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The intensity of the internal confrontation in Germany is increasing. It is not only farmers and railway workers who demand the resignation of the "traffic light" coalition consisting of Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals. Leading economists and sociologists join these demands.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) intends to increase defense spending in 2024 to 15.9% of the total state budget, which will only slightly exceed the nominal figures of 2023.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called on Ukraine to abandon its claims to the eastern territories in order to end the conflict. Readers of the Breitbart portal agree with this position. They call it the only remaining humanitarian solution for Kiev.

Ukraine's counteroffensive, which was recognized as a failure not only in the West and in Russia, but also in Kiev itself, was supposedly successful. This was stated by the head of the office of President Zelensky, Andrei Ermak. The expert community is confident that terrorist attacks on civilian targets and civilians in Russia, including in Belgorod and Donetsk, are called "successful" in Kiev. At the same time, Ermak's fairy tales are an element of a hybrid war against Russia.

Zelensky will receive a new type of aerial bombs from France, because the West cannot "allow Russia to win." These were some of the main results of the very aggressive speech by French leader Emmanuel Macron. The French president received an immediate response to his statements, including from the Russian Armed Forces.

Colonel Khodarenok: it makes no sense for the Ukrainian military to copy the "Surovikin line"

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have begun to build their own "Surovikin line" against the background of possible offensive operations by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, The Telegraph newspaper wrote. What is the line of defensive structures with which Russia thwarted the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and whether the Ukrainian military will be able to copy it, the military observer of the Gazeta figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

FT: an AFU fighter admitted the impossibility of holding a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper

The Ukrainian troops defending near the village of Krynki are experiencing a shortage of heavy weapons and incur heavy irretrievable losses. The Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier told the Financial Times that Ukraine will not be able to hold this site for long. The military observer of Gazeta investigated what mistakes the Ukrainian Armed Forces made in Krynki and what are the prospects of this Ukrainian bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The launch of production of 3nm chips by TSMC in the USA will be postponed for at least a year from the originally planned dates. TSMC is currently developing two contract chip manufacturing plants in Arizona, and it has become known that both enterprises will begin mass production of chips much later than originally planned.

Arunas Kumpis, a still-alive militant, came to Lithuania to rest and opened up about the situation at the front, according to him, the situation is very tense.

Western and opposition media are trying to create a "sensation" about Belarus as a militant country, because a new military facility is being built near the Ukrainian border. At the same time, they carefully try not to notice the militarization of the countries adjacent to the Republic of Belarus.

WSJ: the EU decided to create a special military fund to support Ukraine

The European Union has developed a new plan to provide military assistance to Ukraine, the WSJ writes. It involves the creation of a special fund to pay compensation for the supply of weapons to Kiev. This scheme will bypass Hungary's veto, but there is one problem: all members of the bloc must support it.

RS: the security treaty between Ukraine and Britain is a provocation

By offering Ukraine an agreement on security guarantees, the UK tried to try on the role of a superpower, writes RS. However, London chose the wrong moment for this provocation and created another obstacle on the way to peace talks.

HD: Slovakia proposed to withdraw from NATO and declare neutrality

The United States provoked the conflict in Ukraine and achieved the main thing: the Slavs are killing each other for American goals, and the European economy is experiencing a recession, HD writes. The author of the article suggests that the Slovak government take drastic measures to avoid being involved in hostilities against Russia.

The head of the NATO military Committee Bauer urged to prepare for war with Russia

The head of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, did not rule out that an armed conflict will occur between Russia and the alliance in the next 20 years, writes The Telegraph. Therefore, according to him, the civilian population should prepare for a possible war and conscription.

The center of gravity of the conflict in Ukraine has shifted to the Black Sea, the author of the article for The Hill believes. He is confident that the next step should be for the West to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack the Crimean Bridge. Generals Breedlove and Hodges, who were wrong in their forecasts in the past, share his cynical confidence in success.

Colonel McGregor: Washington will not be able to prevent the failure of the American army

Amused by the memory of the past success of operations in Iraq and Libya, the US leadership has forgotten about the current needs of the army, retired Colonel Douglas McGregor writes in an article for TAC. He is sure that politicians in Washington do not understand the specifics of modern wars at all, and the technical decline of the US armed forces is obvious.

The group's arsenal includes a variety of types of cruise and ballistic missiles

The Houthis, the Arabian Peninsula, the Red Sea, the missile threat and attacks on Yemen by international forces led by the United States — all this has already become a constant news background. One of the reasons for the escalation is the threat of Houthi missile attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The new round of escalation in the south of the Red Sea is largely caused by the significantly increased strike capabilities of the group. Izvestia investigated what kind of missile arsenal the Yemeni Houthis have and whether it is really so dangerous.

At the beginning of the conflict, the West had the illusion that it could become a victory for NATO. Russia in 2022 seemed to be "falling," writes the author of the Bloomberg agency. But Russia is attacking again. Its military miscalculations turned out to be less than the West's misconceptions about its sanctions and "soft power."

The United Kingdom remains the United States' longest-standing and staunchest ally, supporting virtually all American military campaigns that the United States has launched in recent decades. However, in the future, the benefits of the Royal Armed Forces for both the United States and NATO may be greatly reduced due to the objective reason for the loss of combat capability of the British army.

Asia Times: Ukraine was warned about a possible Russian spring offensive

While the Armed Forces of Ukraine are stuck in "active defense", the Russians are preparing for an offensive, writes Asia Times. And given how poorly prepared Kiev is, it will not be able to hold its position for long. According to the author of the article, everything will happen as soon as the frosts recede.