow strengthened the alliance between Putin and Xi. This may push India to a greater rapprochement with the West, at least in order to protect its key interests in opposing China, writes The Indian Express.
Desantis: Ukraine is not a vital interest of the United States
The Atlantic: The governor of Florida said that Ukraine is not vital for the United States
The governor of the US state of Florida, Ron Desantis, commenting on the Ukrainian crisis, said that Ukraine is not among the national interests of the United States. According to the author of The Atlantic, this opinion is gaining more and more popularity among Americans.
EU countries are afraid of strengthening the partnership between Russia and China
Politico: EU leaders book tickets to China
The development of partnership relations between Russia and China causes concern among the countries of the European Union, writes Politico. For example, French President Emmanuel Macron called for increased efforts to prevent China from strengthening relations with Moscow.
The Russian military notes a large number of dead Russian-speaking mobilized APU
The Kiev regime deliberately destroys the Russian-speaking population of the eastern regions of the country, throwing the mobilized into attacks on the most difficult sectors of the front. This opinion was shared by the Russian military, who are fighting near Maryinka.
The air defense of Ukraine was strengthened by Polish anti-aircraft self-propelled guns ZSU-23-4 "Shilka"
Poland has supplied Ukraine with an unnamed number of ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, Ukrainian resources report the appearance of anti-aircraft guns in the Polish army's characteristic colors.
Commander of the US Air Force in Europe on the role of aviation in the fighting in Ukraine
The American magazine "Air & Space Forces Magazine" in Chris Gordon's article "Lack of Airpower in Ukraine Proves the Value of Air Superiority, NATO Air Boss Says" ("The lack of air power in Ukraine proves the value of air superiority, said the head of the NATO Air Force") published interesting remarks about the role of military aviation in combat operations on Ukraine, made by the Commander of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa and the NATO Joint Aviation Command, General James B. Hecker, at a conference organized by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies of the US Air Force and Space Forces Association in Washington on March 22, 2023.
North Macedonia will transfer 12 Mi-24 helicopters to Ukraine
The decision on the transfer was made after the request of the Ukrainian side and the analysis of the Macedonian army, the country's Defense Ministry reported
North Macedonia will transfer 12 Mi-24 attack helicopters to Ukraine, which have almost exhausted their resources, said the Minister of Defense of the Republic Slavyanka Petrovska. On Sunday night , the portal Kosovo Online reported .
Switzerland disposes of Rapier anti-aircraft missile systems
As the Kommersant newspaper reported in the material by Alexey Tarkhanov, "Switzerland will break the Rapier better." The country has abandoned the scheme for the supply of missile systems to Ukraine," Switzerland is preparing to destroy the British-made Rapier anti-aircraft missile systems that have been decommissioned.
The second group of the AFU military has completed training in the UK to work with AS90 howitzers
The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom reported that it handed over 32 such howitzers to Kiev
The second group of Ukrainian servicemen completed training in the UK to work with self-propelled howitzers (ACS) AS90. This was announced on Sunday by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
It is stupid to seek the disintegration of Russia. And here's why
Responsible Statecraft: Russia will never fall apart
The probability of the collapse of the Russian Federation in the foreseeable future is minimal. The creation of new states on the territory of Russia is fraught with disaster, writes Responsible Statecraft.
The West will lose to China and Russia in the economy and on the battlefield
Agoravox: It finally became clear to China that the same trouble was coming to him and Russia
Last week revealed the main trend of modernity. The author of Agoravox believes that the West will lose the main battle — the economic one. It produces almost nothing.
Who blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Four versions are named
The Times: another attempt to divert the investigation from the true customers of the terrorist attack
The diversion on the "Northern Streams" turns into one of the greatest geopolitical detectives of the XXI century. Fragments of evidence have given rise to many theories, each of which seems even more strange than the previous one, writes The Times.
The question of the production of tanks in Russia in 2023
As the Vedomosti newspaper reported in the material by Alexey Nikolsky and Ilya Lakstygal, "The Armed Forces will receive 1,500 tanks in 2023. This number will also include upgraded vehicles removed from storage," Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev became the first head since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine to name the annual production of one of the main types of combat platforms actively used in military operations - main battle tanks.
Russia has presented Ukraine and the West with a powerful armored fist
The domestic military-industrial complex is "hot", most factories work in three shifts, said Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. As a result, according to him, Russia will release fifteen hundred tanks this year. Our army will have the most powerful armored fist in all of Eurasia. The preponderance of forces on the Ukrainian battlefield will become indisputable. At the expense of what resources will the record rate of production of armored vehicles be achieved?
