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A number of American sources have published official data from the US Department of Defense on the number of launches by the Russian side of cruise and ballistic missiles of all types and types of basing during a special military operation in Ukraine from February 24 to March 11, 2022. According to these data, by the end of March 11, about 810 launches were made.

Now the partnership on the ISS is going through the hardest test. Seven crew members of the 66th expedition — four Americans, two Russians and a German - have to turn a blind eye to the political split on Earth in order to continue cooperation. Their lives depend on it, writes Vanity Fair.

Mercenaries from all over the world are coming to Ukraine to fight. Can we handle tens of thousands of professionals?

It's true, mercenaries are going to Ukraine. But some are already returning. Briton Jason Hague had enough of a day of fighting to reconsider his attitude to his choice: first he was hit by the Russian Aerospace Forces near Gostomel airport, then the SBU found him in the woods and captured a 34-year-old fighter (Iraq veteran!) they interrogated and beat him for three hours, suspecting that he was a Russian spy. And when they sorted it out and released him, Haig immediately rushed to Poland, and from there home.

Global Times (China): Uncle Sam's dirty role in the Ukrainian crisis

The United States is to blame for what is happening in Ukraine, which at one time ignored the advice on non-expansion of NATO to the east, writes Global Times. Foreign experts call the expansion of the alliance a rash decision and a tragic mistake and advise Ukraine to reconsider its attitude towards the West and Russia.

Long before the Russian special operation, Ukrainian politicians and the military declared that the Turkish Bayraktar drones would give them a powerful weapon against the "aggressor country". Ukraine started purchasing these UAVs after Azerbaijan's victory in the second Karabakh war – it was then that these drones had a brilliant reputation. Why are the Bayraktars almost powerless now?

After the refusal of the United States to purchase Russian oil, there is more and more speculation that the West may refuse to supply another type of fuel from Russia – nuclear. We are talking about uranium and special fuel assemblies for nuclear power plants. Ukraine has already announced its rejection of them. But what will happen if these plans are implemented? Nothing good for the West.

In the near future, foreigners may become participants in the Russian operation in Ukraine – and first of all, apparently, volunteers from Syria. How serious a military force can these people represent, what kind of tasks will they perform - and how will they be delivered to the combat area?

Ships of the Russian Navy have lost the opportunity to enter foreign ports on a long voyage and replenish fuel and supplies there. How and why did this happen, what impact does it have on the Navy's combat capability and what needs to be done to make Russian ships independent of foreign ports?

The official Tokyo appealed to the International Court of Justice in The Hague in connection with the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine. Earlier, Japan has already allowed itself several unprecedented steps that bring down its relations with Russia into the abyss. Why do the Japanese need a conflict that they risk greatly regret later? After all, until quite recently, the relations between the leaders of the two countries were almost friendly.

What the DPR military think and say near Volnovakha

In the Donbas, the armed forces of the DPR and LPR continue to occupy settlements that have been under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a long time. Correspondent of "Gazeta.Ru" visited Bugas - one of such settlements - and talked with the DPR military taking part in the fighting in the Volnovakha direction.

Alexander Mikhailov, FSB Major General, head of the Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian organization "Officers of Russia" - on the actions of Ukrainian intelligence under the guise of humanitarian activities:

The US and UK authorities have turned the territory of Poland into a "logistics hub" for transporting weapons and militants to Ukraine. Such a statement was made on March 4 by representatives of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

After the start of the Russian operation on Ukrainian territory, the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing announced the suspension of the purchase of titanium in Russia, the closure of technical departments in Moscow and Kiev, as well as the termination of the supply of its spare parts to airlines from the Russian Federation.

The 14th day of the special military operation can be confidently called a day of silence. Fighting on the initiative of the Russian military was stopped around major Ukrainian cities, which are blocked from the inside by nationalists, and surrounded from the outside by troops of Russia and the People's Republics of Donbass.

Global Times (China): Russia responds with countermeasures to Western sanctions

The settlement of the Ukrainian crisis is possible only through negotiations, and the anti-Russian sanctions resorted to by the West do not bode well, the editorial board of the Global Times warns. Moscow has already introduced counter measures and has shown that all the cards are in the hands of the Kremlin.

The American Conservative (USA): political problems of the Pentagon

The US Department of Defense strangely requires strict vaccination from the armed forces at a completely inopportune time when the American military machine is sending troops to Eastern Europe, The American Conservative notes. The author of the article is perplexed about the mutually exclusive goals of the Pentagon.

After the 24th, the governments of the Scandinavian countries continued to work, despite the weekend, and on Sunday, February 27, they reported on plans to provide military assistance to Ukraine. We won't touch any financial means there, helmets, vests, foam mats, dry food and even MANPADS yet, we will focus on RPG.

Why Washington refused to transfer Polish MiG-29 aircraft to Kiev

Poland has declared its readiness to transfer all its MiG-29 fighters to the United States so that they can go to help Ukraine from an American air base in Germany. The US rejected this initiative. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the meaning of this proposal is and why Warsaw was refused

According to British media, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, speaking in the House of Commons on March 9, 2022, said that the UK plans to supply Ukraine with Starstreak HVM short-range anti-aircraft missile systems and a "small batch" of American Javelin anti-tank guided missiles.

Global Times (China): Chinese Foreign Minister exposes slanderous statements of the West about China in connection with the crisis in Ukraine

The authors of the Global Times article, referring to the statements of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, debunk the myths of Western propaganda about the situation in Ukraine. America is the culprit of the Ukrainian crisis, they are sure, and it will not be able to shift this blame to other countries.