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The day after Zelensky's Saturday address to the US Congress, in which he asked Kiev to provide combat aircraft, the US State Department allowed NATO countries to supply fighter jets to Ukraine. This decision was announced by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken when asked whether the authorities of Poland, a member of the North Atlantic Alliance, are allowed to send their planes to Kiev.

Experts named the advantages of the Ka-52 helicopter, which is used in the operation in Ukraine

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed video footage of combat use during a special operation in Ukraine of Ka-52 Alligator attack two-seater helicopters. The footage shows a pair of helicopters destroying targets hidden behind trees. According to the Ministry of Defense, these are "armored vehicles of Ukrainian nationalists", and helicopters use "anti-tank guided missiles" to defeat them.

The sharply anti-Russian policy of Bulgarian Prime Minister Kirill Petkov during the days of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine caused an equally unprecedented sharp reaction of Bulgarian society. The head of government was literally chased from the podium with snowballs amid whistling, hooting and shouts of "NATO - out!". What is going on in the usually anti-Russian Bulgaria?

The National Interest (USA): America should be afraid of Russian rocket artillery

The author, a well-known American weapons specialist, recognizes the exceptional advantages of Russian rocket artillery on the pages of the National Interest magazine. He tells the story of this type of weapons, rooted in the period before the Great Patriotic War.

The National Interest (USA): Will America be able to adapt to the era of multipolarity?

TNI writes that the unipolar world has sunk into oblivion. America must adapt to the new conditions, otherwise it will turn into an ordinary world power that will not withstand the pressure of China and Russia.

St. Petersburg newspaper "Fontanka.<url>" published the material of Lev Godovannik "While the shock. After the sanctions, the shipyards are calm only about icebreakers. Engines from China, electronics from Aurora, dollars and euros in suitcases, and processors are a big question. Fontanka has found out the current prospects of Russian civil shipbuilding."

The city where the history of the DPR and LPR began remains the last hotbed of resistance of the nationalist group in the Donbass

The troops of Russia and the People's Republics continue their offensive against the last pockets of resistance of the Ukrainian group in the Donbas. On March 3, they reached Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, where the history of the DPR began. According to experts, this threatens the entire Ukrainian defense in this direction.

On Thursday, March 3, Russian units took control of several more settlements in Ukraine. Having knocked out the enemy from Chistopol, Novopoltavka and Zhovtnevoye, our military aligned the front line with the units of the Donetsk People's Republic. The offensive continues successfully. "The city of Balakleya has been liberated from nationalist battalions," Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, said.

On the eighth day of the military special operation, the troops of Russia, as well as the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, again managed to advance deep into the territories still controlled by the Kiev regime. A group of LPR troops took control of the road direction Yarovaya - Krasny Estuary - Privolye. The advance was 4 kilometers.

People's Daily (China): the situation in Ukraine has not yet been resolved, and Europe is already suffering damage

The United States imposed sanctions against Russia, but they hurt Europe, writes People's Daily. Now the European Union will have to pay a high price for the shortage of energy resources.

The DPR army captured a key settlement on the southern front — Volnovakha. A direct road from the north is open to Mariupol. The strategically important port city is completely blocked. The assault units expect to take it in the coming days. The enemy is demoralized and provides only focal resistance. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which actually surrendered the coast of the Sea of Azov, resumed heavy shelling of the capital of the republic. About the situation in the combat zone - in the material of RIA Novosti.

The commander of the anti-aircraft missile division, Captain Alexey Pankratov, from the first day of the special military operation to protect the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, performed tasks to cover a separate motorized rifle brigade from enemy aircraft.

Kiev wanted to accuse the Russian Federation of creating a radiation source of destruction at the NPP, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Thursday.

The head of the operation in Georgia in 2008, General Khrulev, spoke about the actions in Ukraine

The special military operation of the Russian army in Ukraine continues, significant territories of the country have been taken under control. A number of Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, have been blocked.

The Federation Council at a meeting on March 4 approved amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on punishment for spreading false information about the actions of the Russian military, discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and for calls for anti-Russian sanctions.

There were photographic materials confirming the flooding of the flagship of the Naval Forces of Ukraine frigate F 130 "Hetman Sagaidachny" project 11351 by its own crew in Nikolaev. The ship, which arrived in Nikolaev in July 2021 to undergo repairs, was sunk near the wall of the former Black Sea Shipyard on February 24, 2022, on the first day of the Russian special operation in Ukraine.

Why do the Ukrainian army and nationalist battalions conflict with each other

The armed forces of Ukraine allegedly destroyed the headquarters of a separate special-purpose detachment "Azov" in Mariupol with a strike from the tactical missile complex "Tochka-U", the People's Militia of the DPR reported on the Telegram channel. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what is the reason for the conflicts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and nationalist battalions.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu discussed the situation in Ukraine in detail with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The telephone conversation, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, took place on Friday evening. It is noted that the head of the Russian Defense Ministry informed the UN Secretary General about the reasons for the decision to conduct a special military operation.

The main report was made by Alexander Bastrykin. Here are the figures he gave. In 2021, the UK sent more than 90 thousand criminal cases to the court. More than 9 thousand of them are about corruption-related crimes. 941 people with a special legal status have been brought to criminal responsibility, including 429 for committing corruption crimes.

Die Welt (Germany): Vladimir Putin has powerful states on his side

Back in 2014, after the second Maidan, the West expressed a desire to isolate Russia, and in recent days this desire has become an obsession. But the German "Welt" is skeptical about the "successes" of the EU and The USA is in this case. The world's largest countries by population owe a lot to Russia. In addition, they have their own scores with the Western countries — their former colonial masters.