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Military expert Andrey Frolov - on the likelihood of sending S-300 anti-aircraft systems to help Kiev

The middle of the week was marked by new approaches in the policy of the United States and NATO regarding military assistance to Ukraine. The issue of supplying Kiev with Soviet-made anti-aircraft systems in service with Bulgaria and Slovakia came on the agenda.

Turkish drones have not become Ukraine's superweapon

The videos that demonstrated in the fall of 2020 the uniform shooting from the air of Armenian equipment during the defense of Nagorno-Karabakh by unmanned aerial vehicles of Turkish, Israeli and Azerbaijani production, including Turkish Bayraktar TB2 vehicles, obviously gave the Ukrainian military reason to believe that the issue of "pacification" of Donbass could be solved just as easily and naturally. another military conflict. However, reputable experts held a completely different point of view.

The Ukrainian army has lost more than a hundred combat aircraft and about seven dozen helicopters

The special military operation has been going on for the fourth week, with a steady increase in the activity of the Russian Aerospace Forces, while reducing the intensity of flights of Ukrainian aviation and air defense fire.

A huge number of myths have accumulated around the term "stealth", which have a very weak connection with reality. Naked Science understands what invisible planes are and whether they are really invisible to radars.

The Russian military operation in Ukraine is developing successfully and in accordance with the plan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday at a meeting on socio-economic support for the regions.

On Wednesday, March 16, it was reported that the battalion tactical group of the Rosgvardiya together with the servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation successfully and without losses repelled the attack of neo-Nazis on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. At first glance, a small episode is clearly not of a strategic scale. But if you look at this event more deeply, a completely different picture emerges.

How will the Russian military respond to the strike on Donetsk, which the Russian Defense Ministry has already called a war crime

Units of the Armed Forces of Russia and the People's Republics of Donbass continue to advance in different directions. LNR fighters are fighting in the city of Severodonetsk.

The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov reported on March 15 that our troops had taken control of the entire territory of the Kherson region.

From a tactical point of view, this gives our military at least two advantages. First, they now control the entire coastline of Ukraine adjacent to the Crimea from the Black and Azov Seas. That excludes any provocations of some parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or nationalist battalions in the direction of the Russian peninsula.

The special operation in Ukraine did not stop the development of the military infrastructure of the Crimea

Russia's military special operation in Ukraine has shown how important it is for us to have a strong army and navy equipped with the latest technology. And not only in large fleets and strategic areas of possible military operations, but also in the Crimea.

The Russian special military operation in Ukraine will accelerate the trends that have already taken place in the European market of ground-based radar stations (radars). For the armed forces of some European countries, this will mean the formulation of new requirements to strengthen the missing capabilities. For others - acceleration of current projects. This is written by Zachary Hofer in an article for the blog "Defense & Security Monitor" (Forecast International).

Military expert Dmitry Kornev - what new missile systems can strengthen Russia's western borders

At a meeting of the Russian Security Council on March 11, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that in response to the strengthening of NATO forces at the western borders of the country, the General Staff is developing and has actually completed a plan to strengthen our western borders.

The US and UK authorities have turned the territory of Poland into a "logistics hub" for transporting weapons and militants to Ukraine. Such a statement was made on March 4 by representatives of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

Experts told what obsolete weapons the West wants to send to Ukraine

The United States, NATO countries and their allies declare that they will continue to supply weapons to Ukraine. Along with new models of weapons, such supplies include outdated equipment. Which one exactly - the newspaper was sorting out.Ru»

Russia's special operation to protect the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics will certainly take its place in the world history of military art. The editorial board of IVi plans to publish materials related to the current events and reflecting the views and opinions of foreign military experts about them. In this publication, we offer readers an article by Dr. Jacob STOYLE, an employee of the Institute of Modern War (Modern War Institute ) at West Point (USA), "Seven strategic lessons from the first days of the war in Ukraine" (Seven strategic lesson from the firsr days oft he war in Ukraine ).

The Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of Soviet design has made a noise not only in the capital of Croatia, but also throughout the North Atlantic bloc. Early on Friday morning, Zagreb was shaken by a powerful explosion. As it turned out later, the heavy reconnaissance drone T-141 "Strizh" fell. By a lucky chance, none of the people were injured.

The American Conservative (USA): Are hawks or doves in a bad mood?

Russia was able to create a strategic weapon that in many ways surpasses the American arsenal, writes TAC. How did the US come to this? - the author of the article is perplexed. He calls the fact of lagging behind Russia and China a "catastrophic failure" of the country's leadership, which thoughtlessly spends money on foreign adventures and neglects the "true sources" of America's national power.

Mercenaries from all over the world are coming to Ukraine to fight. Can we handle tens of thousands of professionals?

It's true, mercenaries are going to Ukraine. But some are already returning. Briton Jason Hague had enough of a day of fighting to reconsider his attitude to his choice: first he was hit by the Russian Aerospace Forces near Gostomel airport, then the SBU found him in the woods and captured a 34-year-old fighter (Iraq veteran!) they interrogated and beat him for three hours, suspecting that he was a Russian spy. And when they sorted it out and released him, Haig immediately rushed to Poland, and from there home.

On March 9, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, speaking in the House of Commons, announced the possible supply of Starstreak HVM portable anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine.

According to British media, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, speaking in the House of Commons on March 9, 2022, said that the UK plans to supply Ukraine with Starstreak HVM short-range anti-aircraft missile systems and a "small batch" of American Javelin anti-tank guided missiles.

The so-called "silence regime" and the provision of security corridors for the exit of civilians from Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol did not completely stop the actions of the Russian Armed Forces. In other areas, they continued to carry out the tasks of a special military operation in Ukraine.