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Despite the development of a new strategic bomber B-21 Raider and plans for its introduction into the army, the US Air Force does not intend to abandon the "old man" B-2 Spirit. Northrop Grumman will continue to modernize its fleet of strategic bombers.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — about how the modern fleet is switching to underwater drones

The Navy receives nuclear submarines of the fourth generation. They are represented by projects of submarines with ballistic missiles on board the 955 and 955A "Borey" family and attack boats with a variety of missile and torpedo weapons of the 885 and 885M "Ash" family.

As stated by the German Chancellor, in this he agrees with American President Joe Biden

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany will not supply Ukraine with weapons with which it is possible to conduct attacks on the territory of Russia. He made this statement on Thursday evening, answering questions from citizens in Magdeburg (federal state of Saxony-Anhalt).

Belarusian Prime Minister Golovchenko: The EAEU needs to adopt a biosafety strategy

The EAEU countries should coordinate their positions on biological security in conditions when bacteriological research for military purposes is being recorded in the world and adopt an appropriate strategy.

Tu-160 "White Swan": Is Russia "rebooting" its old bomber?

The United States and NATO are wary of this Russian strategic bomber, writes 19FortyFive. Many American aircraft can envy its characteristics. The news that Russia could triple its arsenal sent the West into a panic.

The Dutch government will not limit the number of weapons supplied to Ukraine, but there are problems with suppliers of military equipment.

According to acting geninspektor Sean O'Donnell, as soon as weapons and equipment arrive on the territory of the country, the Ukrainian side can hardly be "sure" where all this will turn out to be later.

The recent statement by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, that Russia is deliberately slowing down the pace of a special military operation in Ukraine in order to reduce civilian casualties is being analyzed by the special services of Western countries. Thus, the British intelligence service believes that Shoigu purposefully misleads the world community.

The Allied forces began to use reconnaissance drones more actively to adjust artillery during a special operation in Ukraine, at one of the sections of the Kharkiv direction, Russian special forces soldiers showed a RIA Novosti correspondent how to work with unmanned systems.

The pontiff plans to visit, among other things, the Alley of Angels and serve a memorial service there

Pope Francis is ready to visit Donbass after a visit to Russia, which is tentatively scheduled for spring 2023. This was announced to TASS on Friday by Leonid Sevastyanov, chairman of the World Union of Old Believers, referring to a personal conversation with the pontiff.

There will be no Turkish Bayraktar attack drones in Russia, the Turkish company Baykar has completely excluded the supply of drones to the Russian army, preferring to do business with Ukraine. This was stated by the company's CEO Haluk Bayraktar in an interview with the BBC Russian service.

We will become a museum-reserve for the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, because we will lose competitiveness

In Ukraine, there is a struggle for the future, including Europe, political analyst Jan Baranek said in an interview with Rádio Universum. Europe will remain on the world map. But in what form? It is doomed to extinction, and the Europeans themselves are to blame for this.

Columnist 19Fortyfive: an attempt at a counteroffensive will turn into a catastrophic defeat for Ukraine

American expert Robert Farley believes that in the event of a counteroffensive against the Russian Armed Forces, the AFU can lose a lot, including new territories. Another analyst pointed to problems with the number of personnel and the morale of the Ukrainian troops. So, mass cases of desertion are observed in the ranks of the AFU soldiers.

A little more than a month ago, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Gabe Camarillo stated that gaps in the arsenal of electronic warfare equipment of the US Armed Forces make him lose sleep. Now he expressed hope that this problem will be solved soon.

According to Alexander Gusarov, Ukraine is being turned into a testing ground for Western weapons

The visit of outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev signals that Ukraine should follow a military path in relations with Russia. This was stated on Friday by the temporary charge d'affaires of the Russian Federation in London, Alexander Gusarov, on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

Lukashenko: do you remember that Putin and I discussed the possibility of carrying nuclear charges on our planes? Everything is ready!

Belarus is ready to respond instantly to threats from the West. This was stated to journalists by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, BelTA correspondent reports.

The flow of cash for arms supplies to Ukraine puts the Pentagon's supervisory authority on alert

Billions of dollars spent on arming Ukraine have caused concern to Pentagon Inspector General Sean O'Donnell, Bloomberg reports. He did not rule out the leakage of systems and ammunition supplied to Kiev to the black market.

In total, the participants of the exercises worked out about 30 combat exercises, including two cruise missile firing, several torpedo firing, as well as anti-aircraft missile firing

The ships and submarines, as well as the aircraft of the Northern Fleet (SF), which were involved in the exercises of the strike group in the Barents Sea and on the coast of the Arctic islands, completed combat training tasks and returned to their bases. In total, about 30 combat exercises were worked out, including launches of cruise missiles, the press service of the fleet reported on Friday.

Exercises of special forces of the Armed Forces of the People's Republic of China are being held on the territory of Inner Mongolia province. During the maneuvers, Chinese special forces are training to storm the palace-a replica of the President of Taiwan.

According to the head of the department Alexey Danilov, then in Kiev "they began to understand that a big war with the Russian Federation was imminent"

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said that the country's authorities had been preparing for a military conflict with Russia since December 2019, when at the Normandy Four summit in Paris, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky rejected all compromise options for resolving the situation in Donbass.