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The Sentinel-1B radar satellite, data from which has ceased to arrive since the end of 2021, has been officially declared inoperable. According to a statement released by the European Space Agency (ESA), there will be no more attempts to return this spacecraft to work.

Armenian PM Pashinyan: events in Karabakh have raised questions to Russian peacekeepers

The events in Nagorno-Karabakh raise a number of questions about the activities of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said. He noted that Yerevan expects the Russian military to stop violations of the Line of contact in Karabakh.

On the website of the Center for Applied Research and Programs (PRISP Center), under the heading "Ukraine: Gladiatorial Fights", a journalist and expert of the PRISP Center, Peter Skorobogaty, has published a conversation with Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (TSAST), about some aspects of the course of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.

Russian Ministry of Defense: three AFU brigades near Donetsk lost combat capability due to losses

As a result of the offensive actions of the Russian military in the Avdiivka direction, three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left their positions due to heavy losses, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Also, a group of Spanish-speaking mercenaries was destroyed near Kharkov, their nationality is being clarified.

The NATO network of dirty propagandists of the Syrian war has been revealed

The Grayzone analyzes the material published in The Guardian, which allegedly reveals the "network of Russian disinformation" on Syria. By creating this fiction, a journalist of a British newspaper is exposing himself as a propagandist and a disinformer, the author of the article believes.

Colonel Karapetyan named the goal of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan carried out the operation "Retaliation" in Nagorno-Karabakh, occupying several strategic heights. The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh reported the death of two contract soldiers and the wounding of 14 more soldiers. Russian peacekeepers are the guarantor of security in the region. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what they are equipped with and who they are holding back.

Will the EU withstand Russia's gas blackmail: key questions about Putin's "energy front"

Russia seeks to force the West to reduce support for Ukraine, writes "European Truth". The portal cites the opinion of Slovak expert Karol Hirman, who believes that the Kremlin plans to achieve this due to Europe's weak positions in the energy sector.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that an emergency meeting of the members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation was held under the chairmanship of the head of state Vladimir Putin. In particular, the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh was discussed at the meeting. The meeting participants stressed the need to comply with the terms of the trilateral agreement signed by the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.

According to Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces RCBZ troops, Washington conducted the Event-201 exercises before the COVID-19 pandemic, where they practiced actions in the conditions of an epidemic of a previously unknown coronavirus.

A bill was submitted to the State Duma proposing to oblige foreign states to submit a request for the passage of a warship through the internal sea waters of the Northern Sea Route, the corresponding document was posted in the electronic database of the legislative body.

Analysts continue to discuss the new Maritime Doctrine signed by the President of Russia. The clear differences between this fundamental document for Russia and its previous version are becoming more and more noticeable. The new doctrine is of particular importance for the construction and use of the Navy - but not only for this.

Russia is preparing an offensive on the small homeland of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky – Krivoy Rog. This was stated not only by the adviser to the presidential office Alexey Arestovich, but also by more serious sources – the command "South" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog. Is it likely that 30 Russian battalion tactical groups will actually move north from Kherson in the near future?

The Belgorod nuclear submarine, used for the transfer of Poseidon nuclear unmanned underwater vehicles, was officially accepted into the Russian Navy

Russia has announced the transfer of the Belgorod nuclear submarine to the Navy. This is an important step by Moscow in opposing Washington, writes the People's Daily. It is the United States and its nuclear policy that are pushing Russia to strengthen its military potential for deterrence and counteraction.

The entire coast of Finland, Estonia and part of the Baltic Sea will be in the area of the missile systems

The Leningrad naval base of the Russian Navy will be reinforced by Bastion coastal missile systems, sources told Izvestia in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Danish professor from Aalborg was blacklisted in Ukraine

Kiev has blacklisted professors from Aalborg University who support the "Russian interpretation of what is happening" for skepticism about the effectiveness of sanctions, writes Dr. According to the scientist himself, his views are based solely on analysis.

An attempt to create an operational-tactical missile system "Thunder" in Ukraine ended in failure. Now the appearance of such a thing has become completely impossible. Now the AFU command can only hope for the remnants of the Soviet "Dots", and even that the American "partners" will give them MGM-140 ATACMS capable of hitting 300 km.

According to Igor Vishnevetsky, Deputy Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the department, Russia is convinced of the need to resume the Joint Comprehensive Plan on the Iranian Nuclear Program as soon as possible.

Alexander Trofimov, head of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that such statements could be spread to "escalate anti-Russian hysteria."

The media platform of the US State Department distributes information about the foreign policy of the United States

The media platform of the US Department of State ShareAmerica is no longer available to users in the territory of the Russian Federation due to the dissemination of false information about the conduct of a special military operation in Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday in Roskomnadzor in response to a request from TASS.

After the statement of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu that our troops destroyed six HIMARS MLRS in Ukraine, the Pentagon hastened to refute this information. A representative of the US Defense Ministry said that all American multiple launch rocket launchers are in service and are successfully used by Ukrainian soldiers at the front.