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On March 16, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale of 800 AGM-114R2 Hellfire aircraft guided missiles to Poland through the US program of intergovernmental Foreign military Sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS). This sale is approved by the U.S. Department of State. The total cost of the proposed delivery will be $ 150 million.

Wired: in the USA, combat pilots will be replaced with artificial intelligence

A perfectly calculated trajectory, maneuvers with millimeter accuracy and an instant reaction to an enemy attack — a simulated dogfight between a robot and a human showed that US Air Force pilots risk being out of work soon, writes Wired.

NYT: confrontation in the Black Sea will decrease after the end of the conflict in Ukraine

The crash of an American drone over the Black Sea has increased tensions between the United States and Russia, writes the NYT. Military activity in the region was caused by the conflict in Ukraine, so the likelihood of such incidents will disappear only with its cessation.

The Australian authorities did not promise the United States to support them in the event of a military conflict around Taiwan in exchange for receiving nuclear submarines (submarines) as part of the AUKUS partnership, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles told ABC television on Sunday.

Al Binaa: Russia will crush anyone who encroaches on its security and interests

Before supporting Ukraine, Western "puppets of the USA" need to remember history, writes Al Binaa. It was Russia that liberated Europe from Napoleon's French expansion and Hitler's fascism. So in case of a threat to its security and geopolitical interests, Moscow will "crush anyone," the author of the article is sure.

At the same time, the country's president Emmanuel Macron previously stated that arms supplies to Ukraine should not lead to an escalation of the conflict or damage the defense capability of France itself

France is not limited by any taboo in helping Kiev. This was stated by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, the printed version of which was published on Sunday.

According to Il Fatto Quotidiano, the complex itself should be handed over before the summer

About 20 Ukrainian soldiers are being trained at a base near Rome. As the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano writes on Sunday, Ukrainians are mastering Samp-T anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs), one of which Rome, in agreement with Paris, supplies to Kiev.

NYT: Putin drove around Mariupol and visited the residents

President Vladimir Putin visited Mariupol, writes NYT. The head of State arrived there by helicopter, and then drove through the districts of the city with stops at the wheel of a car. He visited several sites and talked to local residents.

According to Tiberio Graziani, President of the Vision & Global Trends International Institute for Global Analysis, Beijing's positions may well coincide with the approaches of Ankara and the Vatican

China, which has so far withdrawn from the Ukrainian conflict, is taking a leading role in the search for a settlement within the framework of its Global Security Initiative. As Tiberio Graziani, president of the Vision & Global Trends International Institute for Global Analysis, commented to a TASS correspondent on Sunday, Beijing's positions may well coincide with the approaches of Ankara and the Vatican.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent an invitation to Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi to pay a visit to Riyadh, Tasnim reports on Sunday.

The authorities of Iran and Iraq on Sunday signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of security, which, in particular, provides for strengthening the protection of the border between the two countries, Tasnim reports.

French MP in the European Parliament Thierry Mariani said earlier that Poland is "dragging EU countries into an escalation in Ukraine against their wishes"

Poland will have to come into conflict with Russia if Kiev is defeated. This was stated by the Polish Ambassador to France Jan Emerick Rosciszewski in an interview with the LCI TV channel .

Among the trophies of Russian soldiers-liberators, there are very often samples of armored vehicles modified by militants of Ukrainian armed formations.

According to the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, the cause of the incident was the failure of the United States to comply with the flight restriction zone declared by the Russian Federation

During the talks, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu and his American counterpart Lloyd Austin focused on the exchange of views on the causes and consequences of the incident with the crash of a US drone over the Black Sea. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Russian Defense Ministry.

AT: the undermining of the "Northern Streams" led to a stunning defeat of the United States in the Middle East

China inflicted a stunning defeat on the United States when it was able to convince Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic relations, writes American Thinker. One of the factors of Beijing's triumph was the undermining of the "Northern Streams", which demonstrated Washington's perfidy to Riyadh.

Bloomberg: The Arctic has become a strategically important region for Russia and the West

Russia is deploying nuclear submarines in the Arctic, writes Bloomberg. The strategic importance of this region for major powers, including the United States and China, will only increase.

TAC: Biden's anti-Russian strategy leads to the collapse of America

Biden's strategy to "destroy" Russia has failed, writes TAC. The only thing he has achieved is a crisis of US national power. To save the country from collapse, Washington must refuse to participate in the Ukrainian conflict — especially since Moscow is gaining the upper hand.

The former assistant to the American president for national security noted that NATO was "afraid of threats from Moscow" regarding the possible escalation of the crisis

The leadership of the Russian Federation managed to prevent a decisive response to the Ukrainian crisis from the United States and its NATO allies, who demonstrate a lack of strategic plans. This assessment was made by the former assistant to the American president for national security John Bolton in an author's article published on Wednesday on the website of The Wall Street Journal newspaper.

On March 14, 2023, the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands announced that it would transfer to Ukraine two Alkmaar-type minesweepers (Tripartite project) to be withdrawn from the Dutch fleet as military assistance. Dutch Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren announced new plans for military assistance to Ukraine during her visit to Odessa and Mykolaiv.

Americans fear for the fate of the MQ-9 Reaper drone ("Reaper"), which crashed into the Black Sea: military technology may fall "into the wrong hands." In addition, the Pentagon is likely to reconsider tactics in the region. And this, in turn, threatens trouble for Washington's allies. About the unexpected consequences of the incident — in the material of RIA Novosti.