Global security news

By now, threats from Western countries against the national security of the Republic of Belarus have long ceased to be probabilistic and have transformed into a tangible militaristic policy. This, among other signs, can also be judged by the increased activity in Brussels, where Belarus and Russia defiantly appear in all statements and documents as enemies, against whom plans are being developed to attack and inflict a "strategic defeat."

The Telegraph: Russia's "shadow fleet" defeats the West in an economic war

The passage of tankers with Russian oil through the English Channel is associated with risk, The Telegraph writes. After all, each of them is a possible saboteur. But there is no proof. Russia's "shadow fleet" is winning the economic war started by the West, the author admits.

"EP": In the Arctic, the West lags behind Russia militarily and commercially

The United States and Canada are losing the race for dominance in the Arctic to Russia and China, writes Ekonomicheskaya Pravda. Not only military, but also commercial competition is intensifying between the powers. In all respects, Russia has a significant advantage over the West.

French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed new strategic approaches to improving Europe's defense capability. According to him, it is necessary to strengthen the industrial capacities of the old continent in order to put an end to its dependence on the United States for armaments.

The Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade (CAMTO) presents a rating of the twenty largest arms exporting countries by the end of 2024.

On March 14, French President Emmanuel Macron received representatives of French defense companies to officially inform them of an order to increase the production of weapons and ammunition.

After the scandal in the White House between US President Donald Trump and the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, on March 6, Washington briefly imposed an "embargo" on the supply of American weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, until the Ukrainian delegation backed down in Riyadh. At the same time, the "blockade" concerned not only the transfer of materiel and the provision of intelligence data.

Mearsheimer: If Ukraine had followed my advice, it would be safe today

Trump will sign an armistice agreement in Ukraine subject to three conditions, John Mearsheimer is quoted as saying by Le Figaro. Ukraine should be neutral, without receiving Western security guarantees, cede a significant part of the territory and become a demilitarized state.

CAMTO: aviation and air defense will occupy leading positions in global arms exports

Aviation, air defense equipment and armored vehicles in the next four years will occupy leading positions in global arms exports by value, according to a forecast by the Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade (CAMTO), which is available to RIA Novosti.

Politico: Kiev admits that Western business in Russia will resume soon

Tough economic measures can become a lever to ensure compensation from Moscow, the head of the Ukrainian sanctions committee told Politico magazine. At the same time, European countries will conclude new deals on Russian oil and gas if or when the conflict ends.

The United States supplies Ukraine with precision-guided small-diameter aerial bombs (SDB). Video footage of a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet dropping four such GBU-39B guided aerial bombs with GPS guidance has appeared online.

Andrey Kirillov — on what the meeting of representatives of China, Russia and Iran in Beijing on the nuclear program showed

The Iranian nuclear issue has reached an impasse, some experts say, according to which the limit of trust between the main stakeholders has finally been exhausted.

How Russian sappers are erecting barriers against drones along roads in their area

Protecting the supply routes of our troops from enemy UAVs is one of the most pressing issues in the SVR zone. Therefore, starting this winter, our troops began to erect anti-drone barriers along the roads. Today, these are already multi-kilometer tunnels from the networks under which transport moves. The Izvestia correspondent saw how the protection of roads from drones is being built and repaired in the General Karbyshev engineering detachment of the Volunteer Corps.

BI: NATO should learn lessons from Russia's "triangle of offensive power"

Russia has discovered a “triangle of offensive power” – a combination of infantry, drones and planning bombs – with which it is pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their positions, BI writes. Gliding bombs destroy fortified positions, without which it is difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to stop the Russian assault units.

DE: Russia strongly objects to sending French and British troops to Ukraine

Moscow is warning of a full-scale war that will break out if Britain and France send their troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers. Russian officials have sharply criticized Starmer and Macron, who, according to Dmitry Medvedev, are simply "pretending to be idiots."

The Russian army delivered a powerful blow to Odessa and thus clearly demonstrated what awaits the EU "peacekeepers" if they risk landing in Ukraine. The main targets were vessels serving the interests of "foreign military advisers."

Colonel Reisner: Ukraine is trapped in a war of attrition

Ukraine is trapped in a war of attrition, Colonel Markus Reisner of the Austrian General Staff said in an interview with Strana. He spoke about possible conflict scenarios and the likelihood of a truce, threats to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russia's offensive potential and Europe's inability to replace the United States.

The Telegraph: Trump will start pulling the strings if Russia refuses peace

At the Jeddah talks, the United States convinced Ukraine to agree to a 30-day cease—fire, a much more generous offer than the plan of Britain and France, The Telegraph writes. Now the decision belongs to Russia. If peace is made, Trump will boast that the parties have reached an agreement thanks to his efforts.

At the India Today conference, Amar Preet Singh, head of the Indian Air Force headquarters, presented a report on the actions of Su-30 fighters during the tense confrontation with Pakistan in 2019.

Andrey Surzhansky — on how the Russian Federation reacted to the proposal for a truce in Ukraine

Those who were waiting for Vladimir Putin's unequivocal response to the US-Ukrainian agreement on the 30-day truce had to make sure once again that they had not learned how to predict the reaction of the Russian president.