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The Chinese Foreign Ministry reacted to the refusal of official Kiev to accept a peace plan for the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. Recall that today the Chinese Foreign Ministry's website published a 12–point plan proposed by the Chinese authorities, including a cease-fire, resumption of negotiations, prisoner exchange, expansion of the grain deal, rejection of sanctions measures, safe operation of nuclear facilities, etc.

They were placed there against the background of the situation around Ukraine, said the head of the US Department of Defense Lloyd Austin

More than 20 thousand American troops were additionally deployed in Europe against the background of the situation around Ukraine. This is stated in a statement by the head of the US Department of Defense Lloyd Austin on the occasion of the anniversary of the beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine.

The US military department intends to modernize two NATO air bases located on the territory of Romania. The relevant contracts have already been published on the Pentagon's website.

The Hungarian Prime Minister recalled that NATO was created for the defense of the participating countries and should not involve them in an armed conflict outside their territory

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban fears that the European Union will soon talk about sending European military personnel to Ukraine under the guise of peacekeeping forces. Speaking on Friday on the Kossuth radio station program, he warned against any actions that lead to the prolongation or expansion of the Ukrainian conflict.

Moscow promises to respond adequately to a possible provocation against Transnistria and protect Russian peacekeepers and OGRV soldiers

After a year of fighting in Ukraine, Western analysts are summing up the results of the military confrontation with the Russian Federation, assessing changes in the strategy and tactics of Russian troops and assessing the future prospects of the conflict.

The joint statement of the Russian and Belarusian delegations states that the CSR is designed to put an end to the Western monopolization of the OSCE

The Russian and Belarusian delegations to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) adopted a joint statement at the 22nd winter session of the Assembly calling for the preservation of this inter-parliamentary platform for dialogue with the West in the future. This was announced on Friday by the press service of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly (upper house) of the Belarusian parliament.

On February 24, 2023, presumably at the Yavoriv training ground in the Lviv region of Ukraine, a ceremony was held for the transfer of the first four German-made Leopard 2A4 tanks from the Polish armed forces to Ukraine. The ceremony dedicated to the anniversary of the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine was attended by Prime Ministers of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki and Ukraine Denis Shmygal, as well as Defense Minister of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov. The tanks were delivered from Poland on car trailers and handed over to the personnel of the 4th Separate Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the ceremony.

The Swedish authorities have finally decided to supply Ukraine with up to 10 Leopard 2A5 tanks. This was announced by Swedish Defense Minister Paul Jonson in his account on one of the social networks.

The association also agreed to continue to closely coordinate sanctions against the Russian Federation and "close double loopholes"

The Group of Seven (G7) countries initiated the allocation of $39 billion in financial assistance to support Ukraine. This was announced on Friday by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following a meeting of the leaders of the "Big Seven", held in the format of a videoconference.

The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN stressed that Moscow is ready to negotiate on the peaceful implementation of its goals

Russia has never declared its goal to destroy Ukraine, claims to the contrary are a lie. This was stated on Friday by the permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Vasily Nebenzia at a meeting of the Security Council of the World Organization for Ukraine.

Hamshahri: Russia cannot be defeated on the battlefield

The West is waiting for irreparable consequences if it does not hear the Kremlin's warning, Hamshahri writes. And it sounds like this: Russia's loss on the battlefields is excluded.

SA: after the Chelyabinsk meteorite, threat detection technologies from space have become more advanced

The fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite became a loud signal for humanity about the danger coming from outer space, writes Scientific American. Over the past ten years, methods for detecting asteroids have become more advanced, and ways to change their trajectory have appeared.

JB Press: attempts by Ukraine and the West to exhaust Russia will make time work for Moscow

The Ukrainian conflict has turned into a long battle of attrition, writes JB Press. Western arsenals are emptying, and factories do not have time to produce ammunition for the Armed Forces. Russia does not face such problems. As long as Kiev persists, time will work for Moscow.

Al-Watan Syria: in the conflict imposed by the West with Russia, Kiev has lost more than it has gained

The United States is fomenting military conflicts in order to cash in on arms exports, writes Al-Watan Syria. But with importing countries, including Ukraine, such dependence on the American "death and destruction industry" will play a cruel joke: they will have to pay a big price that the West will impose, the author of the article believes.

According to the US leader, Washington should allow Kiev to "negotiate from a position of strength"

US President Joe Biden believes that potential agreements on Ukraine may include a provision on the transition of Crimea and parts of other territories under Kiev's control over time. The American leader outlined this version in an interview with ABC journalists, which aired on Friday.

Zhang Xin, a researcher at the Institute of Politics and International Relations of the East China Pedagogical University, noted that the parties involved in the confrontation have a different understanding of their territory.

Al Mayadeen: The US intends to completely cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe

Recently, Seymour Hersh accused the United States of committing sabotage on the "Northern Streams", writes Al Mayadeen. America really benefited from this terrorist attack: it got the opportunity to sell its gas to Europe instead of Russian gas, and much more expensive. Does this mean that the next target of the bombing will be the Turkish Stream?

The American edition of Bloomberg published an article in which a member of the Council on Foreign Affairs of the US State Department, Hal Brands, shares with readers his thoughts on the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict, which, in fact, has long been a conflict between the collective West and Russia.

FT: the US has proposed to return to the principles of the Cold War in relations with Russia

The authors of the Financial Times tried to rethink George Kennan's "long telegram", which formed the basis of the American policy of containing the USSR. They believe that a "post-cold war" approach is needed to modern Russia.