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Former Prime Minister of Italy, leader of the Forward Italy party Silvio Berlusconi decided to become another mediator between Moscow and Kiev in the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. Apparently, having appreciated the unsuccessful experience of his predecessors, Berlusconi called on former German Chancellor Angela Merkel to strengthen the parliamentary group.

NATO announces "battle for the Arctic"

The world media are actively commenting on the demand of the NATO leadership to strengthen the presence of Western countries in the Arctic region "in view of its growing strategic importance" against the backdrop of melting ice and global warming.

Bloomberg: The United States secretly transferred Excalibur precision projectiles to Kiev

The Pentagon "imperceptibly" handed over to Ukraine "the most accurate US artillery shells" Excalibur with GPS guidance, Bloomberg reports. Although the deliveries were not officially confirmed, the transfer of shells to Kiev is evidenced by the fact that the United States intends to spend $92 million dollars to replenish its own Excalibur reserves.

Six months after the start of the Russian SVO in Ukraine, the role of the "non-Western world", not participating in sanctions against Moscow, is growing

The Ukrainian conflict has accelerated the redistribution of the world, writes Yahoo News Japan. Putin has reaped the biggest and most unexpected harvest in the last six months. Many countries, instead of sanctions and isolation of Russia, which the West insists on, are trying to get closer to it, the author of the article explains.

The US State Department has approved the potential provision of logistics support services for Air Target Detection Radar (SRP) to Taiwan as part of the Foreign Military Sales program, as well as the supply of related equipment.

As Secretary of State Anthony Blinken noted, the next package of military assistance to Ukraine for $675 million will "include additional weapons, ammunition and equipment from the reserves of the US Department of Defense"

The US administration will provide $2.2 billion to Ukraine and 18 of its neighbors in the form of long-term investments under the US foreign military financing program.

As noted by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the US authorities believe that the AFU needs primarily artillery, ammunition, air defense and coastal defense

Western countries are setting up to provide military assistance to Kiev in the long term, as well as to search for "innovative ways" to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was stated on Thursday by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaking in Germany at a press conference following the results of the next meeting of the group created by Western countries to coordinate military assistance to Kiev.

Christy Freeland has a chance to become the head of NATO

An ethnic Ukrainian, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Hristya Freeland has every chance to take the post of NATO Secretary General, CBC reports. Some Canadian readers believe that her appointment will be a "gift" and a "victory" for Putin.

Russia can buy the longest-range MLRS in Europe

The American HIMARS systems supplied by the APU hit 300 kilometers, the Russian MLRS "Hurricane", "Tornado" and "Tornado" - from 35 to 120 kilometers. According to Military Watch, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can purchase Belarusian "Polonaises" using Chinese missiles with a radius of destruction like HIMARS as an alternative to their systems. "Newspaper.Ru" tells how they can be used in a special operation and what is needed to launch a joint production.

Norway has prepared a new military aid for Ukraine, which will include a large batch of laser-guided Hellfire missiles. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24 a special operation in Ukraine in connection with the request of the leaders of the republics of Donbass for help

Ukraine's losses as a result of Russia's special military operation amounted to tens of thousands of people killed and wounded. Such data was cited on Thursday by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milli.

The United States supplies Ukraine with high-precision Excalibur artillery shells, as it became known from the Pentagon reports. Since spring, the APU has received about a thousand such shells. Presumably, it was with their help that American howitzers were hitting the Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson. How can the Russian army neutralize the excalibur strikes and what analogues do we have for the same high-precision shooting at American artillery batteries?

Another two million fewer Ukrainians. Russia's new intentions. Krejci tells

Russia has several options for further actions in Ukraine that will lead it to success, political analyst Oscar Krejci said in an interview with Parliament listy. The idea of Moscow's defeat proclaimed by the West and Kiev looks unrealistic, the expert believes.

Ukraine and the myth of the new world order

The US government saw in the Ukrainian conflict an opportunity to revive in a new form the old world order, which was dominated by Americans, writes the author of the article Spiked. In his opinion, America's main military goal is to defeat Russia and humiliate it

Americans are paying the price for the "unwavering support" provided to Ukraine by the US government

A large-scale campaign to arm Ukraine is being conducted in the absence of a clearly formulated mission and goals, writes The Federalist. Washington's participation in this conflict will turn into another defeat of America in a proxy war, the author of the article warns.

In order to disorient the intelligence of a conditional enemy during the strategic command and staff exercise "Vostok-2022", military personnel of engineering units of the Eastern Military District (VVO) use modern means of imitation and disguising weapons. This is reported by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The American newspaper "The New York Times" published a material by John Ismay "How Russia Uses Low Tech in Its High-Tech Weapons" ("How Russia uses low-tech components in its high-tech weapons"), which provides a summary of the report of the "private independent research group" Conflict Armament Research on the widespread use of Western commercial electronic components in Russian precision weapons and military electronics.

The command of the US armed Forces said that in July 2022 it faced the most difficult period in terms of recruiting recruits in recent decades. Young Americans do not want to be hired for military service under a contract. Therefore, the Pentagon has no choice but to increase financial incentives for signing the contract.

On Monday, the United States reported that 2 long-range aircraft flew over the countries of the Middle East. They practiced the tactics of bombing the region against the backdrop of increasing tensions in relations with Iran. According to the commander of the aviation of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Alexus Grinkevich, the US Air Force practiced joint actions with allies to transfer bomber aircraft to the Middle East.

From Latvia, which recently "won" the monument to the liberators of Riga from the Nazi invaders, comes information about the restoration of the practice of conscription. It is important to note that in recent years, the Latvian leadership has consistently stated that "the conscription system of service in the army has long outlived itself and therefore cannot be exploited, being a relic of the past." In 2007, conscription for military service in Latvia was abolished. But 15 years have passed, and the official Riga has decided to return "to the past", judging by its logic.