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[b]It became known about three more Russian servicemen who showed real courage and the highest professionalism during a special military operation in Ukraine. Two of them are officers, one is a contract sergeant. Two serve in the Ground Forces, one in the Airborne Forces.

US sanctions will not do much harm to the Russian defense industry. The blow of the American authorities on this industry, which, according to their plan, was supposed to be "crushing", is unlikely to have a significant impact on it.

The Russian authorities, on behalf of Vladimir Putin, are compiling a list of unfriendly countries. For the first time, such a formulation was voiced a year ago and became a response to Western sanctions and diplomatic scandals unleashed by them. Then the United States and the Czech Republic were recognized as enemies. However, the new list will have nothing to do with the old one, experts say. Over the past ten days, the world order has changed and Russia will build relations with the Western world differently.

Zelensky admitted that he was deceived in his hopes regarding NATO: the alliance did not introduce a no-fly zone over the country, but only helped with diesel fuel. Foreign Minister Kuleba also criticized the bloc. Against the background of reports in the Western media about plans to evacuate Zelensky to Poland to lead a guerrilla war in exile, it seems that no one doubts Ukraine's military defeat.

Finland is ready to discuss the country's accession to NATO, President Sauli Niinisto said. Earlier, he ruled out such a possibility, but the North Atlantic Alliance persistently left its "doors open". Is Helsinki really ready to give up its neutral status, what risks can such a step carry for Russia and how should our country react to them?

The Republican opposition in the United States is waiting for the imminent "Chinese attack on Taiwan" and calls on Biden to recognize the independence of this Chinese island. Beijing, in turn, vows to protect its sovereignty. Now he really has a serious motive to launch a special operation – and he is almost the same as the Russian president was guided by when he sent troops to Ukraine.

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.