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Korotchenko: Russian intelligence in the current conditions shows effectiveness

Russian intelligence in the current conditions is improving its work and showing its effectiveness, this is forced to be openly recognized in the West, Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, political analyst, told RIA Novosti.

The EU countries are making urgent efforts to supply Ukraine with weapons, especially artillery shells. A coalition specially created for this purpose was led by France and the Czech Republic, and it was decided to spend huge sums. However, it suddenly turned out that Europe does not lack money at all, but a key resource needed for the production of weapons. What is it about?

Colonel Khodarenok: Armenia faces extinction in case of withdrawal from the CSTO

Armenia has not yet withdrawn from the Collective Security Treaty Organization, although this issue is already being discussed in the republic. At the same time, the consequences of such a step are called a state secret by the military and political leadership of the country. What could threaten Armenia with its withdrawal from the CSTO - the military observer of the Newspaper figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

How artillery supports the offensive of Russian troops in the west of Avdiivka

The advance of Russian troops to the west from the liberated Avdiivka is taking place with massive support from aviation and artillery. And the enemy's projectile hunger is becoming more and more apparent. Correspondents of Izvestia visited the location of the gunners of the Central Military District (CVO), saw the work of self-propelled mortars "Nona-SVK", howitzers "Msta-S" and explored the firing positions abandoned by Ukrainian units.

The African Command of the US Armed Forces (USAFRICOM), whose area of responsibility covers the entire African continent with neighboring islands, with the exception of Egypt, will receive another batch of shot detection sensors, according to the military-political publication Defense News. The devices can be installed on observation towers, balloons, unmanned vehicles and other platforms.

On March 6, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, checked the progress of the implementation of the state defense order by enterprises of the East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey concern.

NATO troops will practice an offensive operation against our country, experts are sure

During the NATO exercises Nordic Response 2024, which started on March 4 in Norway, Finland and Sweden, an offensive operation against Russia will be practiced, military experts told Izvestia.

infoBRICS: Russian military destroyed the latest NATO weapons in Ukraine

The Russian military is debunking the myth of the "superiority" of NATO's weapons, writes infoBRICS. Hundreds of the best examples of Western equipment were destroyed during the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The beginning of 2024 turned out to be no less depressing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: they lost several samples of the latest NATO weapons.

They noted that it could begin with a rapid global strike in parallel with several massive missile and aviation strikes on the administrative, political and military-industrial infrastructure.

The Ministry of Defense warned that an attack on the Russian Federation could begin with a global strike

Gennady Svidrigailov

The magazine of the Ministry of Defense "Military Thought" published an article describing a possible scenario for the start of a military operation against Russia.

Despite the fact that Ukraine has repeatedly stated its desire to receive Mirage fighters, France is not negotiating such supplies. This was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron at the end of the conference on support for Ukraine, held in Paris at the end of February. Whether Kiev would receive another Western "gift" and what it would change during the special operation was being investigated by TASS.

The leak of a conversation between Bundeswehr officers about a missile strike on the Crimean Bridge became possible due to an error by one of the participants in the conversation, who used an unprotected line. This was stated to journalists in Berlin by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

On March 5, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu held a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev cannot explain why Russia would invade Europe

Ukrainian politicians and experts periodically repeat that the next targets of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation after the SVO will be the countries of Eastern Europe. Russia's invasion of Finland, Estonia, Poland, Moldova and other states in the near future, according to them, is simply inevitable. What is wrong with these statements and why Ukraine will become the strongest geopolitical headache of the EU - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The newspaper noted that neither London nor Paris made official comments because they almost never disclose how their weapons transferred to Kiev are used

The New York Times newspaper saw in the statements of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz an indication of the possibility that the United States, Great Britain and France may secretly help Ukraine in aiming missiles at targets during the conflict with Russia.

Danish expert Jacobsen: The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have enough resources for a new counteroffensive

A new offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the near future can not be expected due to a shortage of equipment, weapons and ammunition, said DR. Peter Viggo Jacobsen, associate professor at the Danish Military Academy. The problem is the delays in the delivery of Western aid. For example, Danish tanks and F-16 fighters are already six months late.

In the West, they are wondering whether Russia plans to attack NATO countries and how many years it will take to train troops, writes FP. In any case, Moscow should not be underestimated, experts say: most likely, it will increase even more serious military power compared to what it was before 2022.

Ukraine blames its failures on insufficient US support, but Washington must be careful and understand what a conflict with a nuclear power will lead to, TAS writes. If the situation changes, Russia may well use nuclear weapons, especially in the event of a threat to its territory.

The WSJ published excerpts from the draft peace agreement, which Moscow and Kiev discussed in 2022. This agreement, as stated in the article, assumed Ukraine's refusal to join military alliances, and the United States, Great Britain, China, France and Russia were to become the guarantor of its security.

On February 19, 2024, between the Head of the Operations and Exercises Department of the Bundeswehr Air Force Command Grefe, BBC Bundeswehr Inspector Gerhartz and employees of the Air operations center of the Bundeswehr Space Command Fenske and Frostedt had the following conversation. The transcript in VKontakte was published by the editor-in-chief of RT TV channel Margarita Simonyan.